Archives for January 2009

Agile 2009 – Wear Your Badge Proud!

Show off your attendance at Agile 2009 with the badges below. Place these badges on your blog, web site, emails, and newsletters to get the word out about Agile 2009. The link to the official Agile 2009 web site is http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/.

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What is Architecture?

Talk about a loaded term. Even the term itself, “architecture”, when used in the Agile community can start a heated discussion. When I was coordinator of the International Association of Software Architects Puget Sound chapter, the discussions about “what is architecture” caused passionate debate. I am sure this entry will get some interesting comments, as [...]

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See You at SD West 2009

I’d like to invite you to join me at …
SD West 2009 Conference & Expo
March 9–13
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
http://www.SDExpo.com/
I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be teaching the following session at SD West 2009:
“Managing Software Debt: Continuing to Deliver High Value as Systems Age” on Friday, March 13th from 3:30-5:00pm
SD West is where [...]

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OK, I Created a Wordle, Too

Here is the wordle for this blog site:

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User Stories Gone Wild!

The thought of less documentation is appealing to many in the software industry. Reducing the specificity of our requirements can have tremendous value but some go too far. One of the big myths about Agile software development is that Agile means no more documentation. This was not the purpose of the Agile Manifesto value “Working [...]

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