The Limits of Cost Cutting
Excerpt from: Stanley Bing, “The 0% Solution”, Fortune, Europe Edition, December 18, 2006 News comes from the Department of Labor that productivity growth in nonfarm business in the U.S. hit a critical...
View ArticleA Gem About Ruby
When I surf the Web to find articles for my software development articles directory, I discover a lot of very interesting content. Sometimes you find articles that are more than interesting: “Why’s...
View ArticleProject Management Simpler Life
We all do projects and know their problems. With these Project Management Proverbs compiled and some written by Mike Harding Roberts, you can provide additional philosophy to this activity or at least...
View ArticleDon’t Click Here
The current Methods & Tools poll shows that a majority of participants develop 75% or more of their new applications with a browser as the interface. As Logitech just commemorated its 25-year...
View ArticleThe Agile Software Development Toolbox
When agile software development meets pataphysics, you got an elegant new set of tools for software development.
View ArticleSome Software Development Proverbs
This page is a very good place rest your mind in hectic software development times and find some interesting material for you next PowerPoint presentation ;o)
View ArticleGame & Software Development Essays
Surfing the Web last week, I found this interesting blog, Lost Garden, written by Danc, a guy with experience in game design and programming. Most of the posts are devoted to game interface and I like...
View Article700th Software Development Article
The Software Development Article Directory has just registered its 700th article with “What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?” ;o) This article is an interesting digression of the differences between...
View ArticleA Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
This is obviously true for me when I look at cartoons that can summarise many things in just a small strip. Look at the last production from Bug Bash to present a good view of many software development...
View ArticleThe Waterfall Manifesto for Realistic Software Development
After participating to and observing many software development projects in recent years, we have reached the sad conclusion that there will never be better ways of developing software on this planet....
View ArticleThe Toilet Paper Theory Applied To Software Development
There are many configurations for developers to work together, but one of the common things that you will share with your colleagues is the toilet. Visiting the lavatories is also something that you...
View ArticleAgile Advert Is Back for Agile 2008
There is only a month for you to create your best (read: funniest/ most creative) video representing your experience with or just promoting enthusiasm for Agile development. Make sure to check out last...
View ArticleShould Developers Come Only from Mars but Project Managers from Venus?
Once upon a time was the “software crisis” that persuaded people to “engineer” software in a 1968 NATO conference. Methods were created to structure the requirements and the software development...
View ArticleJavaZone 2010 promotional video
The very very very funny story of a young Java developer growing up in a .NET family. http://jz10.java.no/java-4-ever-trailer.html
View ArticleWaterfall Alliance Denounces 10 Years of Agile Anarchy
In a press release of today, The Waterfall Alliance announced the organization of a protest march during the Agile 2011 Conference in Salt Lake City that will celebrate the 10-Year Anniversary of the...
View ArticleThe True Face of the JavaZone Trolls
The Norwegian JavaZone conference is already known for its humorous video trailers, but you can also have some fun on their web site as you can see in the image below that appeared yesterday when a...
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