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21 October 2003

One per Pixel.

"How many software developers does it take to change a lightbulb? 10 to discuss the requirements, 10 more to do the analysis, 10 more to do the design, and one to write the code, 12 years later.

On a newsgroup recently someone said: "Half of all programmers are below average." I responded that that was not necessarily true. Certainly half are below the median, but it is remotely possible that only one programmer is above average. (I'll leave you to decide who I was thinking of.)"

One per Pixel.

12 October 2003

Agile Methods. The bottom Line.

"How do you run a business? I'm a CEO of a small consulting company so I have some small knowledge about what it takes to run a business. Aside from a cast-iron stomach, and the will to make tough decisions, it takes something else. It takes data.

We look at our sales data every week. We have monthly goals and we compare our monthly achievements to those goals. The difference goes straight to the bottom line (which happens to be our paychecks). In short, we run our business very iteratively because the bottom line is directly connected to our pocketbooks."

Agile Methods. The bottom Line.

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