aprile 2010 Blog Posts

Funny hard to die myths about software development

Traduci al ITALIANO >>> We already all know about this, but still very funny :) Twitted by Joseph Pelrine Looks also: 3 myths about software development Tags :  Team Work | Agile | Leadership | Team | Cliente | Aziende | Team building | Progettazione Software |

[OT] Happy music playlist

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Replace conditional with...

Traduci al ITALIANO >>> Conditional statements like "If" and "switch" multiply the number of possible flows the code execution can follows. So they increase the complexity and the number of tests required to verify the code. => Conditional statements are time and effort (costs €€€) multipliers Here is a list of known techniques to eliminate conditionals : Replace conditional with polymorphism (look also the patterns template method and pluggable selector and  abstract factory) The patterns Null Object and Special Case ...

[OT] E' uno sporco lavororo ma...

E' uno sporco lavororo ma...

[OT] Cervello gatto batte super pc

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Focus vs multi-tasking

Translate into ENGLISH >>> Quando cerchiamo di aumentare la velocitá di un team, é piú efficace: - (a) avere un goal unico per lo sprint o (b) avere piú goal - (a) un dev che lavora a una user story alla volta o (b) a piú user story contemporaneamente - (a) cancellare lo sprint corrente o mettere i task urgenti e non pianificati nel prossimo sprint (con una durata dello sprint tale che si possa aspettare) o (b) aggiungerli allo sprint in corso - (a) un tester dedicato al 100% al team...

Tools build productivity like keyboards build software

Traduci al ITALIANO >>> People, skills and actual work come first.  And if you don't get it, gets a new job.  Even better, retires :D Courteously shared by Riccardo. Tags :  Team Work | Agile | Tools | Semplicità | Progettazione Software |

Irreversibile decisions, last responsible moment & Formula 1

Traduci al ITALIANO >>> Here I reflect about two concepts that Agile software development borrowed from Economics. And how they relate to the pit-stop that brought Button to win the Australian GP, and how they relate to the Alonso decision to delay the exit on the track for the Q1 session of the Malaysian GP that brought Ferrari to the early elimination. The concept of irreversibility was explained by Enrico Zaninotto italian professor in economics at the XP2000 conference: decisions the are irreversible, or to much expensive to revert,  are one of the prime drivers of...

[OT] Information Age

Most people live in the era of information Only a few live in the era of knowledge Do you feel the course of knowledge? Source: interesting thoughts from an advertising on Wallpaper magazine. Sounds abstract? This post, that Riccardo pointed out, is a good concrete example: Last week’s news

Formula 1 values & agile software development

Traduci al ITALIANO >>> F1 values: Speed: think about the trade-off between raising the maximum speed at the Speed-Trap point of the track and at the same time minimizing the Lap time (these can be 2 conflicting goals: think about reliability and slow tracks with lots of corners). Excellence: that in F1 is the foundation to improve the performances and leads to success. Competition: competing with opponents is a source of great motivation and get...

Guide To Self-Organization

Traduci al ITALIANO >>> Interesting slides: The Dolt's Guide To Self-Organization View more presentations from Jurgen Appelo.   Tags :  Team Work | Agile | Complessità | Pratiche | Team building |