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  • When you apply for a job, read the job posting!

    I am constantly amazed by the number of job candidates who apply for a position without reading the job posting. We are currently hiring for three positions: Agile .NET Developer Agile .NET Developer Internship Graphics Designer All three involve *doing* something in order to be considered for the position...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 04-07-2008, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: .NET, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development, Agile
  • Learning from your Burn Down chart

    The chart to the left represents the Burn Down chart for the Secret Server 4.1 release which shipped on March 14th 2008.  We have always shipped Secret Server on the published date (or in the early hours of morning the next day!) but this release pushed things a little too close for our liking. ...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 03-18-2008, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Extreme Programming, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development, Agile
  • Secret Server 4.0 has shipped!

    We were hoping to ship one day early but a few delays in getting some updated artwork and some of the upgrade documentation caused us to ship yesterday on the scheduled day.  Secret Server has never missed a launch date since first being released in November 2005 - this is something we attribute...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 12-22-2007, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Test Driven Development, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development, Agile
  • Removing dead code

    What does your code terrain look like?  Are there bodies of dead logic lying here and there?  Maybe they helped briefly while you worked towards a better solution or perhaps they just fell victim to changing business rules. At a recent Code Camp, there was a question about code generation and...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 12-05-2007, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Extreme Programming, Software Development, General Software Development, Refactoring, Agile
  • Agile Software Development: More About Human Ideology, Rather Machine or Technology!

    In the recent trend of software development and information technology, Agile has been a Buzz word among the developer community. There are three types of guys, while a new hype gets introduced. First, who really ignores it, as it is being hype, second, who really get excited about it, but really not...
    Posted to .NETTER Characters... (Weblog) by joycsharp on 01-30-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: agile, testing, software development
  • SRP with the DC ALT.NET User Group in Alexandria, VA

    Last Wednesday (3/25/2009), I presented at the DC ALT.NET User Group in Alexandria.  Thank you to the groups organizer, Matt Podwysocki for inviting me. Writing Code with the Thycotic Team The presentation was TDD with C# and Mocks - which is a hands-on coding session with the audience working on...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 03-31-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: .NET User Groups, Test Driven Development, Software Development, General Software Development, Agile
  • Stinky PartialMocks?

    Jimmy has posted about PartialMocks on the team blog .  This has been a recurring discussion on our team and it is worthwhile thinking careful about whether to use PartialMocks and if so, what is an appropriate usage … Jonathan Cogley is the CEO of Thycotic Software, an agile software consulting...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 05-14-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Agile, General Software Development, Refactoring, Software Development, Test Driven Development
  • Pair Programming and Pandemics

    Pouya has posted about the dangers of illnesses when Pair Programming on our team blog.   Jonathan Cogley is the CEO of Thycotic Software, an agile software consulting and product development company based in Washington DC.  Secret Server is our flagship web password management product.
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 06-25-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Software Development, General Software Development, Agile
  • Software Externalities

    If you’re a manufacturing plant, one way to maximize profit is to keep costs as low as possible. One way to do that is to cut corners. Go ahead and dump that toxic waste into the river and pollute the heck out of the air with your smoke stacks. These options are much cheaper than installing smoke scrubbers...
    Posted to What's New (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-13-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Software Development, externalities, Agile, entropy
  • Agile Process Software or Index Cards/Stickies?

    There is some discussion going on here about whether software tools work well for managing Agile processes or whether going manually with index cards and sticky notes works best.  Is your team practicing Agile?  If so, what works best for you?   Jonathan Cogley is the CEO of Thycotic Software...
    Posted to Jonathan Cogley's Blog (Weblog) by thycotic on 11-17-2009, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Software Development, TDD, General Software Development, Agile
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