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  • Agile Scrum: eliminate “intellectual inventory” using Just-In-Time software development

    model-tIn the software development world there are two main camps for the process of how software should be built: waterfall and agile (usually a form of Scrum). Agile is an iterative incremental process and waterfall is the classical sequential process. This sequential approach is full of inventory, and inventory = waste. As someone who has made software both ways I will show you why I prefer Scrum.

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    Filed In: Development, Product Management
    January 29, 2011
  • Amazon Prime: the web “Costco” membership

    E9HeroLIt seems like I can hardly make it through a week without telling someone about Amazon Prime for the first time. It is quite simply one of the best things on the web. If you have nothing but extra time to run extraneous errands and/or wait weeks for free shipping then don’t read any further. But if you’d like to reclaim more time in your life then read on.

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    Filed In: Amazon.com
    January 10, 2011
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