What Drives Quality: Project Management
This article describes how Project Management drives quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.
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!
The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less
Do you love taking decisions? Most people don't. The more options, the more information, the more effort to evaluate, the more likely that we are dissatisfied with the result. KPIs won't work, empowerment will.
What drives quality: Operational Management
The serie on “What Drives Quality” describes both technical activities and supporting activities; this one describes how operational management drives quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.
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.
Betere Productkwaliteit met Agile
Steeds meer organisaties, zowel in het bedrijfsleven als bij de overheid kiezen voor een Agile manier van software ontwikkeling. De motivatie die je vaak hoort is dat ze daarmee beter aan kunnen sluiten bij de wensen van klant, en sneller oplossingen leveren. Ook verbetering van de kwaliteit m.b.v. Agile wordt genoemd als reden. Terecht of niet?
Business Reason for Root Cause Analysis
What is your most important Business Reason to do Root Cause Analysis for software development / maintenance? Please vote at http://linkd.in/nJchM8.
Lean Principles in Software Development
Het Nederlandse Netwerk voor Software Process Improvement "SPIder" organiseert op 28 september a.s een plenaire sessie over Lean software ontwikkeling. Sprekers zijn Olav Maassen en Mary Poppendieck.
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.
Continue zichtbare kwaliteit met Agile
Op maandag 11 juli organiseerde AgileOverheid een open space, over het onderwerp "Agile en Kwaliteit". Dat je met agile in staat bent om kwaliteitssoftware te leveren is (voor mij) al bewezen. Maar hoe maak je dat zichtbaar voor de stakeholders van een agile project?
What Drives Quality: Coding
This is already the 4th posting on “What Drives Quality”, focusing on coding. Previous posting covered the factors that drive requirements quality and that drive architecture and design quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.
What Drives Quality: Architecture and Design
This third posting on “What Drives Quality” investigates factors that drive the quality of the architecture and design. A previous posting covered the factors that drive requirements quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.