... She needs to be on site, so that she can see you working. ... "We have given you an estimate of the time we believe it will take to complete the work....
Evidently Hydra 1.0 was just released yesterday. http://hydra.globalse.org/ It's a freeware text editor for Mac OS X that has support for multi-party editing...
... Might something as simple as encoding each code submission to the repository with the initials of the programmer or pair working on it suffice? Ron...
... Perhaps it was. We need to be sure that we are working enough. ... She would be wiser to ask if you are working smarter. Are you automating tasks that are...
... I can think of no higher praise than to have my thoughts used. A word of warning: the customer may feel trapped into using your team. Thoughts like the one...
... I can see how this might happen - it could be taken as hostility. So much is carried in the tone of voice that the same phrase could be taken entirely...
... actual ... more ... Yes. Today estimates are closer to the true cost. Estimating the XP way is a major improvement. ... move, ... We are working as much as...
... We are currently experiencing the same problems using integrated Visual Source Safe with .NET. I recommended at the begining of the project to not bother...
... In fact there is a product manager. We call her Customer. She can be involved in our project. But our project is one of her many projects. And there is the...
... Checking in code frequently is good. Working with the same code that everyone else is is also useful most of the time, but it is generally best to control...
... your ... gets 30 ... but have ... So multiply by 7. