What is Agile Meaning and Scrum Meaning in Development?

Executive Summary People often want an analogy to understand Agile meaning and Scrum meaning. We cover this in the article. Introduction One wanted to explain Agile meaning and Scrum meaning in terms of something that everyone does. For this article, we picked grocery shopping as it something that everyone can relate to. How One Would…

Announcing Scam Agile aka Scagile, a New Agile Development Method

Executive Summary Agile has become very popular in software development. We have introduced an Agile method that is not actually Agile but seems like Agile. Introduction Agile is so popular and has so many people who pretend to follow Agile but use it for their own purposes that we have become offended. So offended, in…

How to Bring Agile Development into Your Sex Life

Executive Summary Agile has become very popular in software development. What is lesser known is that the Agile method is also very beneficial for one’s sex life. Introduction Agile can be used for one’s sex life and can significantly enhance one’s sex life, and while at the same time, ensure that best practices are being…

When Should You Buy Packaged Software Versus Custom Development?

Executive Summary Consulting firms and vendors present packaged software as if it is always the right decision. This article questions that viewpoint and addresses the financial bias of those that propose it. Introduction The overall software industry has become incredibly oriented around packaged solutions over custom development. The primary reason for this is not any…

How to Understand Monolithic Versus Microservice Based Development

Executive Summary Most development has been performed following a monolithic approach. Cloud databases and microservices are changing this development paradigm towards being data-centric. The Application Versus Data Centric Models Both AWS and Google Cloud do perform development and are leaders in the software industry. However, in the traditional sense, they are not vendors as they…

How to Understand the Problem with ABAP in the Cloud

Executive Summary SAP has an enormous investment in ABAP. But ABAP has severe restrictions for the cloud. SAP is trying to push customers to use ABAP in the cloud. SAP and ABAP and the Cloud To understand SAP and cloud, it is necessary to dive into the topic of SAP’s coding language. SAP uses an…

How AWS and Google Cloud Enable the Data Centric Development

Executive Summary There are two primary models for software development. One is application-centric, and the other is data-centric. We cover the implications of moving to AWS and Google and the data centric model. Introduction to The Application Centric Software Model The most commonly used model for software development is called the application-centric model. Under the…