... Or, perhaps, by making them transparent against their wishes? Hmmm? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com If you don't have the courage to say what you think, ...
... Do you find that this approach actually works, or were you making a comment about John's implementation of that approach? I ask because whenever I've seen...
Brad Stiles
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Apr 1, 2008 12:24 pm
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... I have no reason to believe that this works. On the other hand, the kind of secrecy we are seeing today in the US government isn't working all that well...
Hi George, "How are you judging improvement?" You are a smart guy, and doubtless have your own answer for the question. Or feel the question cannot be...
... Joe, you wound me with your distrust! Honestly, I'm not trying to set you up. You said, "We also know that many large firms have tried to do 'agile' and...
Hi all! I've just come out of a sprint planning meeting here (yesterday) where we spent almost 1h/story in break downs. Now, we are a 12 man team, thinking of...
Instead of attempting a functional or structural breakdown of an epic, try splitting epics into distinct, specific, end-to-end scenarios. Typically, the first...
My first response would be to suggest that we need more shepherding *before *the planning meeting. Assign each 'epic' to a geek to pre-sketch into smaller...
... Kristoffer, I don't know any "hidden tricks," but a lot of the work I do is coaching people in the skills that make the work easier. You mention a lot of...
Hi all, and thanks for all your responses. Steve Gordon wrote: Instead of attempting a functional or structural breakdown of an epic, try splitting epics into...
Hi George, Sorry about the distrust. Nothing personal. But in writing it is easy to misunderstand the writer's intent (mine or yours). I am usually guilty...
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:15 AM, Kristoffer Roupe ... No, the customer/user should not care about such implementation details, so these scenarios should like...
... From your description, it appears to me that you still have some of the same issues of "vague and bad specifications, moving targets and generally no...
SEX SEX SEX You won't get any if you keep going to talks like this one: A Little Taste of NMock2 For That Smooth, Relaxing, Unit-Testing Flavor. We'll explore...
... Now be prepared for the product manager to insist that there is /no possible way/ to deliver the product until /all/ the scenarios are /fully completed/....
... Hi Jeff, Right! This is not a silver bullet that magically facilitates developing software much faster. It is just a fairly easy way to organize the order...
Hi Mike, ... Multi-Day / Multi-Week training can be a bit overwhelming. In my last position, I had to teach some extremely low-level courses that were ...
One more thing to what has been said here. There is a common tendency for novice teachers/trainers to over prepare. Remember, the purpose of classes is that...
Mike, Victor, Cory... For Industrial Logic, I teach about a third of my work time, a figure that's held true for about the last ten years or so. (The second...
Hi Mike, I have spent a large fraction of my four decades in this industry successfully developing, delivering and managing such training. Cory's advice below...
lol - this certainly contrast with my posting. I agree with your points Victor. The trick is knowing what is appropriate preparing, out of respect for people's...
Thanks very much for all this everyone. There's an awful lot of really great information for me to wade through, I really appreciate it. I'm going to spend...
How is the agile movement doing these days? Has it moved forward? Are there still a lot of doubters out there? Has anything evolved out of agile? Most stuff I...
AOP is analogous and complementary to OOP, in many ways. AOP is a modularity approach that addresses "cross-cutting concerns." Here's what that fancy sentence...
Dean Wampler
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Apr 4, 2008 9:01 pm
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... ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of...
... Fine, thank you. ... I think so. It oscillates between first principles and new tools, but seems to be generally progressing. ... I hope so. ... Tools...
Hello and thank you very much for the clear and excellent explanation ,I appreciate you,would you please introduce me some resources or example that acutally...
... Slight correction: Agile is not a movement. It's a process for developing software. From that point of view, Some have made it work, others haven't. Chris....
