I’ve joined a new project recently. And they have a bunch of problems. The team consists of really smart developers, but over time, stress and too little focus on quality have seriously hurt their code base. Today, they are struggling to deliver at all. ThoughtWorks has been invited to help them clean up a little [...]
I was reading this post by Phil Haack, and I felt myself react strongly. You see, for the longest time, whenever I had to estimate my work, I felt stupid and like a liar. I had no idea! It was all guesses to me. I tried to learn from people that did this better than [...]
This is a personal post. Nothing agile or technical about it. I’ve been writing articles and blog posts for about six years now. During all this time, my wife has helped me tremendously. She has read and commented on my writings since the start. She has helped me sharpen my writing skills, and focus on [...]