The agile approach to software development is all the rage these days. This must be a good thing because when handled well, the flexibility agile methods afford makes for much greater cost effectiveness, for example: Changes in the business requirements can be handled right up to the very late stages of development Iterative development, and Read more…
Thanks to John for his comment that asks a couple of questions I should have addressed in my Methodology and Madness – Introducing Process to a Development Group article. John’s questions are: How do you decide which to solve first? How long do you leave between introducing each solution? How Do You Decide Which to Read more…
Going back a couple of years, the development group I was contracting in at the time had decided to move out of its present chaotic state and start using a development process. I wonder how well that sentence conveys what they were planning to do? Just to clarify, the plan was this: all permanent development Read more…