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Fred Heath

Fred is a software jack of all trades, having worked over the last 23 years at every stage of the software development life-cycle using a plethora of languages and platforms.

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Managing Software Requirements the Agile Way

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Agile Myths Exploded

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So, do you know how to build a software system for your client? (part 3 - modelling Requirements with Impact Maps)

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So, do you know how to build a software system for your client? (part 2 - the Requirements Domain)

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Enough with the User Stories already!

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Parallelising ETL workflows with the Jongleur gem

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