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The Dark Side: Manipulative and Toxic Storytelling
Krishan Mathis, 15.03.25

Storytelling has tremendous power, and it would be surprising if this mixture did not also invite abuse. I therefore want to delve deeper into this dark side. In this article, mainly how it looks.
Application Programming Interface First
Jens Paggel, 05.03.25

API are not for software alone. They work for everything. They are a concept to be discovered.
Tame Stories
Krishan Mathis, 01.03.25

About the limits of User Stories and Steve Denning type of story telling. The storytelling metaphor / method is sometimes used in a pretty different way from this understanding: unidirectional, structured, transporting a predefined purpose.
Architecture Considerations. More Important Than You Might Think.
Jens Paggel, 25.02.25

Architecture documentation. That is what we do, when we are done. Well, that is possible. Just like in classical civil engineering, the architects rule. If you like it or not. In iterative software or system development, things are slightly different, but only slightly different.
Changing Paradigms … Pull Principle for the Product?
Jens Paggel, 25.02.25

Oh no, we cannot do that! Why? You can always challenge paradigms. Let us challenge configuration management.
Myths, Narratives and Stories
Krishan Mathis, 21.02.25

Sensemaking has an incredibly effective tool: the stories that are told: Sense is created collectively (Peter Senge writes: in teams) and through stories. If I want sensemaking in organizations to become effective, you need to think about stories and story telling.
A-SPICE: Inherent Vice?
Jens Paggel, 18.02.25

Some illustrations that assessment models for processes shall not be mistaken as the process itself. The assessment model tells what should be achieved on the way in terms of documentation, tests, test coverage, process descriptions, maybe more. How you do that is described in the process.
Agile or Not?
Jens Paggel, 14.02.25

The useless discussion Agile or not. Is Taylorism bad? Shall we do everything in agile now? How do I know what to do? Answers to all these questions.
Resource Fluidity vs. Resource Balancing
Jens Paggel, 14.02.25

Resource planning for the next 12 months? You must be kidding…
Stop Scaling Agile
Jens Paggel, 07.02.25

Agile scaling is more business than agile itself. The question is: What is it and why should I want it?
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