Articles
One of the things that makes AYE a different kind of conference is the way we gather before and after the conference to discuss your kinds of problems, in your software and IT development, testing, and management communities. We all struggle with how to create an environment in which people can best work.To participate in our community, please visit our Wiki. The hosts, guest presenters, and attendees from this year and previous years have written numerous articles, exploring both the technical and the human sides of software and IT development.
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All Articles(166)
- A Different Kind of Conference - Sherry Heinze
- A Different Kind of Family: Reconstruction Lessons for the Participants and the Guide - Eileen Strider
- A Guide to Fine Whines - Mark Manduke
- Advice for Software Development Managers - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Always Be Second - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Amplifying a Book’s Effectiveness - Naomi Karten
- Amy the Architect - Bob King
- An Appreciative Retrospective - Diana Larsen
- An e-mail to Jerry Weinberg, Paul Coyle and others who may contemplate systems from time to time - Dwayne Phillips
- An Exercise in Ambiguity - Naomi Karten
- Appreciate Differences - Richard Brenner
- Approaching a Conflict in Style - Esther Derby
- Are We Solving the Real Problems - Nynke Fokma
- At What Cost? - Esther Derby
- AYE: There Be Magic [1] - Dreamas Gentilharte Cheynelokk
- Becoming a Better Estimator - Dave W. Smith
- Beware of the Quick Fix - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Beyond Belief - Esther Derby
- Beyond Blaming - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Bi-Quinary Search - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Building a Requirements Foundation Through Customer Interviews - Esther Derby
- Change is a Disease - James Bach
- Change That Fits - Esther Derby
- Charting a Course for Requirements - Becky Winant
- Chinese Contracts - admin
- Choosing Facilitation - Johanna Rothman
- Client 101 - admin
- Climbing Out of Technical Debt - Johanna Rothman
- Collaborating With Other Consultants - James Bach
- Communicate Early and Often - Naomi Karten
- Communicating Up - Esther Derby
- Communication Disconnects - Don Gray
- Communication Gaps - admin
- Competence Isn’t Enough - Stuart Scott
- Confessions of a Confused User - Naomi Karten
- Consulting Lessons From My Shiatsu Therapist - Becky Winant
- Convincing Management That Context Switching Is a Bad Idea - Johanna Rothman
- Creativity in Accounts Receivable - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Danger: Couple at Work - Sharon Marsh Roberts
- Decide As a Team - Steven M. Smith
- Decisions, Decisions - Sue Peterson
- Delivering Effective Feedback - Esther Derby
- Designing Useful Metrics: Using Observation, Modeling, and Measurement to Make Decisions - Esther Derby
- Disposable Programs - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Do We Have to Choose Between Management and Leadership? - Esther Derby
- Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There! - Don Gray
- Don’t Let The Bedbugs Bite - Fiona Charles
- Don’t Tell Doreen - Steven M. Smith
- Driving from the Back Seat - Sharon Marsh Roberts
- Emerging - David Irvine
- Entomology - Laurent Bossavit
- Estimates: Precision vs. Accuracy - Johanna Rothman
- Extreme Testing - Todd Berbert
- Facing Up to the Truth - Esther Derby
- Five Frequent Feedback Flaws - Naomi Karten
- Focus Your Project - Johanna Rothman
- From the Shadows of the Past - Stuart Scott
- Getting Ahead - Johanna Rothman
- Getting Some Good Out Of Bad Interviewing - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Getting To Know You: Using A Roundtable To Start An Event - Adrian Segar
- Going the Distance: Five Tactics to Compensate for Distance on Distributed Teams - Esther Derby
