Recently, I have had the chance to work closely with a number of projects that were not pure software. They all had some software or firmware component but they also included an electronics or even mechanical design aspect. Below are … Continue reading
My friend George Fairbanks is trying to make the case that the abstractions provided by ports, connectors, and components are the next escalation in the war against complexity and scale. George, First, the good news… Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately for … Continue reading
Agile is particularly attractive to two very different groups: 1) those whose organizations don’t already have evolved practices, and 2) those whose processes have grown to become burdensome. In both cases, there is a tendency to make your first Agile … Continue reading