Allen is an internationally recognized software architect and effective-software-development consultant. (He refuses to use the word "Agile" any more because contemporary "Agile" has so diverged from original principles that it's describing ineffective garbage that does active damage.) He speaks internationally about how to improve software-development practices in all sizes of organizations, about software architecture, and about modern implementation technologies like Domain-Driven Design. He provides in-house training and consulting in those areas. He’s worn every hat from CTO to grunt programmer.
Allen is widely published. His works include ten books, hundreds of articles in publications ranging from Dr Dobb’s Journal to IBM DeveloperWorks, and video classes for Pluralsight and O’Reilly.
He's active on Blue Sky (allenholub.bsky.social) and less so on Twitter (@allenholub), which he refuses to call "X." You can also email him at allen@holub.com.
The Backlog, as usually implemented, is nothing but waterfall planning with an Agile™ word stuck on it. Lipstick on a pig. Many of us have worked with considerable agility and no backlog whatever, and have achieved considerably better results than you see with backlog-focused frameworks like Scrum (backlogs are a Scrum thing, not an Agile thing).In this session, you’ll learn the problems inherent ...