... Yes, it's interesting. Anyway I still think it's simpler and clearer still to make a story for 9 days of "Preparing application" and 3 1 day stories. I...
I agree with Mary 100%. I've been looking for a good metric of software productivity for some time. All of the ones I've found are subject to gaming....
I think "stonewalled" is a better description of my experience. So gutfeeling and stonewalling is perhaps not the best combination? Besides, the two of us also...
... software ... In my opinion it depends on what you need to measure. Let me do an example in car racing. 'Lap time' is a VERY good metric to see if your car...
... I read the book, and I agree. Maybe it's not the best metric but it's the only that really count. More precisely I'd rather say business value, because...
... Certainly you should do what works for you. As far as I know, there is no XP rule on this. As far as I know, the XP rules were made to be broken: one of...
... Though I say it who shouldn't, I'd recommend only going public as a last resort. If it works, it will quite likely make an enemy. It may seem like the PIQ...
... I bet the group would love to have a link for this ... is it on the web somewhere? ... This has been one of Mary's big points in the past couple of years, ...
... Yes, there is that danger. I don't recall ever actually falling into that trap, but probably in this long life, I have. I lean more toward simpler tests,...
... I would add "...for that feature...", but yes. I expect all ATs for a given feature to pass before we can claim the feature is done. (Necessary, but not...
This is (was) not an XP shop, not even close to be agile. We tried to do iterations, but the manager willingly let the date slip so we could put all promised...
... Things that they aready knew, or a single person could get cheaply (< 1 day, and I'd use the person with the most passion) At a very rough guess, I'd...
... Yes, well. I'd like to address two different ways that ATs can fail. 1. An AT can fail because the story isn't done yet. Those ATs shouldn't be in the...
Hello, Recently, there have been a number of tools coming up that seek to measure design and code quality. Object oriented metrics as well as complexity...
... Not necessarily true. Does moving to a new house make all of the 'making of your bed' and 'washing dishes' that you did at the old house a waste of time? ...
... I see your point and I agree on the idea (correct me if i'm wrong) that there is always something more that the dev team (in general, everyone) can do to...
After reading the FAMOOS reengineering handbook, I decided to explore some simple metrics for Visual Basic Programs. I have written an aplication that shows...
... Well, I guess there are two conversations going on here. One seemed, to me at least, to be about the dangers of metrics when used as a club. For myself, I...
... ;)) ... Maybe next time I'll try your way. We still have huge room for improvement! ... Just out of curiosity, sometime the customer ask specifically for...
... An excellent question with probably a million answers depending on whether you look at it psychologically or sociologically or anthropologically or...
... Months ago, meteorologists predicted the worst hurricane season in history, and everyone knew a direct hit on New Orleans would flood it. On the news this...
When the Gang of Four wrote their book Design Patterns, they were heavily influenced by the architecture of buildings. Since then, the name stuck and now...
... I can think of a few of answers to this ;) 1. People tend to know more about what they need from living and working spaces than they know about software. ...
... is released, don't migrate the tag. Cvs allows one to migrate tags. Does this principle say that is a bad idea? -- Curtis Cooley curtis.cooley@... ...
... I grant the theoretical possibility, but I can't think of a case where I've come close to having this happen. I think that's mainly because I don't test an...
... (I think some of his statements are written with the intent to upset people. ...or educate, inform, and/or entertain them. ;-) Quoting from the same 2003...
... I think the only option, really, is honesty. If you aren't on board with a decision you have to question it and try to understand why it was made. This way...
