Things about Release Management Every Programmer Should Know I was privileged to contribute to the book 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts. Here are link to a some of the posts I found particularly interesting. |
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Book Review: Modular Java I recently read Craig Walls' book Modular Java: Creating Flexible Applications with Osgi and Spring (Pragmatic Programmers). This book is a very detailed tutorial that walks you through setting up an application using OSGI and Spring with the help of Maven as a build tool. |
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Are You Agile Enough? Being agile is a means to an end; your goal is to develop better software more effectively, not to be able to wear a "We are Agile" badge. If you're considering adopting agile, you are probably doing do because your current approach isn't getting you where you need to be so it's worth giving the 'by the book' technique a shot before you try to adapt an agile method to your circumstances. |
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Agile 2009 - Bob Martin - The Software Craftsmanship Movement
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Bob Martin and Bob Payne sit down for another great conversation in this podcast that delves into the difference between a software build and true software craftsmanship. This podcast was recorded after the Agile 2009 conference. |
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Rocks into Gold: Part 4 This short book by Clarke Ching is a "biztech" parable for software developers who want to survive—and then thrive—through the credit crunch. We have republished the book in a four-part-series. In part four, our characters pitch Bob's plan to MegaCorp. But will business politics get in the way of a good idea? Follow the story as our characters fight to keep their jobs by implementing creative business ideas and management skills taken from agile development. |
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Leap IT: Lean Accelerators for Productivity improvement in IT “Expectations from IT just keep increasing every single day “– this is a point of view echoed by several CIOs across the organizations all over the globe. Newer developments in IT like Social Networking, Green IT, Virtualization, and Business analytics are changing the way businesses are run. |
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The Checklist Manifesto as Agile Primer Agile software development methods often have very few explicit processes. However, these processes are essential and require discipline to execute well. We're often tempted to skip steps, either because we think that the step doesn't apply in a particular situation or we forget to do it. |
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Quality Management - Testing in the World of Scrum and Agile Product Development Does Quality Management have a place in agile product (system-software) development and delivery?
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What’s a Tester without a QA Team? When a tester joins an agile team, she leaves her Test or QA team behind. Often, her old QA team is disbanded altogether. Without the support of a QA team, she might feel abandoned, especially if she now reports to a development manager. She’s in danger of becoming isolated, having lost the phased and gated process that guided her old team. She may feel pushed to the sidelines and like she’s lost any control over quality. |
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Agile Developer’s Journal: A Day in the Life People are creatures of habit, particularly programmers: We seek consistency, whether it is the tried-and-true waterfall/SDLC method or our morning routine of reading the newspaper with a hot cup of coffee. Companies or projects looking to adopt an agile process neglect the fundamental concern of an individual developer: "What will my day to day look like working in an agile environment?" |
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