... We often have differing views on what's happening and a tendency to not always remember clearly the past decisions we've made. As with so many other things, a view into the different perspectives seems the right place to start. [Read the Full Article...]
Software development happens in your head. Not in an IDE. Not in Large Language Model Chatbot. Your ability to _learn_ may be your most important element of success. [Read the Full Article...]
A map is not the territory ... [Read the Full Article...]
... I was searching for something more… substantial. And there it was. A framework that starts with the very basic topic of human interaction. I was hooked. [Read the Full Article...]
But as we get better at problem solving, our work often brings us new and more challenging problems. The problem with problems is ... [Read the Full Article...]
A software development "process" is often the wrong tool for the job. The GROWS Method® is not about process... [Read the Full Article...]
Most software development methods are defined by "practices" you have to follow. In many cases, this emphasis on practices goes badly, for two reasons... [Read the Full Article...]
I think we all agree that what agile is today has nothing to do with what it was conceived to be. Why are there so many misconceptions around agile? [Read the Full Article...]
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Future-proof your career, starting with our new online study hall. [Read the Full Article...]
What makes software development so hard? How can we make it easier and "fix" common development problems? Here are four key strategies for modern software development that will allow you to reliably mount a rapid response to changing user requirements, market conditions, technology, staffing, and more. Number four will surprise you ;) [Read the Full Article...]
The agile movement was a great start, but actual agility remains out of reach for many organizations. The GROWS® Method takes the ideas of agile and modern software development and focuses on an explicitly experimental approach, continuous development, includes concrete practices for executives, developers, and users alike, and steers the organization using a skills model for growth and continual improvement. [Read the Full Article...]
Estimations are rarely correct and often abused. Instead of arguing over estimation or the "no estimates" movement, we avoid the whole mess and work with projections instead. In GROWS, Executives gain real-time transparency and accurate projections based on real data instead of insisting on some weak form of low-accuracy predictions. (BONUS: Watch the Video, too) [Read the Full Article...]
We have a talented core of skilled individuals in development, testing, and various flavors of management. Sadly, we have a much larger number of people who haven't reached that level, and don't know how to get there. Some just don't care, but others are struggling to get improvement, and when they get advice like "keep improving", they don't know how. As the old saying goes, they don't know what they don't know. Welcome to the Dreyfus Model. [Read the Full Article...]
While agile methods invite you to inspect and and adapt as necessary, that idea isn’t represented as a first-class part of any method. What happened to the idea of inspect and adapt? What happened to the idea of introducing new practices, of evolving our practices to suit the challenges at hand? [Read the Full Article...]
The agile movement provided a jolt of energy, hope of a better way of doing things, of creating software and making the world work better. It was a pivotal turning point, but in the 14 years since then, we‘ve lost our way. Agile methods themselves have not been agile, and for good reasons. [Read the Full Article...]
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