The Version 1-0 of the SQALE Definition Document has just been released. As announced in a previous blog entry (here), this version of the method introduces and support the new concept of “Non-Remediation Cost”. This is for quantifying what will happen if a non-conformity is not corrected. I would like to clarify and explain what [...]
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BlogTechnical Debt and Business perspective
By Jean-Louis Letouzey on jan 27th, 2012, no comment
A new concept: Non-Remediation Cost The current version of the SQALE Method Definition Document supports and helps to manage the Technical Debt of an application/project. The new version of the method (which will be publicly released soon) will continue to use the debt metaphor and help you to manage two concepts: • The Technical Debt, [...]
Read the restTestimony on SQALE
By Jean-Louis Letouzey on jan 03rd, 2012, no comment
From Dr Israel Gat – Cutter Consortium Fellow and Director, Agile Practice – who uses SQALE for performing Technical Debt Assessments. Context over Content “Context over Content” is my mantra in just about every consulting engagement I carry out these days. You will literally hear me tell my clients something like “Values, principles and practices [...]
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By Jean-Louis Letouzey on déc 16th, 2011, no comment
inspearit organizes a seminar on the 24th of January in Paris. The agenda covers topics related to Agile practices and tools (with Rally Software), Technical Debt and Continuous Inspection (with SonarSource). See the complete agenda of the day here (you may attend only a part of it). Presentations are given in French and include: Continuous [...]
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By Jean-Louis Letouzey on oct 17th, 2011, no comment
When a SQALE user tells his complete story (including: why he chose SQALE; his implementation; his recommendations …) it is interesting information. When the story comes from a large insurance company with a multi-language portfolio, it is valuable feedback and information to share. Thanks to the « Poitou Charente Java User Group », the presentation (video and [...]
Read the restA thesis about SQALE
By Jean-Louis Letouzey on oct 12th, 2011, no comment
I received some weeks ago a copy of the Master thesis from J.H. Hegeman at the University of Twente in Netherland. “Quality of Quality models”. Since a couple of weeks, an unrestricted version is now available here. This is an impressive (150 pages) and very interesting work that I recommend. Here are some extracts of [...]
Read the restIs SQALE really SCALABLE?
By Jean-Louis Letouzey on oct 10th, 2011, no comment
SQALE is used by small to large organizations. But, in practice, does SQALE fit to very large, multinational organizations with a multi-language portfolio? In theory, the method has been developed for such a context. All SQALE concepts are generic. The underlying concept of technical debt is understandable by all levels of an organization’s hierarchy. For [...]
Read the restA new SQALE version in the pipe
By Jean-Louis Letouzey on oct 07th, 2011, no comment
SQALE has now been public for one year. This year allows us to collect precious feedback from users from very different organizations and contexts. There is one issue that came back regularly; this is the criticality, severeness…of violations. Currently the non-conformities are weighted by their remediation cost. A critical violation (like an uninitialized variable) may [...]
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