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My Bachelor’s Thesis on Agile Software Development

Johan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:44:39 +0000

Three weeks ago I handed in my Bachelor’s thesis with the sonorous name “Agile Software Development in Small Projects – Methods and Techniques used in the Sendinel Project“.

This is the abstract:

In this Bachelor’s thesis we reflect on how we used the Agile software development methodologies Scrum and Extreme Programming in the project “Sendinel“. Important aspects are how we came to decisions without a Product Owner, how we managed our process without a Scrum Master and how we organised planning.

Section 2 gives an insight into the project’s background. Section 3 briefly outlines the history of software development processes and introduces Scrum and XP. In Section 4 our development process is explained in detail.

Most value for readers will likely be the possibility to reflect on their own experience with software development. Thus the most interesting part in the thesis might be Section 5: Lessons Learned.

These are my most appreciated references:

Henrik Kniberg – Scrum and XP from the Trenches (free ebook)
Kent Beck – Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
Alistair Cockburn – Agile Software Development
Jason Fried and DHH – Rework

During writing I put an emphasis on being concise and clear. Especially the book “Revising Prose” helped me to do that. And of course the people who reviewed the thesis (thank you again).

You can download the pdf of the Bachelor’s thesis here.

Twitter Roundup #22

Johan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:20:18 +0000

“Extreme Programming Explained” by Kent Beck is full of spot-on advise and great thoughts on organising software development. Read it!
“Programmers enjoy communication. They just don’t like joining in the chitchat about things they consider irrelevant” by Alistair Cockburn (from this good book)
Yoga is a good thing (yes, i mean stretching your body!)
If you want to stop a bad habit, the best way is to just stop. And every time you want to fall back, remind yourself exactly why you stopped
Thinking too much about opportunity cost is a great way to become unhappy
I question the statement: “Question Everything”
Alle bleiben noch ein bischen …

I’m at La Pampa

remoteuser — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:18:57 +0000

I’m on a bike

remoteuser — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:26:42 +0000

I have left berlin today and went on a tour with a motorcycle. Heading south to visit people and hang out at a festival.

So I may not respond to mail or other schnickschnack for a week or two. See ya.

One big day …

Johan — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:55:21 +0000

Today marks two major turnarounds in my life.

Today I have handed in my Bachelor’s thesis. This means my Bachelor studies are finished now. Good bye university. We might meet again for a Master’s degree someday …

Also today I have signed a contract with SoundCloud. This means that starting in September I will be an API developer there.

Both are big news. I’m going to write more about each of them in the following days. But for now I am off celebrating!

Kilian Martin: A Skate Escalation

Johan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:20:36 +0000

Beautiful skate video

Berlin Rummelsburger Bucht

remoteuser — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:40:29 +0000

This used to be one awesome house …

On Motivation

Johan — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:12:56 +0000

Animation on Motivation

Scale of the Universe

Johan — Sat, 29 May 2010 20:55:42 +0000

/me loves Science (and 1080p)

Hacking is easy!

Johan — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:46:25 +0000

HACKING IS EASY! from Airwave Ranger on Vimeo.