There was a recent brouhaha on Twitter and in some blogs about the appropriateness of Team System in small teams. The gist of the discussion was simply that there are a lot of alternatives to TFS and VSTS tooling and many of them come cheaper out of the box. In many cases, free! Duh. I […]
Read MoreOn Saturday, some of us folks from the Seattle ALT.NET community held a workshop in Olympia, covering some software craftsmanship principles. Overall, I think the workshop went pretty well, with the usual assortment of things to learn from. Things That Went Well I was impressed by everyone’s enthusiasm. I was a little worried that we […]
Read MoreSome of us folks from ALT.NET Seattle have been working on putting together a workshop for developers in Olympia, WA, focusing on Software Craftsmanship – which, to us, means caring about our craft and applying the principles we know work to what we are doing. The workshop is inspired by some of the discussions started […]
Read MoreThere is some heated debate in the wind at the moment on the idea of an Agile Maturity Model (AMM). See here for more on the subject, or go straight to the heart of the matter by reading through this slide deck from Ross Pettit at ThoughtWorks. I have taken the time to study what […]
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