Author Archives: Mik Q
Agility Gigs Podcast – Passion & Purpose
I was recently invited to take part in a podcast where we discuss passion and purpose at the organisational, team and individual level. It was great fun and I invite you to listen and share your thoughts in the comments. … Continue reading
The Quality of the User Experience
In the Agile world we have all heard about how we build in quality up front with each feature developed, how we prioritise fewer features to greater quality rather than building on shaky foundations, the definition of done and a … Continue reading
In Search of a Reactive Framework (or: How we select new technologies)
Note: In this blog, the term “technology” is interchangeable with “framework” as the same principles apply. I am currently working at Ticketmaster helping in a large scale Agile transformation and Platform migration. About seven or eight months ago we started … Continue reading
Leadership and inspiration momentum: The gap in Agile transformations
Over the last 16 years in the software industry, I have been involved in a number of Agile cultural transformations. It was at lunch the other day during a conversation that I articulated an aspect of those transformations that is as … Continue reading
Unnecessary complexity
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” – Einstein Software development is hard. That’s a fact. … Continue reading
Integration of a high velocity streaming system with batch oriented, slower downstream systems
Background Over the last two years, I have been involved in transforming a complex legacy processing system that gave rise to a unique solution that may be used in other contexts. Before continuing, it is important to note that the … Continue reading
Agile Execution – presentation slides
In the spirit of sharing with the tech community, I have decided to make available some of the presentations I have given at local Java User Groups, companies etc. The first here is on Agile Execution. It sums up all … Continue reading
Continuous Delivery – the missing piece of the puzzle
Over the last couple of years we have been reading a lot about Continuous Delivery (CD). A fantastic concept that can really propel organisations forwards by enabling fast, incremental value add to products. There are a number of different concepts … Continue reading
Interview in Baseline Mag about Shopzilla’s use of VoltDB
I was interviewed recently and the article just got published: http://www.baselinemag.com/analytics-big-data/shopzilla-is-sold-on-big-data.html
The Pragmatic Manifesto
I really like the Agile Manifesto. Although old, it has some basic tenets that organisations still fail to follow. Interesting to see the Reactive Manifesto too. I’d like to propose The Pragmatic Manifesto. Normally software development is about making the … Continue reading
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