I think the typical software development group (team, department, …) has many more urgent matters to attend to than forecasting when tasks will be done. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to try to forecast more accurately; I merely believe that most organizations, most of the time, would benefit more from addressing other issues and letting this particular issue be as it is. At the same time, almost everyone all the time wants to know when it’ll be done, for all kinds of meanings of “it...| jbrains.ca
Many decision-makers are attracted to Lightweight/Agile ways of working because they believe it will help them deliver faster. Some proponents counter this b...| blog.jbrains.ca
People have struggled to understand and make use of the concept of Technical Debt for over 20 years now. I offer one idea with the hopes of reducing even jus...| blog.jbrains.ca
Yet another person yells absurd thoughts about TDD that seem ludicrously easy to debunk. But what if their absurd thoughts are perfectly sensible? What would...| blog.jbrains.ca