Maple Sense

Still processing the impressions of DeVoxx 2009 in Antwerp. One of the most interesting sessions for me was the university talk about Kanban in Action by Olav Maassen. He gave a very clear and interactive insight into Kanban. Starting out with the meaning of the word and an example to support this. Kanban mean ‘visual [...]

After Ivar was done with his keynote Robert C Martin ‘Uncle Bob’ took Ivar’s talk to the next level. He started his career in ‘69 as a programmer. His experience was that every decade provided new technologies and methodologies. But still developers couldn’t deliver on time and managers keep raising the bar. Concluding he summoned [...]

Ivar ‘Founder of UML/RUP’ Jacobson gave a keynote speech. Very enlighting on the last couple of decades from a methodology perspective.

Scott Ambler just gave a talk on Agile Mythbusters. Very interesting. Now he’s signing books and answers questions.

This is what the kanban board looks like.

The first day of DeVoxx is here. It kicks off with a university day.
The first session today is a session about Kanban. This is a very refreshing way of looking at doing agile/lean development projects.