Hothousing: New Concept or New Word?
Have you heard the term hothousing? Want to know what it is and how to run a session? When do you use this? What's the format like? What... more »
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Teaching programming, we have a huge problem
I’ve been a professional programmer now for over a decade, and during this time I’ve met a LOT of excellent programmers. Most of them are... more »
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JIRA 6 gets a UI makeover, mobile view
New release of world-beating issue tracker focuses on faster, user-friendly interface.
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Estimates in Software Development - New Frontiers.
I think we should embrace estimate distribution and invent new ways to model and use it. We shouldn’t fight it. This will be a war... more »
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So, I Heard You Guys Like Software Comics
We don't exactly have Scott Adams on staff to draw witty satires about office shinanigans, but we always enjoy putting out a few good... more »
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Refactoring Fat Models with Patterns
“Fat models” cause maintenance issues in large apps. Only incrementally better than cluttering controllers with domain logic, they... more »
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Testers and Developers, Can We Please Get Along?
Jokes about “stupid developers” are still lurking in the corners, stories of “throwing things over the wall to development” continue to... more »
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Slack, the missing concept
This article is oriented to teams with mid-level proficiency in an Agile process, like mine. Impostor syndrome at work or new... more »
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Why Are You Not a Software Engineer?
Extreme Programming (XP) has been around for a long time, but most developers are not following these Agile practices.
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Leadership in Software Development.
Developers are very logical and analytical. In the world of DiSC, which is a behavior assessment tool, most programmers fall into the D... more »
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Agile Can Alter the 5 Desirable Properties of Modeling Tools and Techniques
I do not think the agile approach diminishes modeling, in fact I think it increases the modeling because before the start of every... more »
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Why Most Agile Adoptions Fail
This short video introduces some ideas that will help us map why we can’t get agile going and take effective steps to actually succeed with it.
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Book Review: The Economics of Software Quality by Capers Jones
The Economics of Software Quality, a book by Capers Jones and Olivier Bonsignour, provides solutions to quantify Software Quality which... more »
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5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 5-17-13
This week: Netflix CIO Mike Kail on redefining IT, the twisted mind of the software tester and promoting Agile in Waterfall culture.
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The Toxic Defense of the Status Quo
If you take anything away from this cautionary tale it is to constantly be on the look out for those that adhere to the status quo. It... more »
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Developing Web Application with Node.js, Express.js and MongoDB
This is a Proof of Concept for making Node.js to communicate with MongoDB through REST API
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Certified Agile: the PMI-ACP Exam
What's the point of PMI's Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification? What's it like to sit for the exam - and what do you need... more »
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Using ASM to calculate test coverage in a new way. (Java)
Using ASM to calculate test coverage in a new way. ASM is an all purpose Java bytecode manipulation and analysis framework.
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Transform Your Agile Process with Kanban Thinking
Large-scale software and systems development involves a complex mix of people, teams, technologies, skills, architectures, and... more »
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Overcoming Self-organization Blocks
We know that self-organization is a critical aspect of every successful Agile and Scrum team and we also know that it takes trust,... more »
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Maven Git Flow Plugin for Better Releases
A new maven plugin is available enabling git flow workflows in your maven builds
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Continuous Information - Jenkins newsletter volume 4
Vol 4 of the Jenkins newsletter came out last night. It features Jenkins tips from founder Kohsuke, latest growth stats (730+ plugins,... more »
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Safe stubbing with Bogus
Bogus presents a novel way of isolating in Ruby tests. This posts shows how to stub safely with Bogus.
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Taking One for the Team...the Refactoring of Failure
Allowing for a bank holiday and foreseeable absences, the team's Sprint Planning budget came to around 42 story points. Unfortunately,... more »
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HP Communities - Enterprise agile – Part 1 : Preplanning - Enterprise Business Community
“The team is everything”, “The team owns its own planning” . yea right! As if my project manager and his PMO and marketing managers... more »
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