After reviewing one too many books where agile project management techniques are rolled out perfectly to a reticent but soon to be enlightened group of programmers, I was reminded of a quote from an old science fiction novel , “Show me a completely smooth...

Though I have idle thoughts about one day writing a book, I know from watching people go through the process how painful and time-consuming it can be. Since I wanted to learn more about the process, though, I volunteered to do a bunch of technical...