Better Leaders. Better Results.
“Project managers function as bandleaders who pull together their players each a specialist with individual score and internal rhythm. Under the leader’s direction, they all respond to the same beat.” – L.R. Sayles I know that not everybody is a fan of Agile Project Management and Agile Methodology. Then again, not everybody got a chance …
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.” — Babe Ruth I created software (and other solutions) at Microsoft for several years. It’s nice now and then to take a look back, and really figure out the core of what worked (and what didn’t). I reviewed my model for how I shipped …
“Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly, rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.” — Bill Gates As leaders are learning how to be more Agile and how to improve agility in their organizations, they look to User Stories. Leaders are discovering how User Stories are a powerful way to prioritize and focus. The power …
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” — Edwards Deming As an early adopter of Agile methodology, I’ve witnessed firsthand how the framework has revolutionized software development. But as software development became faster and more efficient, security concerns became more complex and pressing. To bridge this gap, I developed the Agile Security …
“Optimizing performance without first measuring is like shooting in the dark without knowing what you are aiming at.” — Paul Hsieh. From a software performance standpoint, “hot spots” are an area of intense activity. They’re hot spots because they’re frequently executed code paths with some sort of friction or bottleneck. They represent potential optimization paths …
