I’ve often been involved with defining processes for teams to work together. Some organisations want a standard process for all teams—that every event (or “ceremony”) is agreed, producing standard documents … Continue reading Freedom and limitations for teams
A long, long time ago there was a new thing called “blogs”—a kind of page or website run (at that time) by a fairly small number of people. This was … Continue reading Innovation doesn’t need to be dramatic
I’ve hitched a ride on a few technological bandwagons over the years. Some of those have lasted and some haven’t. In particular I remember CORBA, SOAP and EJBs. Once upon … Continue reading Speed and simplicity beat elegance and completeness
The other day I heard someone use that well-worn phrase, “Quality is not negotiable.” They were talking about the reliability of the software their teams write, and were keen to … Continue reading Quality up and down the stack
Some time ago I was discussing the use of a centralised software system that had various configuration options (naturally), one of which would allow us to force employees to follow … Continue reading Embedding process in technology
Last week I recalled a disussion I had about understanding the quality of a software architecture. As part of that conversation the head of the company was interested in flexibility: … Continue reading Considering a flexible architecture
This is the last in my four-part literate programming series: What is it? Problems and challenges Modern variants Closing thoughts (the rest of this article) As I’ve developed my understanding … Continue reading Literate programming part 4: Closing thoughts
Literate programming (LP) hasn’t taken off, despite its promises to developers. After my previous posts understanding literate progamming itself and looking at some possible challenges and problems, in this post … Continue reading Literate programming part 3: Modern variants
In part 1 of this series I looked at the promise of literate programming (LP), created by Donald Knuth. It seems to be a fairly simple idea to promote good … Continue reading Literate programming, part 2: Problems and challenges
Previously I’ve written about Niels Malotaux’s drive for zero defects. One of his principles (and the IBM Clean Room approach) is that any failure, such the as the discovery of … Continue reading Literate programming part 1: What is it?
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