Sat.Sep 03, 2011 - Fri.Sep 09, 2011

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Annual Budgeting and Agile IT, Part II: Why Agile Gets Compromised When It Goes Corporate

The Agile Manager

In the first installment , we had a look at how the CFO is primarily concerned with consistent cash flow so that the business can service long-term financing obligations. As a result, when the CFO is first introduced to Agile, he or she will not be terribly pleased to hear that we’re doing away with predictive planning in favour of continuous reprioritization, even if we allege to be doing it in pursuit of maximizing capital allocation.

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My C++ and Beyond Intro: C++ Renaissance

Sutter's Mill

Channel 9 has just posted a recording of my intro talk at C++ and Beyond 2011 last month in Banff. Here’s the link: C++ and Beyond 2011: Why C++. It’s a keynote-y talk, not a technical talk, but we felt it was important to address an important trend involving the language. The goal is to share a perspective and rationale for why of late there’s such a resurgence of interest in C++ — both across the industry, and within Microsoft.

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