Gedanken zu Online-Hilfen
Eine gute moderne Software hat eine kontextbezogene Online-Hilfe. Bei einer sehr guten modernen Software wird diese nie benutzt, aber das ist ein anderes Thema. Wir haben in der Schneide verschiedene...
View ArticleGive your project a voice
We are all very into Extreme Feedback Devices (XFD), so we decided to use all our senses to gather feedback from our projects. This becomes a real challenge once you think about it, because we are...
View ArticleExtreme Feedback Device (XFD): The Code Flow-O-Meter
This is a free translation and revision of an earlier article written in german. Since March 2007, the Schneide uses another Extreme Feedback Device (XFD): the Code Flow-O-Meter. So what is this thing?...
View ArticleExtreme Feedback Device (XFD): The ONOZ! Lamp
When two good ideas meet, there’s a chance for an even better idea to be born. This happened to us some time ago, when the ONOZ! Lamp came up. (This is a free translation and revision of an earlier...
View ArticleSpelling the feedback: The LED bar
Our fully automated project ecosystem provides us with feedback of very different type and granularity. We felt it was impossible to render every single notable event into its own extreme feedback...
View ArticleMake it visible: The Project Cockpit
We are a project shop with numerous customers booking software development projects as they see fit, so we always work on several projects concurrently in various sub-teams. We always strive for a...
View ArticleSmell if it’s well
We at the Softwareschneiderei are constantly searching for ways to gather feedback from our projects. We get feedback from our customers and their users, but we also get feedback directly from the...
View ArticleBooked in February
Ok, the title is a bit misleading – it’s a play of words(*). This entry is actually a book preview on the upcoming book “97 Things Every Programmer Should Know” from O’Reilly. 97 Things Of Wisdom The...
View ArticleThe vigilant’s hat
In the german language, there is a proverb that means “being alert” or “being on guard”. It’s called “auf der Hut sein” and would mean, if translated without context, “being on hat”. That doesn’t make...
View ArticleMy motto: Make it visible
Nearly ten years ago, I read the wonderful book “Behind Closed Doors. Secrets of Great Management” by Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby. They shared a lot of valuable insights and tipps for my...
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