notes and rants

I think perhaps the only thing worse than a three-part post is a three-part post with a week between each posting. Here's the point I wanted to get to earlier this month: more often than not, people make mistakes with priorities. I'm not talking only Read More...

In my last post , I started my rant on the failures of prioritization. Prioritizing bugs is bad enough, but prioritizing features can be much, much more difficult. Here's an example from my past of how feature prioritization works. First, marketing and Read More...

On any software project with a hint of a schedule, there are priorities. There are priorities in choosing features, in assigning attributes to bugs, and in overall project management. Priorities guide the product strategy and the day to day work. We have Read More...

I am often asked for feedback. Sometimes the request is direct, as in "please give me your feedback on this". Other times, the request is somewhat indirect - "Here's the direction we're going - if you have anything to add, please let me know". Sometimes, Read More...

I remember the first time I read a book about testing. It was pretty eye-opening, and I remember it making me change or rethink many of my thoughts on testing. Then I read another book, and those thoughts changed. Then I read another book, and I had more Read More...

One of my favorite books on the approach to software development is The Pragmatic Programmer . I refer to many of the concepts in the book in my course lectures, conference presentation, and even hallway conversations. One of the things that Hunt Thomas Read More...