Archive for category Process
Which SCM tool?
Posted by Mark in Business Cases, CMCrossroads, General, Plain Old Blog, Process on September 8, 2010
This is one of the most common questions asked on the CMCrossroads forums, and perhaps one of the most pointless. The question is variously stated as, “which is the best tool?”, “is tool X better than tool Y?”, or “we are looking for the best tool to X”. All such questions are equally vacuous. The [...]
Preventing ticket ping-pong
Posted by Mark in CMCrossroads, Plain Old Blog, Process, Tools 'n' Tips on February 27, 2010
This is the first opportunity I have had for a while to put something on this blog — busy, busy, busy. (I can tell you that I am building up a fairly sizeable backlog of articles on parallel development and I will, I promise, get round to publishing them soon.) In the meanwhile, here’s a [...]
Fences and Ambulances
Posted by Mark in CMCrossroads, Plain Old Blog, Process, Tools 'n' Tips on February 17, 2010
Suppose you are in charge of a cliff edge. Your task is to maintain the views from the cliff, but keep visitors safe. You can construct a fences along the top of the cliff, to stop people falling over, or you can place ambulances at the foot of the cliff, to clear up once someone [...]
