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What developers do

“Because of the scarcity of hard data, Booch conducted an experiment in March 2001 to obtain a snapshot of the daily life of a developer.
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In analyzing their surveys and time sheets, participants spent about 16% of their day in analysis (ranging from 5% to 40%), 14% of their day designing (ranging from 1% to 40%), […]

More on change management

Bob Herbold’s message to the world:
Fiefdoms are bad. They result in stifled organizations that freeze up and let competitors breeze on by. They lead to inefficiency and ineffectiveness, reducing market share and profitability. They breed mediocrity.The folks in charge of the fiefdoms jealously guard their high-performers, not letting other groups know about the people they […]

Howard Rheigold on reputation

Howard Rheigold has a section on  reputation systems in his blog.

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