Quote of the Month March 2016
Large organizations present serious challenges, but for the manager of such an organization they typically revolve around managing managers, not just programmers.
Tag: people
Managing Programmers
Programmers are not like the other kids. They cannot and should not be managed like normal people if your intent is to produce high quality software. The things you would do to make the process go faster will actually make things go slower. This session gives you insight on the …
Software Development Linkopedia January 2016
Here is our monthly selection of knowledge on programming, software testing and project management. This month you will find some interesting information and opinions about organizational debt, product owner types, flat structures, mature developers, keeping your head cool, working with UX, technical requirements management, software architecture, group problem-solving techniques and …
Making Badass Developers
Every moment of every day there’s a new language, framework, format, protocol to learn. Nobody has a more dynamic skill set than a web developer. We’ll look at the one metaskill to rule them all: The ability to come up to speed and stay there, over and over again.
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 …
Quote of the Month August 2015
Acknowledging that something isn’t working takes courage. Many organizations encourage people to spin things in the most positive light rather than being honest. This is counterproductive. Telling people what they want to hear just defers the inevitable realization that they won’t get what they expected. It also takes from them …