Ralf Westphal ⁽¹¹⁸⁾

From a certain point on it becomes very tedious, frustrating, and expensive to change code in order to implement some new requirement. For a while clean coding and refactoring help - but in the end it’s undeniable: the existing code is more of a burden,…

There is an unquestioned practice in software development which to me seems to be quite harmful. It’s the practice of letting developers work towards a deadline. In this article I’m not much concerned with how the question „When will it be done?“ is answered. I’m…

Is there a difference between estimating and forecasting? I think there is. After my previous article on forecasting there was a discussion about whether I used these terms properly. I was referred to Wikipedia for „forecasting“ with the comment „Every forecast is an estimate“: Forecasting…

Let’s be honest: estimating software development effort does not work and is a constant pain in the ass for developers. It does not work because the real time needed to deliver estimated work items is off by more than 10% in 90% of the cases.

Soziokratie ist ein Ansatz für die Führung von Organisationen. Ihr Anspruch ist es, die Identitätsfunktion von Organisationen besser erfüllbar zu machen. Was diese Funktion produziert, habe ich im vorhergehenden Artikel näher ausgeführt. Nur soviel an dieser Stelle: jede Organisation braucht Zusammenhalt, eine Grenze und eine…