2008 May

Normally the term “polish” makes me wince a little. For a long time now I have equated that term with the pejorative notion or belief that user interface design, often specifically visual design, is something that you can stick on at the end. However, as the Jazz Project team recently finished Beta 3, its third […]

If there’s one question that we ask ourselves frequently in software development, it’s “how are we doing?”. All stakeholders, from first-line developers to project managers, from executives to customers, have a keen interest in the progress. The development process, especially on a larger team, produces a lot of information about work items, source control, builds […]