Author Archives: Herman Lintvelt

CT-SPIN #75: Design in Agile Methods

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Herman Lintvelt

DesignInAgileMethods-SPINCapeTown-20120215.pptx Agile methods have some really good points: rapid feedback to customers who are considered part of the team, incremental building from a small, simple stable base, short time-boxed plan-do-show cycles, and continuous testing to prevent surprises. It is also … Continue reading →

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CT-SPIN #69: RESTful Web Services – A Journey

Posted on 12 July 2011 by Herman Lintvelt

Today web services have become the standard way for inter-application communication and integration. While most enterprise web services are built based on SOAP, WSDL and the WS-* specification universe, a rapidly growing number claim they use a better way: REST, … Continue reading →

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CT-SPIN #64: Taming the customer support queue: A Kanban Experience Report

Posted on 8 February 2011 by Herman Lintvelt

Event Sponsor: Update: This talk by Karen Greaves has been accepted for the Agile 2011 Conference, August in Utah. Be the first to hear it at CT-SPIN in February. In Aug 2010 we reduced the size of our development team. … Continue reading →

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