Onion Bhaji
Everyone likes an onion bhaji, even people who don’t like onions seem to love them. So why not make your own? It’s not that hard. You will need to get down the shop or look in the cupboard for: 4… Read More »Onion Bhaji
Something is rotten in the state of a refactoring sprint
When a technical team demands a sprint just consisting of refactoring you know there is some fairly hefty dysfunction hiding somewhere in your process. It is questionable if this would be a sprint at all, yes there may be a… Read More »Something is rotten in the state of a refactoring sprint
So many trees but where is the wood?
It is far too easy for developers and other technical resources to get caught up in the technical solution and processes at the expense of the objective they set out to achieve. People lose track of the value that was… Read More »So many trees but where is the wood?
The right level of quality : Project Cake
One of the key points of developing a product is getting the correct level of quality. Too much and you waste money on expensive resource gaining no benefit. Too low a level and you spend money fixing the issues or… Read More »The right level of quality : Project Cake
Practice, practice, practice.
I read a very interesting article this morning in regards to learning methods and specifically skill improvement through practice in relation to top athletes. Practice has been distilled by Angela Duckworth into four main categories: Intentional Practice. To achieve optimal… Read More »Practice, practice, practice.
Travel Points not Story Points
Story points as a term has always worried me. To customers who have not had involvement in Agile projects it can seem as if it’s a way of scoring the value of a story. Points as we know mean prizes… Read More »Travel Points not Story Points
The Agile Cake
I had an interesting conversation with one of my daughters who made the mistake of asking me what I was doing. What I was doing was reviewing third party documentation and proposals on software delivery but the conversation we got… Read More »The Agile Cake
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