Software Estimation: You are not as good as you think
I know its a bit harsh to insult you in the title of this post, but the odds are, you really stink at estimation. Even if you know youre…
The Agile CIO: Failing Fast and Bad Stand ups
Recently I had a chance to speak about Agile with experienced IT professionals from the 2011 class of the UVa McIntire School of Commerces MS in Management of Information…
The Agile CIO: Virtualizing Development Environments
Agile teams should be based on talented development staff with multi disclipinary skill sets. This allows team members to easily trade tasks and keep the iteration moving forward. As…
Arin Sime speaking at AgileCville
Im looking forward to speaking next Tuesday night at AgileCville about range estimation in Scrum. Its been a while since Ive been able to attend AgileCville meetings regularly, so…
The Agile CIO: Avoiding heroes
Everybody loves employees and consultants who can get stuff done. Especially if youve made a commitment to a client or your boss, it can be very difficult to ask…
Arin Sime to present at Agile 2010 on Range Estimation in Scrum
I am looking forward to presenting at Agile 2010 this year, and I was very pleased to find out that my session proposal on Range Estimation in Scrum has…
Scott Stults is the inaugural OSC “Code Ninja”
Last Friday OpenSource Connections held one of our regular “hackathons”, where OSC developers get together for a day and work on a development project of our choosing, and then…
Will FOSS Damages Finding Spook Government Agencies?
Last week, the U.S. Federal District Court of Northern California found a software developer liable for unattributed use of a Java Model Railroad Interface. The lack of attribution,…
Microsoft Abandons FAST On Linux and Unix and Opens the Door For Solr
Today, Microsoft announced that it was abandoning development of the FAST search engine for Linux and Unix. Given that Microsoft paid $1.2 billion for FAST, the move is an…
Working with Groovy and Grails: The Funnies!
1. Documentation Have you ever wished that you could take Google with you on the road when you dont have access to the INTRANET? or at least the documentation…
The White House’s Open Government Directive: Still a Long Way From Reality
On December 8, 2009, the Executive Office of the President of the United States issued a memorandum providing guidance and directives for implementing the Open Government policy. While the…
A Random Walk Down Web Street: Can We Predict Trends for 2010?
The exponential growth of technology makes me think of Burton Malkiels book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, whose main thesis was that the average investor cannot beat the…