Tag Archives: agile

The Future is Now – Thursday August 6th 2009

Here are some things I have read, heard or observed that indicate future trends:

Seeking Growth, Cisco Reroutes Decisions: Surprising place and scale to see “The Wisdom of Crowds” & “Agile Project Management” principles applied
Former employee hits Apple with unpaid overtime suit
Chip sales bounce but PC sales sink
Angel Funding Competitions:  Y Combinator ; TechStars ; LaunchBox [...]

Reading List – Java in the Enterprise is Dead – Time to get ramped on Grails

If you went through the previous two reading lists as they related to building Java “Enterprise” applications and browser side Web 2.0 development, you will come to the realization that there is a lot to read. Looking for an agile platform that was “Enterprise Friendly” and did not have as steep a learning curve [...]

Reading List – Help! I just got fired! How do I begin my career as a Web 2.0 RIA Developer

Several people have asked me over the years how they can transition to the world of Web 2.0 Development, so I have summarized these recommendations in a reading list which I thought people might find helpful in these times of change and uncertainty:

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

ppk on JavaScript, 1/e (VOICES)

Head First JavaScript [...]

Why bother with application development technologies when building a data warehouse

Well – the reason I put in the previous post was because as we have struggled to build our data warehouse, one of the things that we have continually struggled with is data that resides in spreadsheets, post-it-notes, emails. PDF files and other unstructured formats.
To solve for the problem of capturing unstructured data in a [...]

Reading List – PHP, Ruby, Python don’t work in the Enterprise and C++ applications takes too long to build – I want to learn Java Web Development

A little break from being focused on Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence. Here is recommended reading list in sequence for those wanting to become Agile Server Side Java Web Developers:

Head First Java, 2nd Edition

Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (Brain-Friendly Guides)

Head First SQL: Your Brain on SQL [...]

Book Review – Enterprise and Scrum by Ken Schwaber

The Enterprise and Scrum by Ken Schwaber is a great addition to agile project management literature. This book is similar in structure to it’s predecessor: Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional) where we were provided with a the core concepts of the agile project management framework known as Scrum and then the book [...]

Recommended Reading for Beginning Agile Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Project Managers

I have pulled together a reading list together for those looking to get started using an Agile Approach to Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Projects which I would recommend reading in the sequence noted below:

The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit
Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional)
Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series)

More on the books [...]

Reduce the Cost of Your Data Warehouse or Business Intelligence Effort Using an Agile Approach – Part 1 – Overview

Now is a good time given current market conditions to start thinking about ways to reducing the cost and time to market for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence efforts. Data Warehousing has had the goal of driving towards one version of the truth for the enterprise, but these have been expensive endevours. There are ways [...]