Category Archives: business

The Prince-iples of Agile

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about traditional project management methods. In part to understand why/where they fell short for software and what their use might be. Some elements in the agile community seem to feel very strongly that all … Continue reading

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On motivation of teams

One of the things I enjoy most in my professional life is the challenge that comes with building and guiding a team. In this post I’d like to offer an opinion on 3 factors that have a tremendous effect on … Continue reading

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The hotmail CV tax

Whenever I have a (technical) person applying and they have a hotmail address as their preferred means of contact I shiver ever so slightly. Even if the actual mailbox is very sensible like name.firstname, I still shiver. The problem is … Continue reading

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Form and Function

“If you analyze the function of an object, its form often becomes obvious,” – Ferdinand Porsche. Mister Porsche was probably not thinking about software development or business processes as we know them today while saying that but somehow the quote … Continue reading

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The end of an era

Today has been marked in my calendar for a long time. Today is the end of an era. Today is the last day of Bill Gates at Microsoft. We all have an opinion on Microsoft and their products and strategies. … Continue reading

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9 baby’s in 1 woman for a month

Or at least something containing all those elements. This article is all about the question "Can 9 women deliver a baby in 1 month?". In this post and subsequent comments we already brought up that 9 women can’t deliver a … Continue reading

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