What Drives Quality: Added Model-Driven Software Engineering and Refactoring
I'm updating and expanding my successful second book What Drives Quality. Two sections have been added, one about Model-Driven Software Engineering and one on Refactoring.
What Drives Quality: Toward a Second Edition
I'm updating and expanding my successful second book What Drives Quality. Intermediate versions are released through Leanpub: What Drives Quality.
What Drives Quality: Want your Feedback!
I'd like to receive your feedback on my second book What Drives Quality to update it and publish the second edition.
Published: What Drives Quality
My 2nd book What Drives Quality has been officially released today (September 30). It is now available on Amazon and all other major bookstores.
What Drives Quality available for pre-order
My 2nd book What Drives Quality is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Leanpub, and my webshop. The book will be released end of September.
Using Strength-based Questions in Retrospectives
Agile retrospectives help teams to learn from how they are doing and find ways to improve themselves. In stead of learning from what went wrong, from problems, mistakes or failures, teams can also learn from things that went well, by asking strength-based questions in their retrospectives. Such questions will help them to use their existing skills and experience to become great in doing things that they are already good at.
The Economics of Software Quality
The book Economics of Software Quality provides solutions to quantify Software Quality and manage software development and maintenance. It contains data usable to build a business case to improve quality, and decide upon improvements in your organization.
Lean Software Ontwikkeling: Introductie, en Verminderen van Verspillingen
Wat is Lean, en hoe kun je daarmee sneller software ontwikkelen, met hogere kwaliteit tegen lagere kosten? Een overzicht van de principes van Lean, en de toepassing met een praktijkervaring: Minder verspilling door het gebruik van Agile.
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.
What drives Quality: Review and Inspection
The 5th posting on on “What Drives Quality” covers review and inspection. Previously covering Requirements Quality, Architecture and Design Quality, and Coding Quality. Understanding what drives quality enables you to take action before problems actually occur, thus saving time and money.
Voorkomen van software fouten is beter dan genezen!
Het spreekwoord "voorkomen is beter dan genezen" geld ook voor software. Veel software fouten zijn niet nodig; veel problemen kunnen voorkomen worden. Een techniek die helpt om te leren van fouten, en ze te voorkomen, is Root Cause Analysis.