Managing Software System Alerts Blaring sirens. Whooping car alarms. Crying newborns. Be it noise, lights or colour, everyday life is full of alerts to which we need to react. People learn heuristics to guide them in identifying the how to’s of everyday life. These rules are normally generated through reaction to the piercing sirens and learningContinue reading “Danger! High Voltage”
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Over the Wall
Reflections on the Adoption and Use of Obstacle Boards in Agile Practice Life is full of obstacles. Be it school, work, home or any other feat we set our sights on, there’s bound to be a few blockers along the way. Let’s be honest, if every desire or achievement came easily, life would be rather dullContinue reading “Over the Wall”
Slow It Down
Causes and Symptoms of Too Rapid Software Development In the digital age, the demand for software, and therefore software engineers, only increases. Long gone are the days where significant delays in delivery are accepted. To meet existing regulatory and competitive demands, developers must rapidly produce more software. Yet until the cavalry arrives, the same technologistContinue reading “Slow It Down”
My Jekyll Doesn’t Hide
Client Visibility of Technical Debt Over Feature Stories We all know that old idiom about skeletons in the closet. And the other advising us not to air our dirty laundry in public. Secrets in life are constructs that we prefer to keep hidden to prevent public shaming. Many monsters lurk in our legacy code due toContinue reading “My Jekyll Doesn’t Hide”
Bad Reputation
How Poor Leadership Taints Software Development Practices Everything evolves. Technology is a common example of the ongoing digital revolution, with new frameworks and languages appearing at a constant pace. The field of how we engineer software is also changing, with new practices and techniques being defined every few weeks. Agile has existed in name formContinue reading “Bad Reputation”
Carly Richmond 