I know that this a departure from the usual Musings about Software Development posts on Cost Estimation or Functional Size Measurement or even leadership, but…
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Reprising this blog – first posted on Jan 25, 2012… Childproof your Metrics Program… As a new parent years ago, I remember childproofing household dangers like electrical…
Collaboration. It’s one of the tenets of the new Heart of Agile and central to all agile practices today. Effective collaboration increases communication, encourages creativity, lowers rework, improves morale and delivers better products. Many of us consider ourselves pretty good at communication and collaboration, yet I’ve discovered some silent habits we have that kill collaboration in its tracks. This post is a Top 10 Checklist for professionals in all industries that tests whether you harbor some of these silent collaboration killers.
Functional Size Measurement (Function Points) are often misconstrued as technical, difficult or a silver bullet – none of which is true. This short 30 minute webinar dispels those myths and positions function points as the pre-eminent unit of measure of software functional size. Listen in…
Consider recent statistics citing a whopping 70% of Americans who are unhappy at work, and (in a separate study) 80% of workers saying emotional-based issues block their career advancement. Now, combine that with the looming STEM worker crisis (a deficit of 3.7 million skilled workers by the year 2030), the exorbitant cost of replacing skilled talent, and a burgeoning millennial workforce that values quality of life over “working for the man”, and the Heart of Agile becomes a “no-brainer.”
I read a lot of articles about workplace dynamics and how the current rate of unhappiness at work hovers around 70%!
70% – wow! This means that almost 3 out of 4 workers spend more than half their waking hours in a state of unhappiness. Put another way, if you happen to be in the 25% of happy workers, you’re surrounded by unhappy colleagues. If you’re in the 70%, it’s a miserable place to be.
What is the source of such massive discontent at work? …. Could culture clashes be a contributing factor? Read more…
Collaborate: the concept is so ingrained with agile development that it’s one of the four components of Alistair Cockburn’s simplified Heart of Agile approach (along…
How would YOU answer this question? Stereotypically people answer based on their experience and expertise: technical pros choose hard skills first (programming, math, logistics,…
I first published the article listed below in 2014 – A WHOLE 5 years ago, and as I prepare to present at next week’s ICEAA…
“Potential is all of the resources you have in front of you. Efficiency is putting those resources to use effectively.” — Garrett Gunderson I hear all…
I’ve been an absentee blogger here for the past several months (yikes, has it been almost a year – time flies at my age!!!) BUT……
I recently recorded the remote meet-up presentation I did for Ryerson College (Toronto, Canada) called 3C’s of (FSM- Functional Size Measurement) Success – Create, Confirm,…
If you’re an agilist (my word for those who embrace agile concepts to do great work) – you’ll be interested to hear about the Heart…
The Agile Manifesto spawned a revolution in software development almost 20 years ago and continues to change a generation of product developers. From the humble…
Last week, the first of many sweeping data privacy laws went into effect in Europe: The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. If you’ve ever…