Do you remember the "gossip game" we played in elementary school? Our teacher would give one person a sentence or two and ask them to repeat it to...
0 replies - 13364 views - 10/13/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
There's an international conference known as the The Agile Tour It's had a number of events all over the world, and now it's gaining traction in the United...
0 replies - 3762 views - 10/08/10 by Jared Richardson in Announcements
You manage developers and you'd like to think you're a good manager... but look at the evidence. Most, if not all, of your projects are late. Your team often...
14 replies - 26227 views - 10/06/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
How many developers think they're good programmers? We're not. We're all fairly bad at what we do. We can't remember all the methods our code needs to call, so...
32 replies - 64227 views - 09/29/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
I remember a topic my childhood pastor would revisit from time to time: "gift projection". Without going deep into the subject, it's the tendency of...
0 replies - 11816 views - 09/22/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
How often have you lived this scenario? Customers and managers beg,
scream, and demand more features tomorrow. No matter what you tell them
you can get...
14 replies - 17887 views - 09/08/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
There are two things you must know in order to effectively create a roadmap. Although we'll be dealing with a technical roadmap, this applies to anyone wanting...
0 replies - 10562 views - 08/30/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
Planning meetings, done right, are one of the best communication tools your team can use. It gets the right people in the room and forces the discussion down...
4 replies - 11401 views - 08/18/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
According to a security firm, the first Trojan virus has infected Android phones this month. Once the normal looking application installs, it starts texting...
0 replies - 20923 views - 08/12/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
I've spent the week at Agile 2010 and it's been great. You know you're at a great event when you can walk down the hallway and see Martin Fowler, Bob Martin,...
0 replies - 1984 views - 08/11/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
Test automation is not a controversial topic in most circles. Even developers who don't write automated tests agree it's a great idea. They just don't have...
0 replies - 16279 views - 08/04/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
I recently stumbled across an amazing article. I've been using continuous integration for years, and I've used continuous deployment for a long time, but I've...
6 replies - 12619 views - 07/28/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
The fourth tenet of the Agile Manifesto is a difficult one. Responding to change over following a planWhy is that so difficult? What's the point of responding...
0 replies - 3848 views - 07/21/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
My technical brethren (and sistren) in the southern United States are probably more familiar with Kudzu than many of you, but it's a very fast growing type of...
2 replies - 7904 views - 06/14/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
Today's article is a short one, but I wanted to share, as well as vent. This isn't something I've seen recently, but I have seen it. As have many of you.What...
0 replies - 1211 views - 06/09/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles
