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Sep 5, 2008

Martin Fowler On Scrum

Martin Fowler talks about avoiding common Scrum pitfalls. A refreshing read. But Martin is able to point out the root cause of most of the faulty adoptions in a single sentence: When you just try to do the practices, and don’t adopt the philosophy, it’s not going to work terribly well. [Continue]

Jun 21, 2007

Is Designing Worth It?

Martin Fowler asks and answers whether it is worth it to spend time on design. It is a difficult question to answer for others. It is generally considered good to spend time on design, however, it is omitted a lot of times - either because of skills or deadline panic or overzealousness to code. [Continue]

Nov 5, 2006

Directing And Enabling Attitudes

I found this very interesting post by Martin Fowler on software development attitudes. He talks about Directing Attitude and Enabling Attitude. The Enabler gives you more freedom to create your own paths, the Director directs or enforces certain specific paths. [Continue]

Oct 20, 2006

Getting Better

Martin Fowler has put up a thoughtful insight. The point is that when you try a new technique it’ll often make you worse, at least initially. You have to work with something unfamiliar, perhaps also unlearn something else that gets in the way. [Continue]

Martin Fowler On Scrum

Is Designing Worth It?

Directing And Enabling Attitudes

Getting Better

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