What I Do

I coach software development organizations to higher levels of productivity. I reveal impediments to success and work with clients to transform their process and organization to economically deliver software that satisfies its customers.

Specifically I:

• Assess development practices
• Develop strategies for improvement
• Mentor and coach teams in transition
• Share knowledge and understanding through experiential workshops.

Don

You can contact me at don (at) donaldegray (dot) com.

Endorsements from clients and co-workers.

News

After not blogging for a while, here we go again!
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. - Agilista? added 6/17/2008
Better Process, Better People added 5/28/2008
Command and Control Agile added 5/7/2008
Beating Brook's Law added 4/29/2008

My most recent articles
Agile in Motion: The Reality of Agile Training This issue also contains articles by my colleagues Esther Derby and Johanna Rothman.
Skills for Software Smoke Jumpers has been posted on the Better Software Magazine site

Upcoming Events

How to Fail with 100% test coverage Jason Rudolph July 1, 2008 at Agile RTP
Hyperproductive distributed Scrum teams Dr. Jeff Sutherland July 14, 2008 at Agile - Carolinas
CAST 2008 July 14 - 16, 2008, Toronto, Ontario, CA The 3rd Annual Conference of the Association for Software Testing

The Eighth Amplifying Your Effectiveness Conference
Change Artistry: Be the Change November 3 - 6, 2008 Phoenix, AZ
What is the AYE Conference? As of June 16, 2008 this year's Conference is sold out. Instructions for the waiting list are here Receive emails about the conference by signing up here

Quick Notes

• If you downloaded PatternSummaries3x5Expanded.doc before Jan 29, 2007, you may want to download again. I corrected some typographical errors and omissions.
• George Dinwiddie took the Pattern Summaries, modified the format to work with single feed 3x5 cards, and has posted Open Office and PDF versions here.