The ‘I’ll never need that’ trap

March 11, 2011
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Our Can you fix something that’s not broken? blog series continues with part two, only with a new question this time. Can you think of some technology that you SWORE you would never like, use or need – and then suddenly find you can’t live without it?
Relying on a computerized voice telling you where to [...]

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Can you fix something that’s not broken?

February 19, 2011
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There are a lot of people that hold onto the notion that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.  We’re not on-board with that kind of thinking. Like most engineers, we believe that if it isn’t broken, “it doesn’t deliver enough benefits yet! It can do more”.  It’s this latter notion – and a belief [...]

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Agile Buy-in Strategy & House Remodels Part II

January 11, 2011
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It’s time for part two — now we’re going to focus on the strategy for getting agile buy-in from the business side and help you to build a powerful, yet simple business case.  (Part 1 here covering agile resistance and the house remodel syndrome).
When you are talking about major company transition and cultural shifts within [...]

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The Aldon Agile song (little ditty about Bill & SuAnn)

December 2, 2010

We do have fun at work, agile style.  Check out our little ditty about Bill & SuAnn song.
Why not pool the many artistic talents – music, singing, acting, film making – from the Aldon staff and make some agile music MTV style.  And agile it was.  Swift changes to the lyrics, short iterations w/shooting/editing, content [...]

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The Agile Buy-in and House Remodels

December 1, 2010
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We hear it all the time. Getting the buy-in for a transition to Agile development can be a big pain in the @*$, particularly because the benefits seems so clear *to you*.  So some words of wisdom here is that before you dive too deep in getting the business to sign-off on the move, it’s [...]

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