Blogging Ottinger (tim)CIO gives me a minor mention
I have a minor mention in a recent CIO Magazine article. I provided some fodder for Esther Schindler’s recent Getting Clueful article 7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development. Sadly, the credit didn’t mention my being an Object Mentor and an agile coach. I’m only agile developer Tim Ottinger, and I suppose that’s just fine though I would have preferred a little more mention of my company and mission. The excerpt:
Agile developer Tim Ottinger suggests that IT managers begin by looking at agile values, to learn whether they can really buy into the methodology. “Agile requires a certain release of control and change of values,” Ottinger says. “If they’ve enshrined long hours and centralized control, or if they’re suffering through relational problems (labor/management style), or if they want larger commitments done faster instead of more measured, regular success…well, you see. There is a reason that some companies have a lot of trouble transitioning.”
