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Prioritize With Poe – Halloween Fun
A little Halloween fun – an homage to Edgar Allen Poe describing this week’s issue triage and prioritization meeting.
21 Dysfunctional Definitions
Twenty-One dysnfunctional definitions of things we encounter every day as part of the software development lifecycle. Check ’em out and add to the list!
Version Numbering Makes Release Planning Harder
David, at 37signals, writes an interesting post about changing the way their company is managing the naming of new versions of their Backpack information manager product.
David starts with the premise that there is too much feature-creep when scheduling deliveries of software updates.
Iron Triangle Kills in Boston…
… Skyline Unharmed Short-sighted demands on software teams usually don’t kill people. Software development is often described with a construction analogy. The Big Dig construction project was under exactly that kind of pressure. On July 10th, 12 tons of tunnel ceiling collapsed and killed a motorist. On July 20th, Mitt […]
Customer Independence Day
If This Be Treason, Make the Most Of IT! (Patrick Henry)
The customer is always right, except when he is wrong. When we have bad customers, we should fire them. Declare today as Customer Independence Day, where we declare our independence from bad customers.
Process Trumps People – Innovation Articles
Innovation begins with people, but only if the process allows it. Process Trumps People. A quick break to read about innovation can be a great way to recharge the batteries. Here are a couple good articles to get the juices flowing:
Fuel Shortage
Scout got my Diet Mt. Dew today, so no late night blogging tonight. Apologies for the short notice – see y’all tomorrow! Scott
Magic square of innovation
Marcus Ting-A-Kee has a post on his blog with a great magic square diagram describing a perspective on innovation. This framework provides us with an easy way to assess the potential impact of an innovation. We will…
* show how to use the square
* look at some example innovations
* and use the square to prioritize requirements