“The team continues to complain about working with that legacy codebase because it has so much software debt. That software debt slows them down in feature delivery and they are wondering if we can push for priority to be put into paying it back some?” asked the ScrumMaster. The IT Development Manager looked distraught about [...]
Archives for August 2008
Beat Cross-site Scripting Issue with StoryTestIQ
A few years ago I was privileged to be on a team with some excellent developers where I currently work, SolutionsIQ. One of whom saw the need to stabilize development on an incredibly unstable codebase with no tests. He came to the team with a proposed tool that he slapped together in his free time. [...]
Technical Debt Workshop – A Perspective
Last week I was invited to participate in a LAWST-style workshop on Technical Debt. I was honored to be there with such a great group of people from diverse industries and experiences. Preface: I am writing this blog entry for myself and therefore it may not be as useful to those reading. Also, the perspective [...]
Reflections on Agile 2008
Agile 2008 was an interesting experience for me. It was the first time that I went to a conference and felt like I knew a large portion of the participants. I am not sure what this means but I had fun meeting up with friends and acquaintances. Bas Vodde, a Certified Scrum Trainer from Singapore, [...]
