Welcome to Borland's new blog – a blog that brings together a number of us Borlanders from all different areas to talk about our experiences changing the way that software is delivered and improving the results of what is delivered.
I'm thrilled to be invited to participate and contribute in this blog, yet at the same time quite nervous about it. This is a new venture for me as I typically take talking over writing any day!
My current role in Borland is a Domain Specialist for our Modeling solution but I am now ramping up to be a similar domain expert for our Business Management Suite product which focuses on the process of managing software delivery. As a Domain Specialist in the Americas, I support the front-line solutions engineers throughout North America, and Latin America.
I originally came to Borland from TogetherSoft, a modeling focused company that Borland acquired in 2003. Can you tell who the other ex-TogetherSofties are on this blog?
My early interests when I started as a programmer/analyst had to do with analysis, architecture and design patterns. All three areas helped me understand the business problems I was dealing with, determine how to communicate those to development, and understand what was coming back out. I'm still very interested in patterns, particularly organizational patterns for transformation and change management, as well as for learning.
Along the way, I was introduced to Extreme Programming. Did that ever throw me for a loop! Miroslav, here's how you do OOAD, learn it well .... Miroslav, here's XP, let's challenge everything you know about OOAD! Arrgh! I'm over that now, but did it twist me for a while. I should point out that this expanding horizon occurred while I was mired in Analysis Paralysis quicksand, and I was doing everything iterative and incremental that I could find to get out of it. Was I ripe for converting or what?
I've been an evangelist for agile approaches to software development ever since. I was particularly thrilled to participate in some of our customer endeavors where we came in to help them examine, understand, and adopt agile practices.
My goal with postings on this blog will be to cover not only my own journey and conversion to agile, but some of the best practices and advice that I’ve learned along the way working directly with these customers. I look forward to hearing from you to understand some of the questions or "learnings" you might have about your own journey.
That's all for now.
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