The Mikado Method: A Great Help to Work With Legacy Code

Earlier this year I read the book The Mikado Method by Ola Ellnestam and Daniel Brolund. Whenever someone describes their process as a “pragmatic, straightforward, and empirical method to plan and perform non-trivial technical improvements on an existing software system” I get sceptical. Too many books claim that and deliver nothing. But this process is …

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Xanpan: When Kanban Meets XP

I’m using Kanban since 2011 to organize my work. From everyday tasks to small software projects and big holiday trips I could leverage the power of a simple and hassle free approach to reduce my work in progress. With less work in progress one can concentrate on getting the work done and is not constantly …

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