I am renting out my house in Rotterdam to strangers. I rarely make use of it anyway. (And I have another home in Brussels too.) So why no...
I have returned from Sweden as happy guy, though the mosquitoes tried to make my vacation miserable. They were successful in leaving thei...
This is a guest post by Pradeep Bhanot. Pradeep is the Product Marketing Director for IT Governance solutions for EMEA at CA. He is based...
I'm having trouble with people's use of the term commitment. In Scrum and other agile processes, the term commitment-based sprint...
Next week I will be on vacation in Sweden. I am really looking forward to that. If the northern part of Sweden allows it, you can expect ...
Last week I moaned about power laws, and how they make our lives miserable. The realization that power laws are disturbing our work gave ...
You have this great new project. With groovy new technologies, a fine bunch of developers, and a preliminary set of requirements that loo...
Last week I told you that agile is a risk management strategy. But it's not. I lied. (Sort of) It is true that agile covers all the p...
Some people claim that agile software development is a risk management strategy. Why? Because all principles of risk management are nicel...
I've been trying to think about risk. What is it? What does it mean when we're taking a risk? Five years ago I took a risk when I...
My friend has recently suffered a burnout. From one moment to the next he suddenly had a mental collapse, and he was completely unable to...
Again and again I am asked (or feel compelled) to explain why agile software development fits nicely with fixed price contracts. Some peo...