DRY = Don't Repeat Yourself. For the most part this is a good principle to follow. But, there is one particular instance where I feel repeating myself makes things more clear. It is very important for us to remember that principles are [ read more...]
Okay, so you're convinced you need a developer tools team, or at least that development tools are important to build. Now, what kind of tools do you build? There is no answer that works universally, otherwise you wouldn't really need to build anything. [ read more...]
Twice this week my team spent some time testing something that wasn't in the environment we were testing in. It happened twice this week. It had happened before. It will never happen again. Why? Because I did what I always do. I [ read more...]
Question: How do you demotivate a Scrum team? Answer: Move the finish line. Let me paint you a picture… imagine you are in a race. The 100 yard dash. You've been training, practicing the starting blocks and getting ready for the big race. [ read more...]
As a developer who is often a technology evangelist, I am often doing presentations. Typically I will throw together some boring Powerpoint slides and try to get through them before people fall asleep. It is not that I am a boring speaker. I [ read more...]
If you have been following my blog, you know that I have a love/hate relationship with Scrum. I've previously talked about why I think Scrum will eventually die and I am still pretty much convinced of that point. Scrum has become something you [ read more...]