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  • Was on stage tonight with my son for a #magic show (HE was performing in front of over 110). Went pretty well again. Am a proud dad! 2 weeks ago
  • About to finish writing my next lecture for Kingston University: "How Great People Can Kill Your Project" 2011-10-28
  • 1 anthropologist on radio about EU issues: "there is as much cultural difference between France and Germany than between France and Japan" 2011-09-28
  • CCP Hilmar's talk #ghconf about EVE's players behaviour comforted me in my Human Dynamics approach of projects. 2011-06-30
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Iteration size and the tap water glass

When I teach iterative approach in software development, I use to justify it with an analogy that I have borrowed from Kent Beck: managing software is like driving a car; you permanently need to adjust left and right if you don’t want to have an accident. That’s a fine analogy and it always worked for [...] [...]