When you listen to a professional or college sports team discuss a bad stretch, they often mention that they will get back to basics. These statements are not a knock on the players. They understand the basics. It is instead a focus on doing the things that have to be done. It is a return to their foundation so they can simplify and then work on building again. This approach happens to work well for software projects as well. Spinning Out …
The Agile methodology has a lot of pros and cons. In fact, it is one of the most common argument/discussions I have with a mentor of mine. He likes to point out (correctly in most instances) that the Agile approach skips out on important design. It causes a lot of re-work because of that lack of up-front design. This re-work is only partially a problem. The Agile method assumes that changes will come during the implementation of a project. Instead of …
Over the years that I have been in the software development profession, I have watched solutions evolve dramatically. The progress has gone from code to libraries to frameworks and now configurable systems. However, there are trade-offs to consider when you look at a configurable system instead of one that allows for customization with code. This is becoming a more common dilemma for businesses. Thus, it is good to look at the pros and cons of each approach. Here are some …
