Working with Agile

Very nicely put ! I learnt it very early that usin...

2011-10-24T09:49:40.447-04:00

Very nicely put ! I learnt it very early that using the previous velocity values to estimate the number of sprints for future work leads to an utter disappointment.

IMHO, velocity is a backward looking indicator rather than a forward looking one.

I am sure, you must already be using a dip in the number as an indicator of something amiss, and a rise in the number as

Great post. Your idea is something we were kicking...

2010-08-19T15:31:07.871-04:00

Great post. Your idea is something we were kicking around and gave it the catchy acronym MDD for Monitoring Driven Deployment. I like what you say about deploying the monitor before the change and let the monitor go green after the deployment. The ideal monitoring infrastructure should be so robust that when all monitors go green you have high confidence of a successful deployment. Now, who do

I distinguish between monitors (continuously runni...

2010-07-07T08:44:32.649-04:00

I distinguish between monitors (continuously running) and regression tests (run after a known change in operations). Typically, regression tests are run only after software deployments. However, properly packaged, they can/should be run after every set of changes in production. Additionally, proper design of regression tests, would allow more of them to be converted to monitors, detecting

Automation can definitely benefit the operation fo...

2010-06-30T06:50:14.192-04:00

Automation can definitely benefit the operation folks. We see the strong movement towards DevOps (twitter/devopszone) and platforms that control and manage automated deployments: http://www.noliosoft.com

So true... I can attest to this.

2010-05-27T18:03:10.479-04:00

So true... I can attest to this.

It is very easy to be seduced by those green check...

2010-04-08T12:36:04.255-04:00

It is very easy to be seduced by those green check marks, isn't it?
Manual configuration is always a red flag and should be eliminated wherever possible.
Avoid logic, wherever possible, in the UI. If that's not possible, you may want to look at automating some UI tests - such tests are especially good at finding things like broken links. They, too, can be integrated into