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I’ll Pet Him and Squeeze Him and Call Him Agile

Posted by David Bland in agile, project management, tools on July 14, 2009

I’ve read through Scott Ambler’s IBM blog about the Agile Process Maturity Model several times, and his points are lost on me. His over engineered solution is the antithesis of agile. I do find some comfort that Kent Beck, Dave Thomas and others are not blindly adopting it either. IBM seems to be posturing for [...]

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Why is that Programmer Crying?

Posted by David Bland in project management, startups on July 2, 2009

Disclaimer: I witnessed this first hand as a junior technical lead several years ago. This is a stark reminder of how a neglected team member can suffer both professionally and personally. The names have been changed for privacy, and this person did not report to me. It was early 2001, when Ben walked into the [...]

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