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A short notice about object relational mapping framework generated queries…
ArchitectureCustom Software DevelopmentDataI guess object relational mapping is an accepted paradigm for exchanging data between an object oriented domain layer and underlying databases. For most...
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Evolving agile
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentWithout any doubt agile is the biggest evolution in software development approaches since the introduction of waterfall back in the early seventies. And yes. Agile is an...
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Transition to Agile, how does it work? (Part 1)
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentI just started as an Agile coach for a big player in the financial market in the Netherlands. This company chose 2 years ago for a transition to Agile for all of their...
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How to kill your estimates
2AgileCustom Software DevelopmentWebIt must have been about twenty five years ago. I was working for a large international consultancy firm. One of the reliable ones. The ones that you would think that...
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Transition to Agile, How does it work (part 3)
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentBeing an agile coach it is not always that easy. Sometimes you have to defend why you are needed. Agile is a lightweight framework with a small set of practices to...
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What could the Dutch football learn from agile?
4AgileCustom Software DevelopmentAfter a series of very disappointing games the Dutch national football team was eliminated during the preliminary rounds of the European Championships. Comments weren’t...
View ArticleThe Opportunity of the Hybrid Window
BPMCustom Software DevelopmentGovernanceSocialWebThe Hybrid WindowOver the last decade, advances in digital technology have made it an integral part of life and business over most of the globe. However...
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Test Driven Development – The fun in unit testing
6AgileCustom Software DevelopmentMost of us know we ought to have decent unit tests for our code. This holds true in just about any project, but possibly most so in agile ones. In agile, you want to...
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Managing influences helps keeping project stability
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentA lesson learnt in the PMBOK perspective. When a project starts, there are usually a raw high level scope and an order of magnitude of cost. Generally, in the very first...
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Agile business intelligence
AgileBusiness Information ManagementCustom Software DevelopmentDataHet besparen van kosten is een veelgenoemde aanleiding voor Business Intelligence (BI) projecten. Zo wilde een bekende...
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Offshore Agile Software Development: Does It Work?
AgileArchitectureSocialArchitectureCustom Software DevelopmentDue to the ever-rising demand for seasoned software developers in the nineties, offshore software development became a compelling...
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Offshore Agile Software Development: A Practical Guide to Making It Work
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentIn my previous post, I explored how offshore Agile software development offers many benefits over more traditional, Waterfall style approaches, but only if some of the...
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Agile software development in practice – Product backlog items
5AgileCustom Software DevelopmentSome time ago I was working in a team of business analysts that were helping the product owner of a large consumer website to define product backlog items and make them...
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Don’t break up a winning team
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentI am not a big soccer fan, but I know a lot of people who are. Any soccer fan can tell you that if you add the best soccer players of the world in one team and just let...
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Is Fast Rising Testing Budgets a Sign of Inefficiency?
Custom Software DevelopmentHaving worked in Testing Professional Services for more than 15 years, co-authoring the World Quality Report 2013-14 with Makarand Teje, has been a rewarding experience for...
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Remarkable Rise of Test Centres of Excellence
Custom Software DevelopmentSince the release of the 5th edition of the World Quality Report, I have been sharing our research results with our clients all over Europe. On Wednesday this week, we have...
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Cloud over ERP
AgileArchitectureArchitectureBPMBPOBusiness Information ManagementCustom Software DevelopmentDataDigital StrategiesGovernanceMobilityOpen SourceSecuritySocialUser ExperienceWebBusinesses world over are...
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IT impact on Business Performance Management
4AgileBPOBusiness Information ManagementCustom Software DevelopmentDataGovernanceMobilityOpen SourceSocialUser ExperienceWebEnd-to-end business performance management (BPM) is a critical requirement...
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Making Oil and Gas Industry Operations Smarter
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The Cloud's Java moment
Custom Software DevelopmentDigital StrategiesOpen SourceStandardization makes markets grow. The world of mobile phones was massively accelerated by GSM, the world of WiFi by 802.11x. Standards also...
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