"Cut off their hands," sums up Alistair Cockburn's approach to software development. This admittedly graphic metaphor, Cockburn explains, comes from the early 1600s writing of Miyamoto Musashi, a Japanese samurai who was never defeated in a duel. Musashi's book on sword fighting techniques focuses on doing something in deadly earnest -- nothing minutely superfluous allowed.
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Jim Highsmith is a Cutter Fellow Emeritus. He was the founding Director of Cutter’s Agile Product & Project Management practice and received the 2005 Stevens Award in recognition of his work in adaptive software development and Agile processes. Mr. Highsmith has 30-plus years’ experience as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, and software developer. He has consulted with IT and product development organizations and… Read More
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