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Author: Rob Broadhead
Rob is a founder of, and frequent contributor to, Develpreneur. This includes the Building Better Developers podcast. He is also a lifetime learner as a developer, designer, and manager of software solutions. Rob is the founder of RB Consulting and has managed to author a book about his family experiences and a few about becoming a better developer.
In his free time, he stays busy raising five children (although they have grown into adults). When he has a chance to breathe, he is on the ice playing hockey to relax or working on his ballroom dance skills.
Simplicity is an integral part of satisfying the customer. Ideally, we would provide them a button to click that does everything they want. However, that is rarely possible. We build complex systems…
Good Design Enhances Agility
We have mentioned time and again that the goal of agile is satisfying the customer. However, each principle we explore provides ways to accomplish that goal. The principle we focus on in…
A Constant Pace Indefinitely – Measured Development
Software development has high and low points. Likewise, there are hectic and “slow” times that we live with as part of our work-life. When you think of software development as a marathon,…
Working Software – The Primary Measure of Progress
There are times where it helps to state the obvious. The most glaring truths can be lost in the details when we forget to focus or reset. Working software as our goal…
Face-To-Face Conversation – Efficient And Effective
The season of digging deeper into the Agile Manifesto continues forward to the sixth principle. Our primary focus is on satisfying the customer. However, we now shift into how our approach can…
An Environment And Support They Need
In this episode, we continue our crawl through the fifth principle of the agile manifesto. Our focus switches from motivated individuals to the environment and the support they need. Motivation is great. …