Agile Jumps the Shark?
In a recent blog post, Johanna Rothman offers, “The word agile has clearly crossed the chasm. And, with all the emphasis on certification, that word is only going to become more resume-valuable with time. And that’s a damn shame.” Rothman suggests many of those who might identify their workplace and development as “agile” may not […]
Sloan-C July Symposium to Feature Open Textbooks Panel
In July in San Jose, California, at the Sloan-C/MERLOT Fourth Annual International Symposium, several panelists will gather to address trends and developments in open textbooks. The panel is entitled “Building Communities of Practice to Encourage Open Textbook Use.” In case you may not be familiar with the open textbook mission, one of the panelists, Nicholas Smith, the […]
“The 40 Year Old… …Millennial”
“The interactive and collaborative nature of Web 2.0 tools, of which social media is just one category, clearly affords governments at all levels a significant opportunity to engage with citizens and the direct and indirect users of their services across a wide array of programs.” That’s the opening line of a 2010 National Association of […]
Technology Advances and “The Emotions of Change”
Jim Highsmith, one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto and who is an executive consultant with ThoughtWorks, Inc., and an individual who has spent 30-plus years as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, and software developer, recently offered a very interesting new blog post. In it he discusses how the Agile […]
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