Quote of the Month April 2016
Having conversations is more important than capturing conversations is more important than automating conversations.
Software development quotes
Having conversations is more important than capturing conversations is more important than automating conversations.
Large organizations present serious challenges, but for the manager of such an organization they typically revolve around managing managers, not just programmers.
Ask somebody in the building industry to visually communicate the architecture of a building and you’ll likely be presented with site plans, floor plans, elevation views, cross-section views and detail drawings. In contrast, ask a software developer to communicate the software architecture of a software system using diagrams and you’ll …
Testing by itself does not improve software quality. Test results are an indicator of quality, but in and of themselves, they don’t improve it. Trying to improve software quality by increasing the amount of testing is like trying to lose weight by weighing yourself more often.
Now more than ever, we need to unleash the talent of individuals, teams, and organizations. This might be the only hope we have to not just survive but thrive. But, too often, we put a wet blanket over the fire of innovation and motivation. In the midst of uncertainty, we …
Because we are working in such small increments, the only thing we need to come up with at a Retrospective is something to try out for the next few weeks: an experiment. Because we are only going to try the experiment for a limited amount of time, any negative impact …