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  1. Visit Agile progress report shows adoption has hit a wall Agile progress report shows adoption has hit a wall

    http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/03/ibm-codegear_1.html

    IBM official talks about the strengths and weaknesses of software development in this "Infoworld" article. Probably a good idea to take the edge off the hype associated with "agile"

  2. Visit » New IT project failure metrics: is Standish wrong? » New IT project failure metrics: is Standish wrong?

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=513

    People tend to quote the Standish Report figures on project failures as if it's a companion to the Ten Commandments ... so it's interesting to see this blog posting from Michael Krigsman about a new study that challenges, if not disputes, the Stan… More

  3. Visit Lightweight Software Hits the Enterprise Lightweight Software Hits the Enterprise

    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2167492,00.asp?kc=EWKNLEIA080607FEA1

    My colleague Ken Orr alerted me to this interesting article about an Australian software company offering low-cost, open-software, "lightweight" software tools...

  4. Visit Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Falling bridges and failing programs Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Falling bridges and failing programs

    http://www.wordyard.com/2007/08/07/falling-bridges-and-failing-programs/

    Why can't building software be more like building bridges? After the collapse of the Minneapolis bridge in early August 2007, Scott Rosenberg revisits the question -- and points us to some interesting essays and articles that have been written on … More

  5. Visit Why software sucks Why software sucks

    http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/46-why-software-sucks/

    "No one makes bad software on purpose," says Scott Berkun. "Bad software, or bad anything, happens because making things is hard, making good things doubly so." It's an interesting essay, with some very interesting recommended reading at the end...

  6. Visit Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Apple and Brooks’s Law Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Apple and Brooks’s Law

    http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/22/apple-and-brooks/

    I wrote a blog article a few days ago about the things we could learn from Apple's announcement that it was delaying the release of its new Leopard operating system by a few months. Scott Rosenberg has picked up on many of the same issues, with re… More

  7. Visit /Message: A Few Good Mammals /Message: A Few Good Mammals

    http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2007/01/a_few_good_mamm.html

    Stowe Boyd alerts us to the "help wanted" posting by a New Delhi software firm called Blue Whale Labs. The posting says "Do not send us a resume. Collect the ten most important posts on your blog (You aren’t blogging? You’ve got to be kidding!) a… More

  8. Visit The Big Picture - Joel on Software The Big Picture - Joel on Software

    http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/01/21.html

    Great review by Joel Spolsky of Scott Rosenberg's "Dreaming in Code" book, and some terrific insights on how real programmers write real code (but Joel, were you really dreaming about a platypus in a rosebush? What kind of weirdo are you, huh?). M… More

  9. Visit Dreaming in Code Dreaming in Code

    http://www.dreamingincode.com/

    This is the main website associated with the book, "Dreaming in Code - A book about why software is hard," which I started blogging about on Jan 15, 2007. A good starting point for all kinds of explorations into the topic of software development.

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