Attitude versus Knowledge in Software Development

In her article for the Summer 2016 issue of Methods & Tools, “Hiring for Agility,” Nadia Smith suggested considering an interesting difference between the need to recruit for “Agile”, defined as the knowledge and experience of Agile practices, and to recruit for “agility”, defined as attitude, values and behavior. Without …

Successful Software Development Project Failures

Software development projects have always been challenging. The most referenced source for metrics about project success is the Standish Group yearly CHAOS report. According to this source, around 30% of software development project were considered as a “failure” in the recent years. The failure rate of larger projects is a …

The Methods & Tools Award for the Best Software Developer Goes to….

The story started when I was recently asked to promote some awards around Agile. I wasn’t interested about this, especially as it seems that nominees can submit their own names. Some days later, I found an update on a professional social network where one of the nominees was sharing this …