Guild Blogs

From Project, Process & Business Improvement: Are You Loved? A.J. found in Executive Leadership this list of the 5 biggest complaints employees have about their bosses: Threats Inconsistency Wasting their time Micromanaging them Hypocrisy How many… more »

In reflecting on my previous post regarding shared libraries in VSS vs CVS I realized that the end of the post got to the real meat of the matter. Turns out we are using a feature of VSS to help us organize our shared libraries, however, shared libraries… more »

Saw this on StickyMinds today: Bumper Stickers for Testers My favorites: Software Testers: "Depraved minds...Usefully employed." Software Testers: We break it because we care. A good tester has the heart of a developer...in a jar on the desk. Friends d… more »

Via Clarke Ching In early 2003 Michael Crichton gave a fascinating Caltech Michelin Lecture titled  Aliens Cause Global Warming. He argued that a lot of today’s science is bad science and that bad science is often used to back up good… more »

Looks like the Agile United conference website is finally up (probably for a while, but I just noticed). The call for papers is also out. more »

Check out Clarke Ching's new book project Rolling Rocks Downhill. The purpose of the book is to help people – customers, managers, workers (and even their families) – who work on traditionally managed software development projects to find a b… more »

The Macau Productivity Center has released a PDF version of their book Essential Skills for Agile Development. It covers the basic development skills necessary for a programmer on an agile (XP specifically) team. Chapters begin with short descriptions… more »

I went to see The Incredibles (great film by the way) the other day at a theater I hadn’t been in before and I was struck by the difference as soon as I walked in the door. You buy your tickets the normal way (or online), but the snack bar has been… more »

Problem: Your development, test and production databases tend to accumulate cruft (aka. old stored procedures or schema) and you need a way to manage changes in a simple automated way. Solution: I've had the great fortune to work with some excellent… more »

FastCompany has an article on the 6 myths of creativity. Creativity Comes From Creative Types Money Is a Creativity Motivator Time Pressure Fuels Creativity Fear Forces Breakthroughs Competition Beats Collaboration A Streamlined Organization I… more »