My recent articles on The Agile Manifesto have resulted in some interesting side discussions. These are a few common reactions: One, typically from older more experienced people is “Thank you for saying it! I thought I was going mad!”, or something like that. People who’ve been in technology of one…

The final part of a little discussion of “Agile”. And whether “Agile” even means anything. Again, settle down with a cup of coffee. This article could also be titled with any of the following…. “Why being agile is good, and has very little to do with the Agile Manifesto” “Why…

This is long and chatty. Get comfortable with a cup of coffee. (I’ll shorten it eventually, after I’ve read it a dozen times) As I mentioned in Part 1, and will reiterate in Part 3, the “Agile Manifesto” has become a sort of bible for modern software development. Yet there’s…

“Agile” has become received wisdom. It’s THE standard way of building software products. “Agile” is more gospel than the Gospels. But why? Is there anything to it, really? The Agile Manifesto was , after all, the result of a (boozy?) weekend away in Utah. Now I’m sorry, but I’ve had…

“Digital transformation” is all the rage these days, or it’s supposed to be. Much like — in the past — other transformations were supposed to be the latest greatest thing. We could make a list. It’d probably include things like these: Total Quality Management ISO 9000 Empowering your people Business…

……(in Europe and the UK) Connector Confusion? Not any more! Looking at electric cars, many people are nervous about complexity with “all the different connectors”. There was definitely a problem in the beginning, but thanks to some unelected EU bureaucrats the whole situation has simplified quite a bit. Plus, what most people don’t know is that modern cars can charge…

The old Churchill quotes about democracy are still good. (He probably didn’t say the one on the right and besides — it’s a conversation with the average politician that’d really put you off) Democracy has a long history and is often summarized by having four main elements. a system for…

Why? Why the industry is in trouble is easily summarized in just a few points. Neither clients nor candidates are getting good service on a consistent basis. Individual consultants do a great job. The industry doesn’t. LinkedIn, Indeed.com, Google, or someone else is going to make a broad tech solution that…