June 2009 - Posts

Acceptance Test Engineering Guide Beta 2 Now Available
Our patterns & practices Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Volume 1 (Beta 2) is now available on CodePlex.  The working definition that the team is using for acceptance testing is the planned evaluation of a system by customers and customer Read More...
Posted 30 June 09 09:37 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Lessons in Software from Alok Srivastava
I have a guest post, Lessons in Software from Alok Srivastava , on Shaping Software .  Alok is a solution architect at Microsoft with several years of experience in large scale, distributed systems.  In this post, he shares his lessons learned Read More...
Posted 29 June 09 07:20 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Six Sources of Influence
If you need to be a change agent at work, or make things happen in your life, Six Sources of Influence is for you.  I wrote up a post on Six Sources of Influence on my Sources of Insight blog.  The Six Sources of Influence was my favorite part Read More...
Posted 24 June 09 03:34 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Patterns and Practices of Lean Software Development
I have a guest post on Shaping Software from Corey Ladas on Patterns and Practices of Lean Software Development .  This is a follow up to Corey's previous post, Introduction to Lean Software Development .   Several readers had ask for more Read More...
Posted 22 June 09 10:31 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Sources of Insight is 10 Months Old
My other little blog is growing up so fast ... Sources of insight is 10 months old .   I originally started it to improve my blogging skills as well as to put more focus on personal development.  I mentor a lot at work, so I used Sources Read More...
Posted 22 June 09 09:34 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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Lean Software Development
I'm honored to have a guest post on Shaping Software from Corey Ladas on Introduction to Lean Software Development .  Corey is a product development methodologist and the author of Scrumban: Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean Software Development Read More...
Posted 15 June 09 02:51 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Influencer - The Power to Change Anything
Whether you need to change something in your life or make changes at work, influence is your friend.  I just finished a 2 day course on influence.  It exceeded my expectations.  It was jam packed with insight and action I can use on the Read More...
Posted 10 June 09 06:56 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Productivity Personas
I wrote a post on Productivity Personas at Sources of Insight .  It's simply a way to identify and label some common behaviors you see in yourself and others when it comes to producing results.  Once you know the personas, you can effectively Read More...
Posted 08 June 09 03:41 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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You 2.0 Free E-Book
Personal Development is one of my passions.  I find and share the principles, patterns, and practices that work.  I have some draft thinking that I'm sharing in my You 2.0 E-Book .  I turned a slide deck into a PDF to make it easier to Read More...
Posted 02 June 09 09:56 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Dr. K on How To Design a Fulfilling Life
I'm honored to have a guest post on Sources of Insight from Dr. Rick Kirschner (aka Dr.K on How To Design a Fulfilling Life .  Dr. K is the best-selling author of Dealing with People You Can't Stand.  If you're an engineer or simply like doing Read More...
Posted 01 June 09 06:45 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Lessons Learned in patterns and practices
I'm a fan of continuous learning.  My post Lessons Learned in patterns & practices on Shaping Software summarizes some of my best lessons.  It's from the school of hard knocks.  I've been lucky enough to have some great mentors that Read More...
Posted 01 June 09 12:47 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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