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Essays from October 2009
4 essays from October 2009
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We don’t need software engineering religion, we need software engineering science!
During the Scan-Agile ’09 conference there was a lot of discussion about why Agile works and if a specific flavor of it would be better than other flavors (you know, the Scrum vs Kanban fight). Despite those surface issues, there was a deeper debate going on. Why does Agile work? And in what context should …
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Opera Mini 5 is the king of mobile browsing, proof inside
In a discussion with @james_cooper and @iramo on twitter we came to argue about the performance of some mobile browsers. Now, if you are anything like me you hate propaganda as well as deceptive advertising. I raved on twitter about Opera Mini 5 (which I think is the best mobile browser out there, bar none!) …
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PMI vs Agile, the debate continues
Prompted by a comment by Murray on my first blog in this debate I wanted to expand some of the ideas that have not yet been explored. Here are the key excerpts from Murray’s comment: PMBOK V4 is compatible with and supportive of Agile processes. Here are some relevant quotes from CHAPTER 2 − PROJECT …
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We have Open Space for learning at Scan-Agile
I’ve been in many conferences, and without an exception the best part of every conference was the time I had to talk 1-on-1 or with a few people about some subject that really interested me. This normally started in the hallways, during the coffee breaks. We started talking and suddenly we realized that we had …
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