Software Development

Three Misconceptions About Agile Software Development

Since agile software development has really hit the mainstream during the last few years, it is only natural that there are a lot of misconceptions around. Also, I have noticed that some misconceptions are more common than other ones. This blog entry is written to introduce you the three most common misconceptions about agile software […] Read more

The Five Characteristics of a Good Domain Model

I was trying to figure out a good definition of a domain model for this blog entry. All of my efforts led in to a somewhat clumsy explanation. However, I was able to find a good definition of a domain model from Wikipedia: A domain model in problem solving and software engineering can be thought […] Read more

There Must Be Only One

When I am having trouble with a product or a service, I will contact customer support and expect that my problem is taken care of. Businesses, who truly care about their customers, ensures that the customer gets an answer right away or the customer support will contact the customer after they have figured out the […] Read more

The Five Faults of a Software Engineer

I have been lately reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu during my buss ride to work. One Chapter of the book described the five faults, which may effect to a general. I realized instantly that the text could also be applied to software engineers. Without further introduction, I will give you the five […] Read more

Quality Management of Software Projects, Part 4: The Last Stand

The previous entry of my quality management series introduced quality management methods, which can be used during a software project to reduce or eliminate quality problems. Since this is the last part of that series, it is only just that I will describe a quality management method, which is used to verify that the delivered […] Read more

Unleashing the Full Potential of Sprint Retrospective Meetings

Today I was asked, how the concerns mentioned in a sprint retrospective meetings can be transferred to concrete results. I am hardly a Scrum expert, but I have got some experience working as a member of a Scrum team. Thus, I decided to explain, what kind of methods I would use for obtaining maximum benefits […] Read more