What we decided to do was to create an object based architecture in four tiers, so database, business, application objects plus a presentation layer. The first part was generally accepted, the second more controversial. then seemed, in the words of Mark 1:3 to be The voice of one crying in the wilderness. ecology. MORE >>

Multiple conversations took place and one came back to an old theme of mine, namely the importance of working in the present, rather than trying to map out a route to some ideal future. had an invitation, but refused it when I was told that who was being invited was secret. So let me start by making my position clear. Aside on the Rugby. MORE >>

This morning having navigated the Toronto street car system to get to the venue (getting moral bonus points over other speakers who wimped out and got taxis) I spent most of the day attending sessions before delivering a presentation on Complexity along with Owen Bardor. That said the conversations afterwards were really interesting. MORE >>

had also only realised the night before that the event was on Lean and Kanban, not Agile per se so I needed to create a new presentation on the train. Through the presentation I also had a sense of a deadline in that I had to make a specific train back, and I was thinking of the match itself. Conference blogs News MORE >>

While in the complicated domain, coordination and communication, though present, was not as effective as it could have been under the ICS system. I've been meaning to share this story for a bit. They recently sent me a story by Captain Richard Alexander of the Tulsa Police Department. city]. Musings MORE >>