The More Things Change In Programming The More They Remain The Same
Software that used to take minutes to complete a full build now start with fetching from the repository and may require an hour or more to build.
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Falling Prey to a Simple Message
The simple message is almost always just a useful abstraction of a fuller methodology that needs to be understood.
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Not A HIT
The healthcare industry may be experiencing an ongoing productivity paradox, mirroring earlier patterns in manufacturing and other industrial sectors.
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It’s Fair. We Have To Fix Someone Else’s Problems
It’s not fair. When we screw up, it’s fair, we have to fix it. But it feels less fair when we have to fix someone’s else’s problems.
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How To Do Agile Estimation The Right Way
What had worked for us? Velocity, or better stated, the methodology behind velocity, the average. It always drove people crazy that I'd use averages on my projects.
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Data Is A People Problem
I've found that "having the data" is about half the effort. The other half is not how to make it compelling. The data was always compelling in my experience because it generally showed that we were making poor decisions. That rarely went over well.
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Efficient vs Innovative
That was one of my biggest fears. We would deliver the product on time with good quality but the product wouldn't sell well.
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Agile Needs An Appropriate Culture
I recall their often repeated truism that new tools or new processes wouldn't fix an otherwise dysfunctional organization.
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Is It Faux Agile Or Just Uninspired?
I remember the first time it happened to me. I’d been an agile developer for less than a year. We were having our morning stand-up, and something felt off. The room was oddly crowded. The scrum master was having a heated discussion with a developer....
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Does Anybody Listen To You?
It takes three elements: the right people, the right timing, and the right way? Not so fast.
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Maintaining Peace While Things Fall Apart
A lot of what you saw in America and you see overseas is, “I want a change.” They want a wrecking ball brought to these governments. A lot of us are sympathetic with that. We want to see something different. We want things to be...
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Lessons Learned From Cancer Treatment Doctors
Hospitals keep us healthy right? The best place to be if one is not feeling well has got to be a hospital. Well as it happens, no.
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Be An Early Mover By Challenging Conventional Wisdom
A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at the stock listings could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one selected by the experts. Burton Malkiel
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How To Make Pseudo-controversial Changes
On the subject of making pseudo-controversial changes to classic Marvel characters, [Marvel’s Senior Vice President David] Gabriel added that internet outrage is never a good indicator of what actual comic book readers and fans want. “The first thing we do is watch the sales. If...
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Refactoring Stream-Of-Thought Management
Refactoring not only helps improve the mechanical quality of code; it also helps you learn from your code. When refactoring, you converge on better models. Right now, your code works, but it may feel tense, even a bit brittle. Refactoring reveals the implicit model, which...
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