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Blink Estimation 8 Aug 2013 | 01:33 pm
Experienced delivery folks can have surprisingly good instincts for macro-level estimation, as long as we are careful to manage blind spots and cognitive biases. This can be an important tool in early...
Are we nearly there yet? 5 Jul 2013 | 10:29 pm
The goal of software delivery is to minimise the lead time to business impact. Everything else is detail. The longest journey When I was young our summer holidays usually involved a drive to somewhe...
Accelerating Agile 15 Jan 2013 | 06:09 pm
A curious phenomenon At the end of 2009 I left the world of agile delivery and consulting to join a small team in a trading firm. I was member number three. The team grew to five in the next few weeks...
Under new management 15 Aug 2012 | 03:28 am
I am delighted to announce my new independent consulting company, Dan North & Associates, which has the handy abbreviation of DNA. Take a look around the new website – I’d love to hear your feedback a...
Published: The art of misdirection 9 Jun 2012 | 10:57 pm
I’ve just come back from the excellent NDC 2012 event in Oslo, where they published my article about opportunity cost in The Developer magazine ahead of the conference. The article is now available o...
BDD is like TDD if… 31 May 2012 | 10:47 pm
I’ve noticed a number of people recently declaring that BDD really is just TDD, such as Robert Martin on Twitter and Ron Jeffries on the XP list. I can understand where this mindset comes from and I’d...
The rise and rise of JavaScript 20 Dec 2011 | 12:30 am
I’ve been using JavaScript for a while now, but only really programming in anger with it during the last year. I’ve found it in turns frustrating and enlightening, ridiculous and brilliant. I have nev...
Looking back on 2011 21 Nov 2011 | 11:05 am
It’s November, and it seems I haven’t posted anything here since January. Partly that’s because I have a Proper Job™ these days, which means I spend a lot less time writing and blogging. Partly I’ve r...
Whose domain is it anyway? 31 Jan 2011 | 10:50 pm
The brittleness of tests or specs is a recurring topic in BDD (or acceptance test-driven development, specification-by-example, or whatever you choose to call the thing where you write acceptance crit...
On craftsmanship 16 Jan 2011 | 10:56 am
Well, I certainly didn’t expect that kind of interest in my last post. In the past I’ve tended to have a few hundred people reading my infrequent mumblings. In the last few days nearly 20,000 people h...
