by Alan Willett | Blog, Quality Control
“QUALITY IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT. IT IS ALWAYS THE RESULT OF INTELLIGENT EFFORT.” – JOHN RUSKIN We were preparing to buy a birthday present. We planned to purchase the latest, about to be released, expansion to a favorite video game. We paused and did some...
by Alan Willett | Executive Leadership, The Dev Team, The Engineer
Pat, a director of a team of software developers, cried out with dismay. “What do you mean that technical debt is strangling me more than I know?” Pat had already laid out all the reasons technical debt was a bane to the entire organization’s existence. Here is Pat’s...
by Alan Willett | Executive Leadership, The Dev Team, The Enterprise
“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” Oprah Winfrey Recently, I witnessed two different ways to handle the same challenge. I attended two meetings. The goal of each meeting was to choose a way forward that would affect many...