Category Archives: Velocity

Velocity 101: Get the Engineering Practices Right

January 26, 2011 – 2:59 pm

IF one could equate faster typing with velocity, engineering practices perhaps would not matter in the world of software development productivity.  Thankfully, there are reasons that most organizations do not use Words Per Minute in our evaluation process when hiring new software developers.  Slamming out low quality code and claiming progress, be it story points, [...]

By Aaron Erickson | Comments (2)

Why Does Custom Software Cost So Much?

January 3, 2011 – 8:38 pm

After nearly 20 years writing custom software, mostly for corporations in IT departments, there is nearly a uniform meme I encounter among those who sponsor projects that involve custom software development: “Custom software costs too much!” There are stories, anecdotes, studies, and all sorts of experience about how software development schedules that go over time, [...]

By Aaron Erickson | Also posted in Agile | Comments (3)
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