Software Development Mantra
We believe developers should have a particular attitude when writing code. There are actually several we’ve come up with over time – all being somewhat consistent with each other but saying things a different way.
Software development quotes
We believe developers should have a particular attitude when writing code. There are actually several we’ve come up with over time – all being somewhat consistent with each other but saying things a different way.
Any manager, when goals are not being met, identifies the impediments and whenever possible removes them. A good manager goes further by identifying and removing potential impediments before they lead to the goals not being met. A great manager makes this seem easy.
The maddening thing about most of our organizations is that they are only as good as the people who staff them. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get around that natural limit, and have good organizations even though they were staffed by mediocre or incompetent people? Nothing could be …
Tools and machines are great, but in the end, it is the people who matter. Putting together an effective automated test team requires lots of planning and skills.
Gilb’s Law: “Anything you need to quantify can be measured in some way that is superior to not measuring it at all.” Gilb’s Law doesn’t promise you that measurement will be free or even cheap, and it may not be perfect – just better than nothing.
So instead of looking for ways to make team formation possible, we began to think of ways to make it impossible. That was easy. In no time at all, we came up with lots of surefire ways to inhibit the formation of teams and disrupt project sociology. These measures, taken …