Archive for July, 2006

Speak Naturally

Friday, July 7th, 2006

My quest for an ergonomic solution for my workstation began a couple of months ago. I spend most of my days working on my computer, mainly writing. Until then I occasionally suffered from some sort of strain in my hands, but two month ago it got worse. I really started to worry about causing myself permanent […]

More Than A Process

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Once upon a time, whenever people talked about quality they talked about process. They talked about documented, repeatable process. They talked about unified process. And they talked a lot about metrics. Quality management was a synonym for being obedient, and quality was all about discipline.
But something has changed. More and more people realize now that […]

Another Agile Acquisition

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Originally, I wanted to wish my US readers a happy 4th of July. Then, I came across this post, and I thought to myself: is this yet another Agile hijacking?
My prediction is that in ten years from now either no one will use the word “Agile” in the context of software development, or everything in […]

Elements Of Communication: Back To The Future

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

The entire software development scene seems to be occupied with the issue of communication. And with a good reason. We in the software industry really do have a communication problem.
Many of the problems we encounter in software development projects can be traced back to communication problems. Software development is a people-oriented activity. Almost none of […]