Archive for January, 2008
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the death of agility?
Bob Aiello of CM Crossroads is ‘predicting the death of Agility’ in item 6 of this CM Crossroads article (TB). From where I sit, I don’t see it dying at all; I view it as continuing to evolve and adapt, to knowingly apply just the right amount of the right kind of discipline for each […]
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peer code review
today I ordered a copy of free book on peer code review secrets, based on a quick read of the Cisco case study writeup which is freely downloadable from the same link. I will post back here when I know what I think of the book.
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tools: Chandler vs. Backpack
I’ve started testing out BackPack and its collaborative WriteBoards, and finding a few awkwardnesses … will eventually be writing up a ‘review’ with my results. I am also going to compare it to Chandler before I make a paid-upgrade decision or invest substantial data-time in BackPack. At first glance, Chandler’s pluses are that (1) it’s […]
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news on software and medical privacy
anyone interested in privacy and medical records management should see this recent post by Annie Anton of ThePrivacyPlace on the weaknesses of Microsoft’s HealthVault.
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tool: Writeboard
I definitely want to try using a Writeboard for the very next technical paper I co-author with someone I can’t pair-write with in person! and I’ll be experimenting to see how it works with their BackPack companion product.
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book: Beautiful Code
today a colleague at work, whose opinion I value, recommended the book Beautiful Code to me, as one of the best he had read in a long time. I did a quick search tonight and found lots of plaudits for the book, as well as an interesting dissent.
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FFT on importance of goals
this quote, in a Syster’s sig, gave me some food for thought today:
“In absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.” — Unknown
I’m guessing this will remind you of at least one software development organization you’ve worked in, as it does me? -
choosing strategies
Today I found an essay on choosing development strategies which briefly references PSP and TSP. I generally agree with the essay’s principles and arguments, and the main point that one size does not fit all. But I noticed that the descriptions of PSP and TSP were rudimentary at best - a one-liner on the assumed […]
