A few years back I worked with a customer who ran a WordPress-based e-commerce site. As a way of boosting sales, the Marketing department had come up with a coupon...
Years ago, I was visiting a prospective client and was invited to meet the team at a farewell drink at the office.
The CIO told me about their remote policy: people...
Communication is the core of software development. We shape our solutions through conversations with customers, stakeholders and colleagues. We evolve architecture through debate and discussions. We write code to talk...
A professional software developer needs to balance quality and deadlines.
That shouldn't be a controversial statement, but these days, it seems to be one.
Whenever I discuss this topic, I'm always met...
Software development is hard. When you're just getting started, the task sometimes seems insurmountable. You're not just missing a few pieces of the puzzle. You don't know what the picture...
Let's pretend we're starting a car company. If we want to build a luxury model, that's going to be reflected in our workflow. We'll focus on hand-made components and meticulous...
Let's think of a restaurant. The kitchen is small and understaffed. There are 5 tables and they each have ordered something different. All of them expect to be served ASAP...
Back in the 90's we had the dream of the Software Factory. Smart people would distil requirements. They would think very hard about the problem and would write down a...
Attracting software developers remains a hot topic. There is no easy solution and in some cases, it can really block the growth of your organisation.
I was talking with a company...
The Kanban board has become the staple of progress tracking in software development. There's a "To Do" column, various stages of "In progress" and finally a "Done" list.
We think of...
