A personal update

One year ago I wrote What have I been up to?. I told the story of how we fixed a flaky application. A few months later, the same customer contracted me and our team to rewrite the whole application from scratch.

That was a big job! It lasted from early July to the end of March. All the members of the Orione Team in Milano were involved, with a contractor from Cagliari and one from Rome. About 8-9 people from XPeppers and 3 more from the customer. I’m happy to report that we delivered the system, essentially on time and on budget and with a happy customer.

How did we do that? I’m thinking about writing a longer article on that. There are many ingredients. Some of the most important are heavy customer involvement, incremental delivery, test-driven development and automated acceptance tests. But really, it’s about people and focus.

And now… a change of horizons. I’ve been working in Sourcesense first and XPeppers later for 5 years. The Orione team was formed about 4.5 years ago and I’ve been with them for all this time. I don’t think I can give them anything more. I feel it’s time for a change. I’m going back to being an independent coach and consultant. Wish me luck!

And contact me if you think I can help you.

12 Responses to “A personal update”

  1. Marco Abis Says:

    All the best Matteo, Orione will miss you

  2. Massimiliano Says:

    Good luck !

  3. Luca Says:

    Good luck Matteo!

  4. Marco Lamberto Says:

    Good luck Matteo! :)

  5. Edoardo Tosca Says:

    All the best Matteo!!

  6. Simone Says:

    Change is good, especially for those who want to learn continuously… as you do! All the best!

  7. Antonio Carpentieri Says:

    Should I say “Welcome” ?
    BTW I’m sincerely happy for you and Orione about last success :D

  8. Paolo "Nusco" Perrotta Says:

    Good luck!

  9. Indrit Says:

    Good luck Matteo! Please continue to maintain this blog ;-) whatever you do.

  10. Franco Lombardo Says:

    Good luck! Let us know what you will do!

  11. Gian Carlo Pace Says:

    All the best man!

  12. matteo Says:

    Thank you all guys!!!

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