Expanding the knowledge base of Software Development Excellence
Over the years I have always instructed Agile Team to not point Defects, or Spikes or Technical Debt, etc. Many of us Agile Coaches taught this way, it wasn’t just me. Then along came a blog post by Mike Cohn about recommending pointing Defects (http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/should-story-points-be-assigned-to-a-bug-fixing-story LINK). I chewed on this for quite some time… Read More
I first read about The Ball Game about 7 years ago. Maybe it wasn’t 7 years ago but it was long enough ago that I don’t even remember my first encounter. It was created by Boris Gloger (Kudo’s Boris) and frankly it’s brilliant. It has all the hallmarks of a great learning game 1) it’s… Read More
Love him or hate him Steve Jobs was one of the most prolific product designers/developers in history and we would do well to listen to his insights. This part of an interview with Steve that highlights what he understands about the nature of what it takes to create great Products. But you substitute the word “software”… Read More
Agile “Defects” Explained You won’t find a definition of Defect in the Agile Manifesto, Lean Software Development or Kanban but we all know we encounter problems and bugs in Software Development Projects but “Defects” are optional. So what is my definition of a Defect in Agile Software Development? What is my definition of a Defect… Read More
I was once challenged on LinkedIn with a question about Agile Playbooks and if I had one that I used. My response was that I don’t have just one Playbook but multiple playbooks. The AgileManifesto.org, the Scrum Guide, Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn, The Art of Agile Development by James Shore, Lean Software… Read More
This is a very difficult question to answer as there are so many important aspects of any software development project. However, in my experience if a Project (any kind of Project) isn’t begun correctly a team will have one painful experience after another throughout the project, not the least of which is a lack of… Read More
