Software Best Practices

I'm going on some long needed (and hard earned) vacation. I won't be blogging again for about one month (so this will likely be my only entry for July). I've got a lot of REALLY GREAT and interesting books to try and catch up on. I hope to blog about them when I return. Here is what's...

My review of Jim Brosseau's Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success is available in the May issue of the Agile Journal . It is nothing less than outstanding! I found Software Teamwork to be an immensely helpful, intensely practical, profusely insightful field guide to improving team outcomes...

I started reading through the book Implementing ITIL Configuration Management , by Larry Klosterboer. I'm really not what I'd consider an expert on ITIL nor IT Service Management , but I've had more than my fair share of exposure to it and am certainly no "slouch" in that area either...

I just received an advance copy of Programming Groovy from the Pragmatic Programmer's Bookshelf . This complements their work that came out last month on Groovy Recipes . From the Programming Groovy book webpage: Groovy brings you the best of both worlds: a flexible, highly productive, agile, dynamic...

My review of Outside-In Software Development is in this month's edition of The Agile Journal . Kessler and Sweitzer's Outside-in Software Development should resonate deeply with all those who genuinely value the principle of customer collaboration in the Agile Manifesto, and with anyone who has...

My review of Lean Project Management is in the February 2008 issue of the Agile Journal. Lean Project Management: Eight Principles for Success , is actually a second edition of the eBook Eight Secrets to Supercharge your Project with CCPM . It is available both in hardcopy and eBook formats. Lawrence...

I am still amazed at the number of software managers who are unfamiliar with "The Mythical man-month" lesson that says (paraphrasing here) adding more people to a late project makes it even later. So I decided to round-up some resources on the subject. Here they are: Wikipedia entry on the...

My review of The Art of Agile Development is in the January 2008 issue of the Agile Journal This is an amazing book! The Art of Agile Development is nothing less than 10+ years' worth of agile development experience distilled into a single compendium of practical insight and mindful application of...

During my hiatus from this blog since the summer, I still managed to keep up with a few of my book reviews for The Agile Journal . Here they are (with hyperlinks) ... Flexible Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets by Preston G. Smith published September 2007 by Jossey-Bass My rating: Very...

Do you find it a challenge to both think and act quickly and gracefully in key situations? I ran across three books in the past year all of which have great advice on how to train yourself to do exactly that: Quick Thinking on Your Feet: The Art of Thriving under Pressure ; by Valerie Pierce In the Line...