- Hang Loose - Naomi Karten
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye! - Naomi Karten
- Hiring Testers - Johanna Rothman
- How 2 Buddy - Johanna Rothman
- How did This Happen - Don Gray
- How Much Building Is Too Much? - Johanna Rothman
- How Much Work Can You Do? - Don Gray
- How to Improve Meetings When You’re Not in Charge - Esther Derby
- How to Kill a Software Company - Michael Bolton
- Humor and General Systems - admin
- Humor and Stress, or How the Universe Gave Me an Opportunity to Practice - Diane L. Gibson
- I Want It, I Have It, I Hate It - Naomi Karten
- Implement by Feature - Johanna Rothman
- Improving Productivity - Dwayne Phillips
- Incorporating Part-time Team Members - Esther Derby
- Keep Your Eye on the Prize - Pat OToole
- Learning What You Don’t Know - Don Gray
- Lullaby Language - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Lunches, Looks, and Loops - Don Gray
- Managing a Struggling Employee - Esther Derby
- Managing in Mayberry: An examination of three distinct leadership styles - Don Gray
- Managing the Group Meeting - Johanna Rothman
- Managing the Interview - Johanna Rothman
- Measuring Up - Esther Derby
- Meeting Customer Requirements, First Time, Every Time - James A. Ward
- Mistakes and Insights Found at a Sale - Becky Winant
- Move Past Distractions: Give Yourself an Ice Cream Cone - Dwayne Phillips
- Multiprojecting: The Illusion of Progress - Johanna Rothman
- Multiuse Model - Don Gray
- My Company Won’t Pay! How To Get Approval To Attend Conferences or Training - John Suzuki
- My Days As a Barber - Jim Batterson
- Not an Estimating Problem - Dale Emery
- On Second Thought - Dwayne Phillips
- Our Management Process Can’t Tell us How to Get From "Repeatable" to "Defined" - Nynke Fokma
- Overcoming Resistance - George Dinwiddie
- Peer-to-Peer Feedback - Esther Derby
- Pennywise - Esther Derby
- Performance Without Appraisal - Esther Derby
- Plan to Re-plan - Johanna Rothman
- Planning for Delays - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Planning for Technical Management Time - Johanna Rothman
- Playing Hooky - Robert Mike Melendez
- Predictions - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Project Pitfalls - James Bach
- Purrfectly Obvious - Naomi Karten
- Put Confer Back in Conference - Pat OToole
- Quality Interactions - Esther Derby
- Real-Time Feedback - Esther Derby
- Reasons - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Rethinking Stand-Up Meetings - Steven M. Smith
- Rethinking Stand-Up Meetings, Part 2 - admin
- Rewriting the Story of Resistance - Dale Emery
- Saafety Margin - Steven M. Smith
- Safety Check - Steven M. Smith
- Saying No: A Short Course for Managers - Richard Brenner
- Schedule Chicken - Johanna Rothman
- Seeing the Other Person’s Big Picture - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Seeing Your Own Big Picture - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Shifting the Burden - Whose Monkey Is It? - Don Gray
- Should a ScrumMaster Give Performance Appraisals? - Esther Derby
- So, Sue Me - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Software and Society: What it Means to Be Professional - Don Gray
- Some Barriers to Team Coordination and Collaboration - John Suzuki
- Spending As If There’s No Tomorrow - Sherry Heinze
- Starting With Rolling Wave Planning - Johanna Rothman
- Staying Sharp - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Tao of Communication and the Constancy of Change - Jean McLendon
- Tell Him? - Steven M. Smith
- Test Trimming: A Fable about Testing - Gerald M. Weinberg
- ThankYouLess Thank You’s - Naomi Karten
- The Appreciation Gap - Esther Derby
- The Big Picture: Four Different Ways of Participating - Gerald M. Weinberg
- The Black Hole - Naomi Karten
- The Dismal Theorems of Contract Negotiation - Gerald M. Weinberg
- The Exception is the Rule - Gerald M. Weinberg
