“We don’t have enough failed sprints,” my boss said during his staff meeting. The comment was said completely out of the blue as the meeting was winding down and I have to admit it threw me for a loop. Surely not failing a sprint was a good thing right? ...

My last post touched on developer productivity, and while we’re in that space we really should address the elephant in the room. It’s easy to take a micro economic view of productivity and pick away at individual issues, like I did in the previous post. The hope is that as you eliminate each problem the sum of your efforts will build up and eventually you’ll double or triple the productivity of your team. ...

For the last few weeks I’ve been involved with helping a start-up get moving. You may have noticed that I’ve been a little fixated on tools for the last few posts and that’s why. I’m currently choosing tools and procedures, which is a nice change from having them foisted on you, and I want to be sure to avoid the mistakes I’ve seen in the past. ...