Mar 27, 2018

There’s something about software development that makes it hard to stop thinking about programming after work.

Earlier in my career when I’d be obsessing over programming, I would get home and right after coming in from the car jump into a video game or play some music.

But it didn’t last very long. I quickly...

Mar 22, 2018

Why does it seem like no matter how strong your argument, some programmers never agree with you?

In software development we often focus on practices like agile development, unit testing, or code reviews.

But these are actually driven by underlying principles that guide the practices we select.

Some good communicators...

Mar 18, 2018

If you’ve ever been on a software project and wondered: “what’s the impact of the work I’m doing?”, impact mapping will help you immensely.

Knowing what your code is worth, or any other assets we create on software projects across any discipline (UX, QA, Infrastructure, Operations etc.) is crucial to both...

Mar 15, 2018

If you’ve ever thought “who came up with these ideas?”, you probably need a business model canvas on your agile development team.

Even if you don’t consider yourself able to steer the direction of a software product (you’re a programmer, in UX, operations, QA etc.) it’s critical that sound decisions are made...

Mar 13, 2018

It takes special software leadership skills to learn what customers want through lean software development.

In this episode, I share 7 key traits that will help you, or someone else you know who’s leading, to build the most profitable software ideas for customers.

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