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The Fundamentals of Software Development: The Core Process

Software development is an interesting world in which no formal education, certification, apprenticeship, examination, or even much in the…

6 min readMar 27, 2021

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Require -> Build -> Publish

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Process is Easy; People are Hard

Everyone likes to blame the process; that’s too easy. Getting people to work together: now that’s hard.

6 min readFeb 11, 2022

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Process is Easy; People are Hard

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Introducing the Core Process for Developing Software

There is a Core Process underlying all software development methodologies.

6 min readDec 8, 2021

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Introducing the Core Process for Developing Software

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Estimating Software Development: It’s Not About You

There are a lot of articles about software estimation techniques, from story points to hours to t-shirt sizes. They miss the point.

4 min readAug 18, 2021

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Estimating Software Development: It’s Not About You

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We Learn From Our Successes More Than Our Failures

Learning from failures is useful, but learning from successes is better. Improve your software development by focusing on your successes.

5 min readJul 29, 2021

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The Real Reason You Should Budget

Reasons for budgeting may include reaching your financial goals or saving money. Those are great reasons, but they miss the point.

4 min readJul 28, 2021

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The Real Reason to Create a Budget

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Conway’s Law Applied to Quality: The Quality Law

The quality of the software product produced by an organization is directly related to the principles (or values) followed …

5 min readJul 1, 2021

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Tech Decay: Tech Debt is Worse Than You Think

Tech decay is the aging and deterioration of software that requires upkeep to the software to minimize the cost of future changes.

5 min readJun 25, 2021

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Tech Decay: Tech Debt is Worse Than You Think

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Iteration or Sprint: Sometimes, Words Matter

Terminology that drives imagery can have a powerful impact on not only how we think, but can also influence what we can think about.

5 min readApr 30, 2021

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Iteration or Sprint: Sometimes, Words Matter

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In Software Development, Best Practices Can Be Dangerous

Many years ago, I worked for a consulting company that was asked to provide “best practices” for their software development teams…

6 min readApr 17, 2021

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Dan Shellman

Dan Shellman

Broad experience in software development, from testing to development to management. Passionate about improving how we build software.

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