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The Prime Directive of Software Development

by Kirk Knoernschild  |  August 12, 2010  |  4 Comments

“Forward and sustainable progress can only be measured through a software system that works. There is no other way!” Those are the words I uttered at our recent Catalyst conference in San Diego when debating the merits of agile development on stage with a colleague. Requirements documentation, architecture and design models, and test plans may [...]

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Continuous Integration

by Kirk Knoernschild  |  August 4, 2010  |  Comments Off

Agile transitions are tough. Real tough! But there are some important practices a team can employ to increase agility without undergoing a massive agile transition effort. One of these practices is Continuous Integration (CI), and I’m hard pressed to imagine a software development team that wouldn’t benefit from a sound CI strategy. After all, if [...]

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