In this episode I talk about how we make change successful. Because we are bombarded with the need for business change – this means systems… Read More »Lovin’ Legacy Podcast: The Business of Legacy – Making Software Change Successful
In my recent podcast episode “Emergent Architecture and Beating the Monolith” I explore the idea that we don’t actually need to beat any monolith or… Read More »Build Now vs Build Later: Upfront Design vs Implementation Costs
Story Points are the most divisive element of Agile software development. Why? Because they define a contract. They are the pinch-point that attempts to equate… Read More »Do You Love Story Points?
Easier to spot in others, harder to spot in our own schedule. Busywork (n): Being so focussed on doing the things that we do, that… Read More »Identifying The Busywork
We are in a post Waterfall, post Agile world. So where does that leave us with our software and IT projects? Agile started as a reaction to… Read More »Agile vs Waterfall Doesn’t Matter: The Three Degrees of Perfect Projects
When building a house, when building a bridge, when building a car, when building a space station: the world thinks in projects. But how to… Read More »How to Run a Successful Project
When developers fix a problem, we like to show off a little. We like to wax lyrical about the intricacies of the system we are building, or… Read More »Please Don’t Explain It, Just Fix It
It’s the change you’ve all been dreaming of. You’ve been putting it off for years but now you’re going to get it done. You have… Read More »Avoiding the “Big Bang” project