Jeffrey Palermo [MVP]

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• Baking requirements - Developing with raw ingredients is waste

  I have learned an important lesson from my combined experiences at all the places I've worked. That is: raw requirements cause waste. A term I've used (and have heard others use) is that requirements are either "baked" or "not baked"... Posted Jul 10 2007, 12:23 PM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Coding Principles, Managing, Tips & Tricks

• The first task of a new software project is to build trust - level 300

  Please read this post by Brad Appleton (and some links off the post) about building trust in a software team. The notion is very profound, and we don't talk about much in professional circles. I, for one, can easily be drawn into only thinking about... Posted Jan 24 2007, 07:05 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with no comments Filed under: Learning, Developer Community, Managing, Agile

• Driving a "no bugs" team culture - level 200

  I've been reviewing Jim Shore and chromatic 's upcoming Agile book, and I especially like the "No Bugs" section here: http://jimshore.textdriven.com/Agile-Book/no_bugs.html Large, dusty bug databases abound. Some teams have a process... Posted Dec 22 2006, 08:18 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Developer Community, Managing, Agile, Tips & Tricks

• New law posted in my bullpen - level 000

  I have printed out and posted the graphic from Plip's blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/plip/archive/2006/11/16/who-broke-the-build.aspx Posted Nov 16 2006, 08:49 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Developer Community, Managing, Agile, Build Automation

• Iteration discipline: another Agile mind-shift - level 200

  In an effective organization, discipline is key. You can't run a loose ship and expect to be effective. One of the disciplines that his hard to master is speculation. Speculation When working on a story, the developer team might have questions or... Posted Nov 10 2006, 12:46 PM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Managing, Agile

• How to produce a software product quickly, part 3 - level 300

  In my first two installments of this series, I talked about: Eliminating Waste Dodging as much work as possible. These first two guidelines are very important. The first drives efficiency, and the second drives effectiveness. Even doing these first two... Posted Aug 31 2006, 09:20 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Managing, Agile, Tools

• How to produce a software product quickly, part 2 - level 300

  This is a follow on to part 1 of this series. I'm talking about how to produce software quickly. To be clear, I'm not talking about producing brittle software quickly. Software is too expensive to be built cheaply. This mantra is a good tagline... Posted Aug 23 2006, 10:36 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Managing, Agile, Tools

• How to produce a software product quickly, part 1 - level 300

  This is harder than it sounds. I'm thinking about this topic because I'm the manager of a software product team. I'm responsible for the product's health and speedy delivery. Because of that, I need to steer the team in the direction with the shortest... Posted Aug 19 2006, 10:50 PM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Managing, Tools

• Review James Shore's new book "The Art of Agile Development" online - level 200

  James Shore is taking lessons learned and teaming up to write a book called "The Art of Agile Development" . He's posting sections on his website for review. You can read a section and post what you think to his Yahoo group . I've followed James' blog... Posted Aug 11 2006, 08:23 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Managing