Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust
Published August 9th, 2011 Under Books | Leave a Comment
The title of this book from Watts S. Humphrey is a little bit deceiving as its main focus is rather on the Team Software Process (TSP). If you are your interested in a broader perspective on software development management or leadership, you should rather read Humphrey’s “Reflections on Management“. The information in the book is well structured and the mix between the theory and practice parts is fairly balanced. I will recommend this book to every software development manager and project manager who is interested in getting an additional perspective on how to improve its projects results. Read a complete review of Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust
Reference: “Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust”, Watts S. Humphrey and James W. Over, Addison-Wesley, 309 pages, IBSN 978-0-321-62450-5
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Agile Requirements, Software Testing and CMMI in Winter issue of Methods & Tools
Published December 20th, 2010 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment
Methods & Tools – the free e-magazine for software developers, testers and project managers – has just published its Winter 2010 issue with the following articles:
* Non-Functional Requirements: Do User Stories Really Help?
* Software Testing Dojos
* Process improvement, The Agile Way!
* Tool: Apache ServiceMix
* Tool: Apache Camel
* Tool: ArgoUML – Open Source Unified Modeling Language
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Winter 2009 issue of Methods & Tools
Published December 21st, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment
Winter 2009 issue has just been published with the following articles:
* Refactoring Large Software Systems
* An Introduction to Domain Driven Design
* Agile Coaching Tips
* Are Enterprise AJAX Applications Doomed…Or Are We?
* Does Process Improvement Really Pay Off?
* SQuirreL SQL Client
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The Eleventh Commandment of Software Development
Published September 29th, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | 1 Comment
During my software development career, I have seen many software development approaches or methodologies used in different organizations. When a new and supposedly better approach is promoted, some people tend to adopt it with an attitude that could sometimes be close to a religious zeal. Software companies have noticed this and they now employ “product evangelists”. As a consequence, new believers are often rejecting completely what has been done previously and adopting a “us against them” attitude, especially when the new approach is still a small movement fighting against an established methodology. Read more
Scrum, Java, Testing and UML in Methods & Tools Fall 2009
Published September 22nd, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | 3 Comments
Methods & Tools Fall 2009 issue has just been published with the following articles:
* Mature Scrum at Systematic: mixing CMMI and Scrum in the same company
* Implementing Automated Software Testing: metrics that help manage the transition to software testing automation
* The Spring Framework: an introduction to this java framework, aspect oriented programming and inversion of control
* The Learning View: how to improve your learning capabilities as a software developer
* Time and Synchronization in Executable UML
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