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- Architecture,
- Ruby
- Topics
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Open Source,
- Ruby on Rails
Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier sat down with InfoQ's Obie Fernandez at RailsConf to explore some of the reasoning behind setting up the mongrel project, getting adoption in enterprise and dealing with developers who just aren't ready. Watch the interview to find out how much Shaw's Enterprise Mongrel product will cost, where the support contracts are and who'll come out on top when the vultures land.
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By Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier
on Sep 04, 2007,

- Agile
- Topics
- University Programs,
- Stories & Case Studies
During the 2004-2005 academic year, Pam Rostal and Dave West ran a unique work-study degree program at New Mexico Highlands University: 20 students using Agile practices to execute real world projects. This story shows what can happen when education goes beyond the ordinary: when people are encouraged to strive for mastery and taught the thinking tools to do so.
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By Pam Rostal & Dave West
on Oct 16, 2006,
News about Diversity in Teams
- Agile
- Topics
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Teamwork
An Agile team is mostly a cross functional team comprising of generalists and specialists. Jurgen Appelo, challenges this concept and suggests that having just specialists on an Agile team adds more value. The post tries to correlate various view points on team composition by other members of the Agile community.
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By Vikas Hazrati
on Jun 13, 2008,
- Agile
- Topics
- Delivering Quality,
- Methodologies,
- Delivering Value,
- Customers & Requirements
Design in the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) world involves working with the user to understand the problem and come up with a user interface – typically on paper - of the entire system before turning it over, in Big Design Upfront (BDUF) manner, to the rest of the development team to build. So how can Robert Biddle claim that HCI has home-grown practices that are very similar to those of Agile?
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By Amr Elssamadisy
on Jun 19, 2007,
- Agile
- Topics
- Agile in the Enterprise,
- Careers
In a recent Datamation article, James Maguire noted the challenge of staying employed in an environment in which the rules are continually rewritten. He spoke with Gartner analyst Diane Morello for 5 predictions for those of us thinking about career directions over the next five years.
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By Deborah Hartmann
on Feb 17, 2007,
- Agile
- Topics
- Leadership,
- Teamwork
A recent Gartner report on the gender gap in IT states that although many feel that women are "innately better suited than men" to navigate the new global economy, they are not choosing to enter IT - and some are leaving. Gartner predicts that by 2012, 40% of women in the IT workforce will leave traditional IT career paths.
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By Deborah Hartmann
on Dec 14, 2006,
- Agile
- Topics
- Customers & Requirements
Ziff Davis' August surveys find that IT is growing in all sectors, leading to increased IT hiring. And though execs express a significant preference for IT professionals with a head for business over technical wizards, they anticipate these will be hard to find. Particularly in demand are professionals in project management, business-process redesign, business analysis and systems integration.
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By Deborah Hartmann
on Aug 20, 2006,