Monthly Archives: January 2011

“Agile” as an organizational form

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Jorge Aranda

Why do old organizations die? Their death runs counter to our intuition of the nature of organizations as rational entities: if an organization has established itself and secured economic stability, then, through an efficient and rational management of its resources, … Continue reading →

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The thorny and the obvious

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Jorge Aranda

This discussion between Laurent Bossavit and Steve McConnell makes for very interesting reading: Bossavit critiques McConnell’s Making Software chapter on differences in programming productivity (original in French here), arguing that the studies it cites do not establish as a fact … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Software development | 23 Comments