- The Identified Patient Pattern - Don Gray
- The Liar’s Contest - Gerald M. Weinberg
- The Risk of Embellishment - Naomi Karten
- The ROTI Method of Gauging Meeting Effectiveness - Esther Derby
- The Secret Ingredients of High Morale - Esther Derby
- The Secret of Agile Development - Keith Ray
- This Title May Change at Any Time. How Do You Feel About That? - Don Gray
- Trailblazer Programs: A Path for Successful Change - Marie Benesh
- Treaties to Deal with Communication and Conflict - Gerald M. Weinberg
- Twenty Years Ago - Steven M. Smith
- Two Left Feet - Naomi Karten
- Two Rights Make a Wrong - Naomi Karten
- Use All Four Parts of Project Estimation - Johanna Rothman
- Using Appreciations, Personalized Thank-You’s - Johanna Rothman
- Waiting For People Who Arrive Late - Steven M. Smith
- Watch for Falling Rocks: Unpredictable Risks - Johanna Rothman
- Welcoming New Hires - Johanna Rothman
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Esther Derby
- What Is It You Want from Management? - Eileen Strider
- What to Do When Your Project Slips - Johanna Rothman
- What’s On Your Not-to-do List - Johanna Rothman
- What’s on Your Not-To-Do List? - Johanna Rothman
- What’s So Special About Software? - Dan Starr
- What’s Wrong With Wednesday? - Johanna Rothman
- What’s Your IQ? - Esther Derby
- When is Change for a Dollar only $.82? - Richard Brenner
- Where Does Your Time Go? - Esther Derby
- Yes. I Mean No - Stuart Scott
- Yielding to Pressure - Gerald M. Weinberg
- You Can’t Test the Wings Back on an Airplane - Elisabeth Hendrickson
Communication(4)
- Communicate Early and Often - Naomi Karten
- Communicating Up - Esther Derby
- Communication Disconnects - Don Gray
- Communication Gaps - admin
Requirements(2)
- Building a Requirements Foundation Through Customer Interviews - Esther Derby
- Charting a Course for Requirements - Becky Winant
project management(5)
- How Much Building Is Too Much? - Johanna Rothman
- Watch for Falling Rocks: Unpredictable Risks - Johanna Rothman
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Esther Derby
- What to Do When Your Project Slips - Johanna Rothman
- What’s Wrong With Wednesday? - Johanna Rothman
Individual(7)
- Approaching a Conflict in Style - Esther Derby
- Communication Disconnects - Don Gray
- Delivering Effective Feedback - Esther Derby
- Facing Up to the Truth - Esther Derby
- Quality Interactions - Esther Derby
- Welcoming New Hires - Johanna Rothman
- What’s on Your Not-To-Do List? - Johanna Rothman
Problem Solving(1)
Organization(7)
- How to Improve Meetings When You’re Not in Charge - Esther Derby
- Should a ScrumMaster Give Performance Appraisals? - Esther Derby
- The Identified Patient Pattern - Don Gray
- The ROTI Method of Gauging Meeting Effectiveness - Esther Derby
- The Secret Ingredients of High Morale - Esther Derby
- Watch for Falling Rocks: Unpredictable Risks - Johanna Rothman
- What’s Wrong With Wednesday? - Johanna Rothman
Systems Thinking(1)
team(6)
- Approaching a Conflict in Style - Esther Derby
- Delivering Effective Feedback - Esther Derby
- Going the Distance: Five Tactics to Compensate for Distance on Distributed Teams - Esther Derby
- How to Improve Meetings When You’re Not in Charge - Esther Derby
- Incorporating Part-time Team Members - Esther Derby
- What to Do When Your Project Slips - Johanna Rothman
management(5)
- Do We Have to Choose Between Management and Leadership? - Esther Derby
- Managing a Struggling Employee - Esther Derby
- Performance Without Appraisal - Esther Derby
- The Secret Ingredients of High Morale - Esther Derby
- What’s on Your Not-To-Do List? - Johanna Rothman
hiring(1)
Dealing effectively with conflict(1)
Change(1)
Feedback(4)
- Delivering Effective Feedback - Esther Derby
- Peer-to-Peer Feedback - Esther Derby
- Real-Time Feedback - Esther Derby
- Should a ScrumMaster Give Performance Appraisals? - Esther Derby