... A> You no longer qualify for XP certification. You lose the right to hang a bronze plaque with "XP" on it in your lobby, or to put certain "XP" gifs on ...
Phlip
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Jan 1, 2002 10:24 am
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... First off this example has been hypothetical, so it assumed that there is something, but in general, if I revise an estimate, its because I have reason to...
... Have you no f5g life? Do you know what time it is??? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is...
Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries@...
Jan 1, 2002 11:17 am
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... Yes. One typical revision will be because with that class of story we forgot something that has to be done. (Ohh, we forgot we have to refactor the...
Ron Jeffries
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Jan 1, 2002 11:25 am
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Hi Dale, ... Spot on. I used to *think* that I was an anarchist. When an opportunity arose to do something that _may_ have changed the world, I didn't because...
... if ... iteration ... seems like a very un-xpish thing to do. if you mean "cut the time they have to finish the current interation in half" who you can...
Kenneth Tyler wrote ... XP says experiment, not speculate (rephrased from Ron). This is a test of a team's ability to work together. Possibly, the only test of...
... My team is no longer pairing, because 2 out of 3 are working at home... Since 1 of the 3 is not fluent in English, pairing in person is difficult because I...
I found a good set of questions in "Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design" by Donald C. Gause and Gerald M. Weinberg. Here are some of the questions,...
... I suspect that putting people under gratuitous pressure is evil. However trying a short iteration is not evil, as far as I know, nor does it create all...
Ron Jeffries
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Jan 1, 2002 5:45 pm
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... Actually, it's just as evil. Because, the perception is that if you don't work a full iteration as part of an experiment, then the "additional work" that...
Hi, been looking at: " Generative Programming: Methods, Tools, and Applications" by Krzysztof Czarnecki, Ulrich Eisenecker, Addison Wesley, 2000 The book...
Armin Roehrl
armin@...
Jan 1, 2002 6:03 pm
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I have been using the approach since reading the book. It is a different approach from "reuse" (which doesn't really seem to work in practice) and in my...
... to ... ...in this case the response to the test should be that the developers set the time estimates for features and tasks, therefore they can't be ...
Thanks, Kenneth. Could you please elaborate the difference between reuse and generative programming? In the big picture generative programming puts components...
Armin Roehrl
armin@...
Jan 1, 2002 6:35 pm
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... Huh? I was talking about running a one-week iteration including iteration planning. Why would that be evil? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com You do ill if...
Ron Jeffries
ronjeffries@...
Jan 1, 2002 6:39 pm
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tinyxp will be discussing "The Wiki Way" tonight in Berkeley For details see www.tinyxp.com Kenneth Tyler...
... Implicitly, you're also (potentially) asking people to change the way they write stories, estimate them, break them down into tasks (if they do that) and...
... ability ... But who is going to perform the test? On the true teams I have been a part of, no one individual was is in charge, the team was. So by...
... Have you ever done it? I have, several times. It is not disruptive in the negative sense you are implying. Often it speeds things up, shortens the length...
... Your experiences obviously differ from mine -- how quaint! We typically operate in two week iterations. There's a certain rhythm that's established over...
... Yes, we both seem to be guilty of hasty generalization, changing iterations isn't always good, and it certainly isn't evil. On reflection, though it is...
a few more questions... What features or attributes for this product are required by law? Standards? Preferences? What requirements do/don't apply to this/that...
I actually think we are in violent agreement. All I was saying was that if food and toys are part of the XP process, and your are working on a project that is...
drawstho@...
Jan 1, 2002 9:20 pm
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... And if they don't provide the snacks and toys, the Customer is onsite, so you can shoot her or him with your nerf gun. -- Phlip...
Phlip
pplumlee@...
Jan 1, 2002 9:23 pm
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Fred George will present "Great Objects -- Cornerstone for Successful XP Projects" In addition, due to MediaOcean sponsorship we are happy to announce that...
