Read this about “Business Improvement” and weep. Mindboggling, just mindboggling. Good thing you won’t have to wait too long for Tuning Up Teams. I’ve been reviewing the book for Esther and Diana, and with this book you won’t have to waste time answer some multiple-choice questionnaire and still not have information. They explain how to […]
It’s been a heck of a week. My office is in my basement (a walk-out basement with lots of light–it doesn’t feel like a basement). Earlier this week, I thought I had a leak in the foundation–there was a small damp spot in the rug. I called the basement people to make appointments. Of
Via Keith Ray, I saw Cory Foy’s Great Job Posting. The reason this ad works is that it’s congruent for the job the developer will do. Wish I’d thought of an ad like that.
Sherri Vokey posted a review of “Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds” at on my desk :: Hiring the Best: Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds. I was pleasantly surprised when she said …Part I perhaps offers the most valuable contribution. It covers developing a hiring strategy, analyzing the job and writing job descriptions
I had the opportunity to read Practices of an Agile Developer: Working in the Real World. The book has 45 tip to help developers become agile. And, it’s clear that Venkat and Andy know the problems of becoming an agile developer, because along with each tip, there’s a devil-thought to show people what happens
My friend and colleague, Stever Robbins, has started a blog, and one of his early posts is Are engineers living on another planet? Don’t they use their software? Unfortunately, not always. It takes self-discipline and the desire to look for problems to cause people to create systems that allow them to use their own
Summary: Staged integration versus continuous integration–which does your team prefer? Can’t decide if one is better than the other? In this week’s column, Johanna Rothman explains that you can create the perfect blend of the two. Developers and testers benefit from frequent builds, but be careful with how much you build. Build too much or too
The war for talent is back on, according to Gretchen and Rob Merrill. Ok, I’ll buy that. I know fewer unemployed people and it seems as if people are finding jobs faster.But not all people. Those of us with gray hair are not finding it easier to find jobs. I have only anecdotal evidence, but
I was talking with Don Gray this morning about our work on the AYE Conference. I’m the marketing chair, he’s the program chair. We were discussing the sessions we have so far, and I said we could put one of the management sessions into the team effectiveness track. “No,” Don said, “Managers aren’t part
Via Pragmatic Marketing, this piece on How to use timeboxes for scheduling software delivery.