100 Blogs: Did I reach my goals?

I started blogging in july 2010, and after less then 16 months I've written 100 blogs (the one you're reading right now is number 100). Did I reach the goals that I've defined when I started blogging? Have I delivered any value, and which benefits did I get from blogging? It's time for a retrospective!

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Emergent Design

There are not that many books who take a look at the software development profession. The book "Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development, by Scott L. Bain" is one of them, it takes a look on how the profession has developed and is still developing.

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What drives quality: Senior Management

The serie on “What Drives Quality” has thusfar described technical activities that are part of software development. Next postings will cover supporting activities; this one describes how senior management drives quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.

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Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams

How do you collaboratively develop software when you have people working at different sites, countries or even continents? How do you get distributed teams to communicate effectively, and deliver working software in a agile way? The second book from Jutta Eckstein can help you to implement agile software development in a multisite environment. Below the book review that I wrote for Software Quality Professional, June 2011, published by the American Society for Quality.

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What drives Quality: Testing

The serie on “What Drives Quality” continues. Previously covering Requirements Quality, Architecture and Design Quality and Coding Quality, this post covers Testing. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.

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