Posted by Guy Martin on March 22, 2011
I hope that title caught your eye because it is a great jumping off point for something that has become readily apparent to me in the last several years of my career. Now that I’m in a consulting role (services) as opposed to previous internal development roles, I’ve begun to get a new appreciation for [...]
Categories: Community Management
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Posted by Guy Martin on January 18, 2011
Ever since my first introduction to Agile software development (at the beginning of the Forge.mil project nearly two years ago), I’ve been noodling with the notion of how my primary role (Community Management) interfaces with and informs Agile. At first, it almost seemed like the beginning of the old Reese’s ® Peanut Butter Cup commercial [...]
Categories: Agile, Community Management, Scrum
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Posted by Guy Martin on September 21, 2010
What I’m about to tell you will either: a) scare you to death, or b) make you nod your head violently in agreement. Which reaction you have will depend upon your perspective and position in the software development process. Ready? Here goes: With few exceptions (Space Shuttle source code, etc.), you do NOT have as [...]
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Posted by Guy Martin on August 20, 2010
Anyone who has ever grown anything in their home garden knows that at some point or another, the onerous task of weeding will become a part of your reality. The question usually becomes when to take on the task that most of us don’t look forward to. In recent discussions with colleagues and customers, I’ve [...]
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Posted by Guy Martin on August 10, 2010
It’s been altogether too long since I last updated readers on the state of Forge.mil, so I’ll take this opportunity to remedy that and share with you some of the things we’re most excited about, as well as reiterate the overall mission of the system. I think it’s important to make sure people new to [...]
Categories: Government 2.0, forge.mil
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Posted by Guy Martin on May 10, 2010
I just returned from a two week conference trip in support of Forge.mil – the first week in Utah was uneventful, but the second week for the DISA partner conference in Nashville, TN at the historic Gaylord Opryland Hotel… well, let’s just say it was something I don’t think any of us involved will ever [...]
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Posted by Guy Martin on April 14, 2010
It’s often said that sports are a metaphor for life & business – after the good natured ribbing I took from my CollabNet colleagues last night at the San Francisco Giants game, I’m even more convinced of this. You see, I’m a HUGE Giants baseball fan (and, as my wife would tell you, I also [...]
Categories: Community Management, Government 2.0
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Posted by Guy Martin on March 15, 2010
There is a LOT of effort being spent by the United States government to increase transparency to the taxpayers. In general, there are some great efforts (such as data.gov and usa.gov), and I think we should continue pushing the edge of the envelope in citizen participation with government. However, I believe we have a MUCH [...]
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Posted by Guy Martin on February 23, 2010
By now, I’m sure most readers of this blog have seen the announcement of CollabNet’s acquisition of Danube Technologies, Inc. Our CEO, Bill Portelli, posted a blog entry here yesterday addressing the strategic reasons behind the acquisition, but I wanted to write a note to welcome Danube into the CollabNet team, and talk a little [...]
Categories: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), forge.mil
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Posted by Guy Martin on February 1, 2010
Change is hard. That statement should not come as a shock to anyone who has ever worked anywhere in the business world, or even just lived on planet earth for that matter. However, change is a critical element to moving the collective knowledge of our species forward. Without change, we wouldn’t be walking upright, let [...]
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