Steve Neiderhauser

Seven Tips for Better Software

Mike Cohn gives us seven tips for better software.

To show the importance of a product vision, Mike tells a story about a product owner who mislead the team.  The team believed they were creating a working product, when all the product owner wanted was a facade, a thin veneer, a wooden store front.

The product owner gave an analogy — Imagine our customers walking around the set of a Hollywood Western. The project code name? "Dodge City."

 

When Product Vision takes the Fork in the Road

Software products may fail because the architect and marketer have two different visions. When it comes time to drive on a product initiative the development team's engine is a powerful as a Ferrari running on water.

Luke Hohmann explains in this interview why the Tarchitect and Marketect need to be on the same paragraph.

 

Scrum of Scrums

I oversee seven Scrum teams and help coordinate work through a meeting called "Scrum of Scrums." One person from each team attends the Scrum of Scrums and answers questions similar to the daily stand up.

Mike Cohn describes the four questions in this article.

Orange You Looking For Me

I stepped onto my patio and was greeted by what sounded like a thousand carpenter nails clawing a tree. I peered into the bough of a nearby tree and realized I was spot on about the nails. Twenty of them.

The nails are the tools of this Orange Tabby. She remained perched on high for 10 minutes, and safely returned to Dallas soil without the aid of a fire truck.