July 2007 - Posts
We got signoff on day 30.9 :) * We have working software. It was close. Integration issues / specifically, issues related to MOSS security in the production environment, almost made us late. However, some burning of midnight oil got us there. You know
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To follow on my trend of obvious corporate shill posts - I write this message as a public service. Magenic is hiring a few great .NET consultants. Let me use this opportunity to compare Magenic to the company you might work for, if you are unlucky, perhaps
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Not all developer hours are created equal. We have all heard of the "10x developer" - the idea that some developers, because of their talent, ability to handle ambiguity, and ability to ask the right questions, can, as Joel Spolsky says, hit
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Well, as we hoped, the team has, at least, embraced a couple of agile tenets in our quest to bring agile development techniques to our client. Despite protestations from numerous people in the PMO, we managed to institute a daily build process. Yes, it
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The delegation of folks here not from India is thinning. We are down to Mike Hugos, myself, and Paul Ulyett, an experienced IT strategist who is helping mentor our local PM in running an agile PMO. The project is running ahead of schedule, the team velocity
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Normally, you don't work on the weekend when you do a 30 day blitz. However, in the interest of getting as far as possible while our group is out here, we decided to pull through the weekend and get some additional momentum going. The great news is that
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