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You're probably familiar with the famous Russian dolls. But have you heard about their infamous cousins, the Babushka user stories?

Too many Agile teams make the mistake that the purpose of a sprint is to produce two weeks worth of work. It isn't. The well-planned sprint is a focused collection of activities to achieve specific goals or produce pre-agreed deliverables.

A Team God is probably the most effective solution to managing the fallout from shortcuts and poor management. But there is a price to pay.

Shortcuts on testing and quality assurance is a favourite choice amongst time-poor, resource-poor organisation.

Suppose you're aware of a bug or several bugs in your business software. Actually, even if you don't have any bugs, but just want to be prepared, what can you do about it?

Why does software have bugs? How and why do they get into your applications?

Last year I was offered the opportunity to leave software application development behind, to pursue a new career. I couldn't do it.