Saturday, September 16th, 2006
Agile teams have use the concept of the "last responsible moment" - the last point at which a decision like a change in architecture, implementation or dependency can be made. In extreme cases this might include cutting the project entirely. Alpine climbers have a similar concept, the "turnaround time or ...
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
Nordstrom's employee handbook contains just one instructiuon."Use your best judgement."The temptation in organizations, especially large ones, is for methods and practices to be applied across the whole gamut of projects regardless of their requirements or the background and experience of the people involved. Ken Schwaber's Caveat Emptor on this approach.In ...
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
This got me thinking..."High Altitude Mountain Climbing has many characteristics similar to Insurance SCM [Software Change Management] and Agile development methods in general. When you climb high-altitude mountains, you do it with a small team, there’s a window of opportunity to do the assent, it requires flexibility, it is adventurous, ...
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
There comes a point on most alpine climbs when going down becomes less attractive than pushing on to the summit. Climbers call this "failing upwards", or forwards. They are committed with no real possibility of escape save completing the route.Many software projects come to the same point. Often at "code ...
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
"Software development is a team sport. A team loaded with superstars, each striving to set. individual records and be the team leader, can be embarrassed by a balanced team of solid players with a few leaders focused on the team result of winning the game."- The Rational Edge, June 2001 ...
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