Once a wise man said: Fire all Scrum Masters and your non-technical managers who run your IT departments, and watch your productivity to boost up! In most cases, all you need is to hire highly-experienced Tech Leads and show trust in them. Communicate with them and share your insights, answer their questions, and provide them with what they need, including but not limited to the budget, time, ad-h... [read more]

Last week, I read this article by Marc H. Weine on Medium about technical debt and how to deal with it. I liked many points in there and want to add some more thoughts to it. By Marc H. Weine As a person who has worked in software development for about 20 years in different companies, as an employee or consultant, team member, or team leader, I have seen many projects that have suffered from techn... [read more]

When deciding between investing time in design and planning versus jumping straight into coding, it's essential to strike a balance. While both of these statements are true: Weeks of planning* can save you hours of programming. Weeks of programming can save you hours of planning. ... and while it is true that: Programming is made up of 2 activities: 95% decision-making 5% typing the code ... this ... [read more]