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Toronto Basement Flooding Data 2015–2017

Just playing around with Toronto basement flooding data found here.

May 22, 2019

Toronto Basement Flooding Data 2015–2017

May 22, 2019

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The Tricky Business of Managing Technical Debt

It’s not thaaat tricky, but it can be. Consider the following contrived Python program which replaces all instances of the lower case…

Feb 12, 2019

The Tricky Business of Managing Technical Debt

Feb 12, 2019

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Prototyping can get in the way of software delivery

I’m trying to form a perspective on how we can improve getting feedback from end users, so that it can be incorporated into software…

Jan 25, 2019

Prototyping can get in the way of software delivery

Jan 25, 2019

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A Theory of User Story Sizing

Creating small user stories has been seen as desirable for reasons such as easier estimation, scope control, and early value delivery. This…

Aug 13, 2018

A Theory of User Story Sizing

Aug 13, 2018

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A Model for Measuring Productivity

Disclaimer: this model is wrong.

Dec 16, 2017

A Model for Measuring Productivity

Dec 16, 2017

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The Enterprise Ecosystem Already Exists — They’re called EUCs

We all know of the intern who ended up hacking something over a summer only for that tool to become something of a necessity in day-to-day…

Dec 12, 2017

The Enterprise Ecosystem Already Exists — They’re called EUCs

Dec 12, 2017

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Giving Enterprise Innovation a Fighting Chance

Organizations are facing external pressures which necessitate innovation for long-term relevance, if not present day survival. Traditional…

Dec 1, 2017

Giving Enterprise Innovation a Fighting Chance

Dec 1, 2017

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The Art of the Estimate

As quickly as it’s uttered, the estimate is edged on a stone tablet, carved into a mountain, translated into a date, and God help you if…

Nov 29, 2017

The Art of the Estimate

Nov 29, 2017

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Framing Back Office initiatives

Every time I hear the phrase “back office”, the image of the Office Space stapler guy comes to mind, which is not great brand association…

Nov 22, 2017

Framing Back Office initiatives

Nov 22, 2017

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Reducing friction in structures

Organizational structures have existed since one caveman told the other to go hunting while he fished. It was a natural distribution of…

Nov 20, 2017

Reducing friction in structures

Nov 20, 2017

Zarar Siddiqi

Zarar Siddiqi

Arsenal supporter, Raptors fan. Kashmiri. Agile guy. Delivery dude. Likes to think he can make the world a better place, or at least where I work.

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