Archive - Agility!

and other inefficiencies

Oct 4 •

September 2024

That bogus “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses” quote was never uttered by Henry Ford.

Sep 23 •

Gall's Law is an essential observation about systems (not just software systems, but organizational ones as well, and it applies recursively).

Sep 4 •

August 2024

Quick take: Dump the Meetings

Nobody in history has gotten better at software development by having more meetings.

Aug 26 •

Quick Take: Address the fears.

When people demand estimates (or reject novel ways of working in general), I'd suggest addressing that problem by identifying and addressing fea…

Aug 17 •

Quick Takes. Just say no to DIY.

Was just asked whether it was a good idea to use some framework (they were talking about React) to build a web site in an agile way.

Aug 8 •

Quick takes: Requirements

The whole notion of a requirement is nonsensical if you're working with agility.

Aug 8 •

July 2024

Join my new subscriber chat

A private space for us to converse and connect

Jul 7 •

Invite your friends to read #No

I’m starting to get much more serious about SubStack (I’ll be posting at least once a week or so moving forward), so I’m focusing on building…

Jul 5 •

Tech Debt: Oblivious, Calculated, and Natural

Jul 5 •

August 2022

General questions and comments

This thread is for general questions about agility in general and the book in particular.

Aug 17, 2022 •

Aug 2, 2022 •

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