2014
The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software Book Review
The content of this book will help you audit, adjust, and manage your software process.
Agile Product Owner Secrets Book Review
I highly recommend this book to all those moving towards an agile approach, but especially those moving towards an agile method that includes the product owner role.
Downloadable Video: Achieving Agile Transformation with Kanban, Kotter, and Lean Startup
There really is not much choice. You are going to have to start thinking about implementing agile processes in your organizations sooner or later, do yourself a favor and watch this video series first.
2012
Sparx Systems releases Enterprise Architect 10
Sparx has release a new version of Enterprise Architect. This tool is by far the best software engineering tool available on the market today. I have been using it as my primary tool for Enterprise and Software Architecture for years now. If you have never checked it out, now is as good as time as any.
.NET, iOS, and Java Architecture and Development Book Recommendations for 2013
Another year has gone by. Merry X-mas and Happy New Year everyone. It is time to update my book recommendation blog.
Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams Book Review
This book will become a classic to turn to over time. Every manager interacting with programmers should read this book. That includes CIOs, Software Architects, Enterprise Architects, and Lead Developers.
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process Book Review
This book's title Essentials Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process, is a perfect description of what this book is. It covers every essential that you need to know about the scrum process, and the book is written to every role in the scrum process.
Mastering the Requirements Process: Getting Requirements Right Book Review
The Volere Requirement Process described in this book can be used with any process. Every process needs to gather requirements.
Presentation Patterns: Techniques for Crafting Better Presentations Book Review
Great Advice on Delivering Successful Presentations. A must have book!!!
An Enterprise and Software Architect's Tools of the Trade
It is not easy keeping up the latest technologies, processes, architectural techniques, and enterprise architecture framework improvements. Now more than ever an architect needs a lot of assets to keep up.
Enterprise Software Delivery: Bringing Agility and Efficiency to the Global Software Supply Chain Book Review
If you want a current look into the state of enterprise software deliver at a global level, then this is the book for you.
How Google Tests Software Book Review
Over all I found this book very educational and very entertaining!!!
The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year Book Review
This is one cool book. If you are starting to use Scrum, read it. If you are using Scrum, read it. If you are just wondering what Scrum is all about, read it.
Software Engineering Best Practices: Lessons from Successful Projects in the Top Companies Book Review
This is one of those books that should be read by every person with a relationship to IT. Testers, CIOs, CFOs, developers, architects, project managers, and agilists will benefit from this book. I highly recommend reading it. You will come out the back end of it with a complete new perspective on Software Engineering.
Why is Scrum so widely adopted and so very dangerously deceptive
Just because it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, doesn’t mean it’s a duck
Sparx Systems has released Enterprise Architect 9.3 which includes ArchiMate 2.0
Sparx Enterprise Architecture is my tool of choice for software architecture, design, project management, and project planning. This new version offers some really great new features.
Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum Book Review
This book down to earth does not just regurgitate Scrum practices, it provides tons of advice and examples from past experience. The book is for all levels of individuals and teams involved with or thinking about getting involved with Scrum.
TFS Process Template Content Comparison - Scrum 1.0 vs Agile Software Development v5.0 vs CMMI Process Improvement v5.0
I recently had to decide which base template I wanted to use for a TFS project. This paper shows the comparison.
Pro .NET Best Practices Book Review
I highly recommend this book to any role involved with developing .NET software.
2011
Software Architecture: A Comprehensive Framework and Guide for Practitioners Book Review
This book is truly a holistic view of software architecture.
Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise Book Review
I feel this is the first complete book on what an enterprise level agile process should look like.
Software Systems Architecture: Working With Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives (2nd Edition) Book Review
This is the second edition of one of the best books written on software systems architecture. If you are in the software development industry, you should read this book. If you are a Software Architect, you must read this book.
Effective Project Management Traditional, Agile, Extreme Book Review
I bought this book to find out what the latest project management best practices are.
12 Essential Skills for Software Architects Book Review
Although the book is written in the context of Software Architecture, anyone could benefit from the advice in the book.
Keeping Living Documentation Alive with SPARX Enterprise Architect
One of the most powerful side effects of the SPARX Enterprise Architect document publishing tools is that it enables the team to keep project documentation alive and current.
