May 2008 - Posts

• Give the monkey a banana; Why real change is hard for business groups.

  Give the monkey a banana Living organisms have elaborate mechanisms to help them survive and even thrive. When these mechanisms turn to the detriment of the organism psychologists call them “mal-adaptive”. These once helpful behaviors often get in the Read More... Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:49 PM by SaintD | 0 Comments

• You can’t run faster by draining your own blood

  You can’t run faster by draining your own blood Software is a completive business. It’s not unlike a race. No runner who seriously wanted to win would enter a race with a 30 pound pack. In order to be a competitive athletes (or businesses) need to make Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:51 PM by SaintD | 0 Comments

• Software engineering lap times

  This is a critical path in software development. Your average lap time controls the speed that you can create and improve your software. It's important that the everyone on the team is using the same process and getting the same results. A highly manual Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:18 PM by SaintD | 0 Comments

• This is test driven development

  Jason Gorman at www.parlezuml.com shows us how to do it in visual studio. http://parlezuml.com/tutorials/tdd.html?PHPSESSID=325d049e1cedfcd9cc217ec631d34a26 Read More... Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:33 PM by SaintD | 0 Comments