Comments on: Joe's ten rules of commercial software development http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/ Ace King, check it out! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ozgen http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-775 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:06:28 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-775 #8 is wisdom applied to development! Target dates keep on slipping when certain features refuse to cooperate, or simply don’t do what they are supposed to. In other words, rule #8 boils down to applying rule #9 to those asshole features :-)

]]> By: Toby http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-774 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:37:18 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-774 Context, Context, CONTEXT. All of these things are true… sometimes. Maybe even most of the time, but if you don’t remember to take things in context you’re sol anyway

]]> By: Len McGrane http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-773 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:23:35 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-773 You said it, Joe. If someone can’t work in a team … remove them! This is something corporate team building programs DON’T teach. They encourage a team to “build” and work together. But, even though labor laws and regulations make it difficult to dismiss staff, it will be the best thing you can do with a disruptive team member. Actually, for this reason, I have started to work with developers in India. So far it has worked out fine. But if their teams, or individuals, don’t work well for me I can easily slip away to someone else.

]]> By: Copacetic » Blog Archive » Somebody else believes in firing the asshole http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-772 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:42:27 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-772 [...] Dontcha just love external validation. Robert Sutton also believes in firing the Asshole (see rule 9). [...]

]]> By: Copacetic » Blog Archive » Stumbleupon kicks in with a traffic spike http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-771 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:37:12 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-771 [...] I seem to have hit some weird threshold in stumbleupon for the article Joe’s Ten Rules of Commercial Software Development. My webstats are up 753% for the article with 137 visitors today. For comparison I usually get about 40 or so visitors per day. Anybody know how stumbleupon works to promote your site? [...]

]]> By: Johnny K http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-770 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:02:15 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-770 There are two of us in the team. Only one of us refuses to do things. Guess I’m the asshole ;)

]]> By: Bref Murdoch http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-769 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:21:10 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-769 #9! Ha, every team has an asshole… I think its part of the deal! (anybody in mind?) … heheehee

]]> By: Navarik : : Ten rules of software development :: The Marine Data Network™ http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-768 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:48:11 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-768 [...] Via Darren Barefoot, here are ten rules of commercial software development. I particular like #7: “One hour watching a novice user with a new piece of software is worth 24 hours of automated test.” [...]

]]> By: Joe’s Ten Rules of Software Development | DarrenBarefoot.com http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-767 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:38:13 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-767 [...] Regardless, he’s assembled a list of rules for building software to sell to the masses: 100-1: This a good ratio of end-users to developers to aim for as a starting point. With less than this you don’t get feedback and the feedback you do get will tend to take you in strange directions. Remember if you build a stadium you have to fill it every weekend to make a return, software works off similar ratios. [...]

]]> By: Darren http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-766 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:33:10 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/07/19/joes-ten-rules-of-commercial-software-development/#comment-766 By the way, I dugg this badboy:

http://digg.com/software/Ten_Rules_of_Commercial_Software_Development

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