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My career is dedicated to finding and applying best practice software development methods.  Because of extraordinarily diverse skills in all aspects of Software Engineering, I am especially effective as Director of Software Development, Software Team Lead, or Senior Software Engineer charged with on-time delivery of defect free software.

Recent experience organizing and running Agile/Extreme programming teams at USDA and SAIC; Master level knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis & Design with UML (OOA&D); Master level knowledge of C++; Java competent; Software Configuration Management with Subversion; Rational Unified Process (RUP); BSc. Civil Engineering, University of Illinois; MSc. Civil Engineering, University of Illinois; Registered Professional Engineer (PE); Former computer programming instructor; Exceptional Writing Ability; Exceptional Speaking Ability. 

Recent Articles by Mark

Agile Smells: Lack of Progress: Part One: Failings in Backlog Management 15 Oct 07

Progress smells often point to failings in one of three areas: backlog management, feature definition, and feature completion. This article analyzes what lack of progress means and describes remedies for weaknesses in backlog management. Parts two and three of this smell analysis will address feature definition and completion, respectively.

Missing Pigs: A Scrum Smell 29 May 07
Our series on Scrum smells continues with a discussion of what to do when developers fail to attend daily Scrums.
Scrum Smells: Talking Chickens 18 Nov 06
Importance Important Symptoms These are symptoms that a Scrum team is not being protected from outside influences: External stakeholders talk in the daily Scrums Features are selected or priorities switched outside of sprint planning meetin...

Recent Comments by Mark

On Missing Pigs
I think you and the team are doing fine. As the ScrumMaster you are aware of and have already avoided several pitfalls; you don’t direct the team, it is not run as a status meeting, and you want them to own their work. In short, you are a ScrumMas...
On Missing Pigs
I concur getting teams comfortable with the daily Scrum can be a difficult. Discouragement is to be avoided, though. Good Scrums are essential to success because (1) they avoid drift and keep teams focused on the current backlog, and (2) They high...
On How Do We Know When We Are Done?
"Done" is what its all about. A criteria I use is "independant evaluation." After a developer asserts a story is complete and unit tested, it is not considered "done" until another developer checks the work, usually by independent test in an...

 

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