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A few years ago I advocated the addition of a Minister of IT to our government in a column. One of the main reasons for supporting this (or even being up for the position myself) is the apparent lack of thorough knowledge of information technology amongst our leaders. I still think that IT is so fundamental...
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By now, everyone in the software development industry probably heard about "agile" development, formally described in the Agile Manifesto . Agile was a rebellious response to the continuing push of vendor-driven processes and procedures, which seemed to balloon in its efforts to describe every...
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A few days ago I had to take a drive from Den Bosch to Tilburg (A65). If you know that little piece of road, you know there are a lot of traffic lights. I understand the value of traffic lights: they reduce accidents and distribute a fair opportunity for people to cross the road. If you'll ever drive...
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A recent presentation by Scott Ambler was posted as a podcast (audio file) on TheServerSide.com . Scott Ambler is a great speaker so you really don't need the slides. He starts out pretty fuzzy but after yelling a bit about the military and upper management Scott seems to get his groove and gives a great...