I have always thought that I am good at multitasking. That is why I believed that I don't have to pay the price associated with context switching (or task switching). This week I realized that have been wrong. I am not very good at multitasking and context switching is much more expensive than I thought. […] Read more

This week I read a blog post titled Where is the Foreman by Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin. It made me think. Uncle Bob suggests that a software development team should have a foreman who: He'd make sure everything was done, done right, and done on time. He'd be the only one with commit rights. Everybody […] Read more

When potential customers contact us, the odds are that they want to know two things: How much does it cost to implement the application? How long it will take to implement the application? The honest answer to both of these questions is: We have no idea. Needless to say, if we give this answer to […] Read more

A daily stand-up meeting is an essential part of agile software development. It is a meeting which takes place at the same place and time every working day. The agenda of this meeting is simple. Each team member must answer to three question: What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? What problems […] Read more

We have just started a new project to a customer who sells widgets. This customer is the leading widget provider of the whole world so the project can either make or break us. The project uses agile methods, and the Product Owner has come to talk with the team. He is going to describe the […] Read more