In my early twenties, I had the privilege of playing PT Barnum in a community theatre production of the musical Barnum. In that musical, I was brave enough to learn to juggle and walk a tightrope, 6 feet off the ground, in AirWalks. I picked up juggling rather quickly. But the tightrope was unlike anything I had... Main Entry: agile [aj-uhl, -ahyl] Show IPA Part of Speech: adjective Definition: physically or mentally nimble, deft Synonyms: active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant,bustling, clever, dexterous, easy-moving,energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively,mercurial, prompt, quick, quick on the draw,quick on the trigger, quick-witted, rapid, ready,sharp, spirited, sportive, spright, sprightly, spry,stirring, supple, swift, twinkle toes, vigorous,vivacious, winged, zippy Antonyms: brittle, clumsy, stiff (entry provided by http://thesaurus.com) Essentially, if you are considered agile, you are active, clever, sharp & quick. But Agile development isn’t something you can wrap your brain around & master quickly, as the definition of agile clearly implies. It takes time to master. Nor is…
It has been over 10 years since the Agile Manifesto was signed in a remote location in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah at the Snowbird Ski Resort. Seventeen people gathered, ate, drank, shot-the-shit, and pondered the state of Software Development. They identified what they saw as key to making Software Development work. Though Agile has sparked…
After about 3 years of dropping my iPhone 3G on various occasions, a drop onto the tile floor at Atomic HQ did her in: I made a trip to the Apple store to talk to one of those certified Genius dudes. Pretty impressive Apple can draw people with such amazingly high IQs to sell their…
Code reviews are a common practice intended to catch software flaws by having “more eyes” on a piece of code in order to catch costly software defects. Unfortunately, many people dread code reviews, because they are time consuming and many times are not very fruitful. It takes a lot of discipline and similar mindsets to…
Carl is the president and co-founder of Atomic Object