Monthly Archives: May 2010

A Simple Agile Defect Management Process

All software has defects of some sort – we know that. If left unresolved, some defects can have cataclysmic consequences while others are so minor that they go unnoticed by virtually everyone. Like most things in this universe there is a law of diminishing returns when it applies to the correction of software defects. Unless [...]
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How to Easily Prioritize Your Agile Stories

What Comes First? You’ve spoken to all of your stakeholders, maybe had a workshop or two, gathered all of the input, defined requirements and converted it all into stories, and now you have writer’s cramp from printing them all out onto index cards. You’ve now taken over the conference room and spread your cards out [...]
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How To Make Your Project Not Suck Using an Agile Project Charter

An Agile Project Charter The Problem Any project can fail, and any project can fail for a seemingly endless array of reasons. Large complex projects sometimes fail because they are well… large and complex. High complexity means more unknowns. More unknowns make estimation and management of budget, time, resource requirements, and a multitude of other [...]
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Apple Adobe Fight – Follow The Money

The Issue I have been following with great interest the recent and very public battle between Apple and its long-time ally Adobe. Concern over Apple’s behaviour has now escalated to the point where Reuters has reported that regulators are mulling an investigation to determine if Apple is in violation of antitrust laws by requiring that [...]
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