Category Archives: Software Development

Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3

Posted on July 27, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3 by David J. Anderson. I highly recommend reading this article. My work happens to straddle both the management improvement and software development areas that this article covers. But, if you … Continue reading →

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Agile Management

Posted on July 19, 2005 by John Hunter

David Anderson publishes the Agile Management Blog, wrote the Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results, and works for Microsoft. Robert Scoble, technical evangelist [the broken link was removed], also with Microsoft, has posted … Continue reading →

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Competing on the Basis of Time

Posted on May 16, 2005 by John Hunter

Competing on the Basis of Time: The way to get rid of the big delay at verification is to move testing closer to coding – much closer. In fact, testing should happen immediately upon coding; if possible the test should … Continue reading →

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How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of Business.

Posted on September 29, 2004 by John Hunter

Comment on How to Destroy Morale #1 from the excellent Agile Management Blog.If you want to learn to be more like Morris the Deming Institute has a seminar for you: How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of … Continue reading →

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