Ah, yes, the holiday season. A surprising dearth of snow, crass commercialism, yet another skirmish in the perennial ‘war on Christmas.’ And sure enough, the…
A drunk was leaning up against a lamppost on an urban street corner, doing his best to snap his fingers. “Why are you snapping your…
As the war against Daesh (formerly ISIS or ISIL) heats up following the terrorist attacks in Paris, the hacker group Anonymous has taken a leadership…
One of the most important tenets of digital transformation is that it’s customer-driven. In fact, the only reason technology is involved at all is because…
Ever since I published The Agile Architecture Revolution, people have been confused by what I mean by Agile Architecture. The crux of the confusion: the…
One can hardly read a word about the recent Volkswagen emissions scandal without replacing our collective Fahrvergnügen with Schadenfreude. Massive German auto maker, caught red-handed…
“The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” – Principles behind the Agile Manifesto I follow in the footsteps of so many people…
I love all this digital hullaballoo, really I do. I love all these different trends and disruptions and turmoil. I especially love the confusion –…
Earlier this month, author, IT strategist, and pyromaniac Charles Betz wrote a column for The Data Administration Newsletter that asked the question, “Is Agile killing…
Brands are more than the sum of their brand elements – logos, colors, shapes, and the like. Brands are promises. Promises from a company to…
