Want change but don’t want to change

I have met several customers and potential customers that want to implement automated testing. They have been in very different areas; insurance, transport, telecom and so on.

One thing they have in common though, is that they want a change but they are reluctant to change.

Challenging requirements

I attended a session with Gojko Adzic at Valtech in Stockholm in feb 2012. Gojko had some great comments about requirements and especially challenging requirements. A challenging requirement is a requirement from a customer that there is some kind of issue with and therefore something that will bring you problem.

Four rules of simple design

There are the four simple rules for software design that you always should follow. They are, in order of importance:

What is you passion?

A colleague of mine said a while ago that he used to ask that question to a certified scrum trainer. The trainer always answers that he will have to get back with an answer. One can speculate in why the person who got the question didn’t have a good answer ready. The are a few options, either he does what he does because he has a passion for it or because he is good at it and it pays good money.