Evolving Beyond The Technical
Jira, is a common tool used for coordinating, tracking, and managing work. It is both praised for its flexibility, and criticized for being an ill-exercised and overly confusing tool. My personal opinion lies somewhere in the middle. At best, Jira can be very useful as a tool to increase your team transparency, particularly if you … Read more
When I encounter a software company that claims to be “agile,” I often also hear something like this: “We’re an agile shop. We don’t do documentation because we don’t need to. Documentation goes obsolete quickly.” Yeah, right. Whenever I hear such things, there is a part of my brain called the bullshitathalamus that quickly utters … Read more
Would your company do things differently if a critical bug cost a million dollars to fix? Part of the reason for the bugs in software these days, might be our willingness to accept them. We have become so used to software that is filled with bugs, that we are willing to lower our expectations accordingly. … Read more