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Good Practice - ETVX
30 March 07 12:36 AM | Joel Semeniuk | with no comments

Want to keep your team focused? Use checklists - but not any old checklist - try using ETVX - Entry-Task-Verification-eXit 1. Entry: What criteria must be met before a process can start 2. Tasks: Lists of tasks to be performed for this process 3. Verification...

Filed under: Project Management

Metrics for Developers?
18 February 07 04:48 PM | Joel Semeniuk | with no comments

Check out this article by Nigel Cheshire - quoting both Sam Guckenheimer and Joel Spolsky about whether or not measuring developer performance is a good thing or not. Both Sam and Joel say to stay clear away from doing this. Where do you stand? Personally...

Filed under: VSTS, General Software Development, Process, Project Management, Team System