Technoetic

I’m asking the question specifically in the context of software development although it’s useful to consider the meaning of the word in common usage. The dictionary definition of agile is “characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble” and doesn’t include an important aspect: quality. A quality result achieves the goal of the action [...]

“You should expect to see developers putting on headsets when they start up their development tools – to listen and respond to the voice over IP (VOIP) chatter from peers and delegates spread across the world. Development is now, by default, a global activity (and, as a sidebar, has begun looking like a massively multi-player [...]

For most of us, our brains do an excellent job of shaping a somewhat consistent view of the world from the constant flood of sensory data. We seldom scrutinize this extremely creative process of “world creation” and instead take it for granted. How can be we be certain of what we know and believe? The [...]

“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.” ~ E.B. White So you are considering starting your own open source software project? If you are doing this project on your spare time, there will be several [...]

The conventional wisdom is that defects cost much more, some say exponentially more, the later in the development lifecycle they are found. This is a obvious generalization rather than a universal fact. There are many many variables such as the type of defect, the type of application, the development techniques being used and organizational structure. [...]