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Clarification to Paired Experts Post
FYI I’ve just appended a small clarification to the end of my recent Pairing and Experts post, clarifying what’s meant by “expert”.
Expertise versus Pair Programming
Let’s start this post with a thought experiment. Not in software development, but in playing chess.
Imagine two novice chess players, working as a team. (We’ll assume their opponent is a computer, so it can’t overhear them talk.) Our two novices will benefit greatly from their collaboration. They’ll discuss all… Read more
Email Subscriptions
You can now subscribe to email updates from this blog. This should be handy if you prefer email to RSS. Just go to the new Subscribe page on the menu bar.
PS If you spot any problems with the email subscription, please let me know. I’ve never used this particular… Read more
It’s Alive!
My new Agile scope management tool is now live!
It’s called Tactyle, in reference to its emphasis on touching and interacting with the content of your project. Other key design principles include:
- simple, effective, and fully-automated Earned Value – in keeping with my blog posts in recent years
- suitable
Looking for beta testers for agile tool
After years of thinking about it, and months of actually developing it, I’m now looking for beta testers for a brand new agile tool. If you like the sound of “Story Mapping + Big Visible Charts + Simplicity”, send me an email (address here), and I’ll reply with a… Read more
Encyclopedia Article now on Sale
After some delay, my Encyclopedia Article on Earned Value is now available here. The article aims to be
An accessible and comprehensive introduction to Earned Value (EV). [It] makes extensive use of graphical charts, instead of mathematical formulae, and is suitable for readers with no prior knowledge of
Conversation with the Situation – a Software Example
As I posted recently, professionals in many fields work by having a “conversation with the situation”. What does this really mean, in software development? To answer that question, I’ve decided to share a recent design episode from a system I’m working on. I’ll try to capture the full “conversation… Read more
Compliance to Spec Considered Unprofessional
In keeping with the theme of this blog, which is “the neglected essentials of software development”, I’d like to share something I’ve learned recently. It’s about how Professional people in other fields think – people like architects, town planners and doctors.
10 Years Agile – a perspective from outside the room
Recently Alistair Cockburn invited 32 agile practitioners to join him at the Snowbird ski resort, for a retrospective on the agile movement as a whole. I followed the event via Twitter, sitting under a sun umbrella here in the southern hemisphere, reading the tweets from the snow.
The event… Read more