So, I sat down with my supervisor the other day to discuss my schedule and talk about the upcoming project that I was hoping to use Agile practices on. I gave him the two minute rundown of the key components of what I was looking to do, touching on the sell points of what I would be doing. Keeping the stakeholder involved improves acceptance chances Results based on the stakeholder’s priorities Demo-able software of the results as they are finished My supervisor understands that projects don’t just...
As a result of working for a business instead of a small software shop, I often have to play all roles in a project. I am one of two developers, and we hardly do work on the same projects simultaneously. As a result, I can be seated as the project manager, the architect, the developer, the tester, QA, DBA, or any other role that is required. Sometimes it’s an intimidating position. I’m an army of one and sometimes the stakeholders outnumber me greatly. It’s a battle to ensure quality and that the...