Archive for March, 2009
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GSD / GSE on LinkedIn
Recently I searched LinkedIn for a group for people who, like me, are interested in how global software development (GSD) teams can work together more effectively. When I didn’t find one, I started one. Please consider joining the Global Software Development (GSD) group on LinkedIn if this topic interests you too!
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March 24 - Ada Lovelace Day
What a great idea: The Ada Lovelace Day Collection
For instance, here’s a well-written tribute to Anita Borg in honor of the event: Honoring Anita Borg on Ada Lovelace Day -
language barriers with global teams
Interesting write up on experiences with language barriers among global teams: http://janetgregory.blogspot.com/2009/03/communication-language-barriers.html - thanks to DianaOfPortland on twitter.
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shared resources
Great post on Chris Sterling’s “Harmony with Agile and Architecture” blog about the impact of “shared resources” (plus it seems the author and I share a pet peeve about referring to people as “resources”, as if they were interchangeable widgets and not unique human beings)
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book: Thinking Tools for Scaling Lean and Agile
Tonight I found a review of an interesting book, via the LinkedIn Agile CMMI group: Thinking Tools for Scaling Lean and Agile, by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde. It’s going onto my wish list.
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Agile Teams microblogs
To complement our agile_teams Twitter microblog (agileteams was already taken, by someone who appears to be inactive), tonight I discovered and joined identi.ca as agileteams. (I’ve also joined their agile group) Now seeking interesting people to follow! (followers welcome, of course )
