The Best Development Status Board Ever!

see http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/

Backlog Tool Overview

If you search for a backlog tool, take a look on http://www.userstories.com/products.

For example, a simple and good backlog tool is eXPlainPMT

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Presentation about “Clean Code”

Here are my slides about Robert C. Martins great book “Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship“:

Pony Meeting

This refers to a story Lopp told earlier in the session, in which he described the process of a senior manager outlining what they wanted from any new application: “I want WYSIWYG… I want it to support major browsers… I want it to reflect the spirit of the company.” Or, as Lopp put it: “I want a pony!” He added: “Who doesn’t? A pony is gorgeous!” The problem, he said, is that these people are describing what they think they want. And even if they’re misguided, they, as the ones signing the checks, really cannot be ignored.

Apple’s design process

“The Clean Code Talks - Unit Testing”

Google Tech Talks
October, 30 2008

Clean Code Talks - Unit Testing

Speaker: Misko Hevery

Aza Raskin - Humanes Interface-Design

Golem führte ein wirklich sehenswertes Interview mit Aza Raskin zum Thema Humanes Interface-Design und Firefox:

Links:

• Golem: Wie das neue User-Interface für Firefox entsteht
• Book: The Humane Interface. New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems. by Jef Raskin

“Collaboration Techniques that really work”

• Web 2.0 Expo: Collaboration Techniques that Really Work - Productivity, Creativity and Consensus by Leisa Reichelt

80:20 rules! - Building software smarter

Google Tech Talks
October 8, 2008

ABSTRACT

Ever notice that you seem to spend 80% of your time on 20% of your tasks? Or that 80% of the decisions in a meeting seem to occur in 20% of the meeting time? Welcome to the world of the 80:20 rule. When we design, build and test software, we have to determine where to start and what we should do next. The 80:20 rule helps provide an answer to these questions, while helping to increase our productivity and effectiveness. As well as being an agile principle, it’s a common thread in other disciplines, and there’s a special variation that applies to software defects. We’ll explore the different ways testers and developers are using the 80:20 rule. This rule could be a secret ingredient to help you build software smarter!

Speaker: Erik Petersen

Usability Methods Table

If you search for a useful overview about usability methods, look at this table:

Usability Methods Table by UsabilityNet

Survey: Knowledge Sharing in Software Development

FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe conducting a scientific study, to understand problems and practices of knowledge sharing in software development.

>> Survey <<