Recently I was having a discussion about an article that mentioned IT is about managing data. Given the rest of this article I tend to agree with the writer (sorry I have lost the reference or else I would link to it from here) but a colleague of mine, Bill Barr, responded after reading the [...]
Archives for November 2007
Value vs. Return and Potentially Shippable Product Increments
Aman, a trustworthy and accomplished IT manager, looks at Scrum and Agile for his first time. After going over timeboxes, value-driven backlogs and potentially shippable product increments, Aman assumes that this method of developing software is not applicable to their projects. Aman sees a problem producing valuable increments of software every iteration. Some of their [...]
Running All Unit Tests When Saving a File in Eclipse
Introduction I am a strong proponent of Test-Driven Development (TDD) which has the mantra “write test, write code, refactor”. One of the most important parts of TDD is the ability to gain immediate feedback regarding the state of the code. After using TDD in many projects I have found that there are some potential areas [...]
AYE Conference – Day 3
Wow! Again it was a wonderful day at the Amplify Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference in Phoenix, AZ. My only regret is that it is the last day of the conference. Here is what I gathered on the day: Writing Workshop presented by Naomi Karten and Johanna Rothmann I have been doing some writing lately and [...]
AYE Conference – Day 2
I found myself in two more great sessions today at the Amplify Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference in Phoenix, AZ. It just amazes me how much knowledge I have witnessed within two days here. The following information is important information and results of my experience today. Reflect and Adapt presented by Elisabeth Hendrickson This session started [...]
AYE Conference – Day 1
I am currently at the Amplify Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference in Phoenix, AZ. Although I have only participated in one day of sessions it has been an overwhelmingly worthwhile experience. When one gets around this many talented, passionate, and knowledgeable people there seems to be a learning experience around every corner. I thought that I [...]
