Category Archives: Custom Software Development

Why We Don’t Write User Stories Anymore

There was a time when we were writing user stories to describe requirements. I’d say they worked fairly well for us. But we don’t do this anymore. We were using user stories as a technique which allowed us to describe …

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Bruce Lee on Software Development

Before his untimely death in 1973, Bruce Lee managed to shake up the martial arts world with his theories of combat and training. Why? Because he felt – much to the chagrin of his peers – that the traditional martial …

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Google Wave: E-mail is soo 2009

Last year September Google released their newest innovation on the web: Google Wave. After a lot of media exposure they sent out the First 100.000 invites for their newest product. The two brothers Rasmussen, who also invented Google Maps, describes …

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The True Definition of Success for Software Projects

The Challenge in Defining True Success Let’s examine the question of the classic definition of on time, on budget, of high quality, with the expected features as a traditional measure of success. Is it possible for a project to meet …

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Advanced Planning with Open Source

Most of you will know renowed Open Source applications, like Joomla and WordPress for Content Management. Some applications however, are less familiar, but nothing less useful or powerful. As consultant specialized in planning and forecasting, I use a lot of …

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