Being a Monday morning this may not be what you want to see right now, a list of workplace maladies, compiled by James Adonis. If you answer "yes" eight times, get out right now. :) A survey of 2000 people conducted by Robert Walters found that 80% of employees view meetings as a waste of time. The most incompetent manager I ever worked for spent 90 minutes in ... Read full entry

A glossary of agile development terms for budding agile developers to swot up on, prepared by Alex Howard. Since I've bumbled my way through one or two stand-ups (even though I don't know my Ruby from my Java), let's focus on those: A stand-up is a daily progress meeting, traditionally held within a development area. Business customers may attend for the purpose of gathering information. The term "standup" ... Read full entry