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Here is a map of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3. ITIL v3 is organized by ITIL stages, processes, and sub-processes. Via Wikipedia: “ITIL describes procedures, tasks and checklists that are not organization-specific, used by an organization for establishing a minimum level of competency.” You can find an explanation of the ITIL processes at …
I’m reviewing some ALM (Application Life-Cycle Management) work for a colleague, so I thought it would help to rehydrate a map of the ALM space. I’m a fan of having simple maps to find my way around. By map, I simply mean topics and categories, and ideally sub-categories to help see the lay of the …
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.”—Edwards Deming I gave a talk for the developer security MVPs. While I focused primarily on Azure Security, I did briefly cover Agile Security Engineering. Here is the figure I used to help show how we do Agile Security Engineering on the Microsoft patterns & practices …
I happened to look over to my bookshelf and noticed that I have two books that landed together by chance: Just Enough Project Management Just Enough Software Architecture I’m a fan of “just enough.” One of my mentors liked to quiz me with the question: “How much process do you need?” The answer was always, …
A simple way to prioritize your backlog is to use “100 Points.” Give each person prioritizing 100 points to spend. Here is an example. In this case, here is a sample backlog The backlog had more than 100 stories. You can suggest priorities for these items as well as suggest up to 3 new stories. …
