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“Are we a CMMI certified company?” I was speaking with a business associate the other day. We were learning a bit about each other’s companies and he asked me this question. I answered as well as I could, trying to balance the art of diplomacy with frankness. I confessed that we were not, and that while [...]
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It happened again, I got tangled in the eddy of the winding years Just a moment ago, I stood in a thicket of pale green buds, yearning up toward the waxing light There was no horizon there, just branches hung with sparkling drips, the first spring warmth, a gentle gurgle from the melted snow I was down on [...]
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In every team, there is a dynamic energy that brings it together. We recognize that the individuals in our team are not only critical to our success, but are also motivated by it: the key is simply to enable each of us to most effectively play our part. As a small shop, we must all play [...]
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It seems that just a breath ago you hung, suspended sideways on the playground swing, in weightless sun, to peer across the bar to distant shady green. And now, blood-draining rush, too fast, too soon, the skin drags down your face in hurtle past the ground toward that shadowed gloom. This moment marks the midpoint, just, between [...]
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When you’re on the stage and the curtain rises, it is easy to appreciate the value of getting it right the first time. If you’re well-prepared and on your game, you can be a star, if not, you’re a soon-forgotten nobody. Early software development embraced the “get it right the first time” approach, following general engineering [...]
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