A Quick bit on why/what Scrum improved

January 11, 2025 / Matt Heusser / Agile, Blog, Creative Chaos, Software Engineering Classics, Strategy / No Comments

One of my students recently asked me: Is Scrum actually useful? Many developers I’ve heard from have had negative experiences with it, and I’m curious about whether it’s more effective […]

New Articles — and an announcement

May 14, 2012 / Matt Heusser / Agile, Creative Chaos, Process, Software Engineering Classics, Strategy, Testing, Writing / 3 Comments

I just got back from interop, the conference for emerging technologies that connect business – from data center to cloud to switches, servers, and software. It was an incredibly busy […]

The Nine Forgettings

April 7, 2008 / Matt Heusser / Process, Software Engineering Classics, Testing, Video / No Comments

“If you measure the wrong thing, and you reward the wrong thing, don’t be surprised if you get the wrong thing.” — Lee Copeland Lee’s talk is about 34 minutes […]

Technical Debt – Interlude

October 10, 2007 / Matt Heusser / Software Engineering Classics / No Comments

Something to read while I am on vacation … Tom DeMarco’s Clasic, Excellent, Famous Essay “Why Does Software Cost So Much?” Update: I am creating a new label (or “tag”) […]