Going Agile

The day-to-day struggles of bringing a software development company Agility. This is my story of moving a company who's doing ad-hoc/thrash development (i.e. big picture SDLC with thrash development) to an Agile, Scrum-based methodology.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Why stretch goals are stupid

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In case there was any doubt from the title, "stretch goals" are idiotic, wasteful, and counter productive. This company I'm a...

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Evaluating Source Control Systems

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Or the other title - TFS Sucks Donkey Balls. Normally I don't rave. I rant first, then rave. My first encounter with Microsoft's l...

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Cards vs. Tools

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Well, that startup collapsed. Under-funded. I had a few things to sort out in the mean time, hence the long gap. As I turns out, I got a ...

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Rails - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Before we start, so you all know where I'm coming from and don't think I'm picking on anyone, I'll give you the following su...

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

A Shining Ruby

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Yes, so this company is all hot to trot on Ruby on Rails. Or rather, the CTO is. I can sum up my experience to date as follows: Stage 1: L...

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Scrum in the Small

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So, in the new gig there are three of us developing and one designer. And an off-site contractor-guy that we don't talk about. And mul...

Friday, December 14, 2007

Moving on and up

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It's been a little while since I've posted. Things have been fairly shaken up, which has kept me busy. I reached a point where I r...

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