Development processes: one size does not fit all

Christine Nolan has been doing an excellent job organizing the Software Cluster of MassTLC. Today’s meeting took place in the VMware facilities in Cambridge and moderated by Brad Meiseles, Director of R&D at VMware. Brad made a couple of excellent references and quotes such as: “Begin with the end in mind” – From Steve Covey’s …

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Is mobile HTML5 another J2ME experiment?

Yesterday, several mobile fanatics attended the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) event discussing the topic of  Integration in a Fragmented Mobile World. Andrew Borg (Aberdeen Group) and four more mobile development leaders, Raj Aggarwal (Localytics), Nick Brachet (Skyhook Wireless), Alex Donn (AT&T), Bill Gianoukos (HeyWire), run an excellent panel and engaged the curious audience. The …

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Google’s Agile Practices

On Thursday, Sep 29th, the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) organized a meeting in Cambridge about Google’s Agile Development Processes and Strategies; the room included 50-70 people, primarily software developer managers and some developers. Two speakers Steve Vinter and Mat Andrews presented the material encouraging audience questions and interactions. Here is a brief summary. Steve …

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