Five for Friday – September 16

After my last post, I thought I was done commenting on stack ranking (for at least another year), but two things inspired me to write just a bit more. First, a few people flat-out asked about my opinions for alternatives; and secondly, a consultant added some ignorance to the discussion that gave me just enough…

As 2012 comes to a close, I thought I’d recap the year. I think this little exercise is mostly for me, but I suppose new blog readers (or people with too much free time) may find some points of interest. Some more from the non-Microsoft front follows. My most popular blog posts from the last…

Another blurry week in the books, but I found a few things I liked. There’s way too much controversy (some of it valid) around the idea of the 10x engineer. But is there a 10x manager. Check out this article on the 10x …no, Supermanager I found an interesting set of articles on Agile Coaching…

We made it through another week. Sort of. Between this, that, and some really gnarly other stuff, here are a few links I found that you may find interesting as well. In teams I lead, I do as much as I can to ensure a culture of transparency, accountability, and psychological safety. As such, I’m…

It’s the WFH edition of FfF – which isn’t really any different from any other edition of FfF Ministry of Test had to cancel two of their conferences this week. They are such a fantastic resource for anyone interested in quality – if you don’t have a Pro membership with them (ridiculously cheap at ~$300),…

I’m a fan of The Pragmatic Programmer, and often use the parable of boiled frogs (which I first read in that book) when talking about organizational change. The concept is simple enough – rather than put the frogs (people) in boiling water (changing everything at once), put the frogs (people) in cool water; then slowly…