Agile projects are not necessary less expensive (or quicker to implement) that Waterfall projects
During the early phases of an Agile project that i worked on, every stakeholder that I spoke to, from the project manager, business stakeholders, support manager, etc asked me the same question, 'So this is an Agile project, eh? It should be cheaper/quicker, right?!!'. Well, I am sorry to disappoint you, as I disappointed those people I spoke to then; it is neither about cost nor schedule. Don't get wrong, cost and schedule are important in determining the viability of a project, but being Agile is all about delivering a project that exceeds, if not meets, the customer's expectations. If it costs more or takes longer to get it right, so be it.
Last update: 25-11-2008 13:56
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Over the past couple of weeks or so, I came across an article in the Internet, Pragmatic Automation, that showed how easy it was to integrate red and green lava lamps to radiate the status of their scheduled build for CruiseControl . This got me really excited as the idea of having a couple of hot bubbling lava lamps next to the continuous build server was cool!
Last update: 03-11-2008 15:02
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Sometime in 2007, I was approached to initiate a project using an Agile Methodology. I decided on Feature Driven Development (FDD) as some of the developers within the organization that I worked in had prior experience working with FDD. It was also deemed to be the most 'non-agile' of the Agile Methodology which made the methodology more 'acceptable' to other parts of the bank.
Last update: 05-11-2008 12:47
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"There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: Cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files." - Bruce Schneier 1996
The aim of this article is to present a high level introduction to cryptography. This stems from my recent move into Application Security from Application Development. I would be exploring and elaborating on this very topic in future articles.
Last update: 08-11-2008 22:04
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