On the money

Sometimes it’s not what you say or even the way that you say it. It�s what you imply or intimate that’s important.

Welcome to the world of “tacit interactions.” That is, interactions between people and between people and systems that really express what the person feels rather than what the person says they feel. Tacit interactions are important in businesses. They have implications in sales and marketing, shaping product strategy and pricing. Tacit interactions are also important in software development.

Captured and analyzed, tacit interactions can lead to real-world best practices that help software teams steer application development projects towards success. How? Because you are capturing information about the way people on your team are working. From there, you can refine and streamline development methodologies for re-use in other software development projects, helping drive those towards success. Software development is comprised solely of tacit interactions.

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Micro - good, management - bad

More good stuff from Kathy Sierra here. (OK, we�re a little late, as Kathy posted this during what was the dark ages for our blog, but we think this one deserves some more.)

Micromanagement. No one likes it. Everybody hates it. Except, arguably, micromanagers. And as Kathy suggests, there’s a little micromanager in all of us� Isn’t there?

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