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Standardization across an organization: Good or Bad?
Currently I work for an java shop that places a high value on standardization. This includes common things(styles, javadocs, formatting, etc.) on to what I consider slightly more draconian ...
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Avoid becomming a “Theoretician” programmer
I have found this article in several posts on SO. I find myself falling into the 6th archetype; the "Theoretician".
It defines the "Theoretician" as:
The Theoretician knows everything there is ...
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When can you offer innovation without being off-task?
When can you offer innovation, without being off-task?
I can't understand how creative innovation fits in Agile and other methodologies.
People just want what they asked for, right? Say you're ...
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What's a good methodology for a small 2-person project?
Hello
What's a good methodology for a small 2-person project? Ranges from 20-40hr.
It's mostly small websites. I want to approach it as a developer, but Agile and other methodologies seems too large ...
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Is Agile the new micromanagement?
This question has been cooking in my head for a while so I wanted to ask those who are following agile/scrum practices in their development environments.
My company has finally ventured into ...
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Which software development methodologies can be seen as foundations
I'm writing a small research paper which involves software development methodologiess. I was looking into all the available methodology's and I was wondering, from all methodologies, are there any ...
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I need advice on how to best handle an e-commerce situation
I recently moved to Brazil and started a small subscription based service company. The payment gateway market is under-developed in Brazil, and implementing a local solution is too expensive for me.
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Best practices when creating/modeling databases?
I learned at the University some steps to model a database:
Model the problem using the Extended Entity-Relationship Model.
Extract the functional dependencies
Apply some algorithms to normalize ...
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Is good code impossible in modern software development?
It seems that even that developer tools has become more solid and robust, writing good code has become a challenge. Even that tools are more powerful, quality of code haven’t got better. I come up ...
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Confusion in definitions of a method and a methodology in the book “OOAD with Applicatons” (Booch et al)
I am reading the book Object-Oriented Analysis and Design written by Grady Booch and others. In the Section : I Concepts in a subsection Bringing Order to Chaos authors suggest to separate between a ...
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Is there a formal name for gradually activating software changes?
At times when we develop new features or functionality, we gradually "turn it on" to ensure a smooth transition and minimal impact for users. Instead of one big sudden change, we are able to control ...
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What's Your Method of not forgetting the end brackets, parentheses
disclaimer: for simplicity sake, brackets will refer to brackets, braces, quotes, and parentheses in the couse of this question. Carry on.
When writing code, I usually type the beginning and end ...
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Spartan programming… What is it good for?
We are being forced to use Spartan programming on a project, to everybody's dismay. So I get it, it makes the methods really short and it handles the simple cases first. But is it really worth the ...
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Can Agile/Scrum be used by 1 or 2 developers?
Everything I've been reading and researching up to this point describes how Agile/Scrum works great with teams of about 4 to 6 members, maybe even more.
In my current shop, we have about 8 developers ...
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Effective Ways to Introduce Agile into the Workplace?
In your experience (anecdotal or otherwise), what are some effective ways to introduce Agile into a non-Agile organization or company?
UPDATED: Can anyone speak to cases where you tried to introduce ...
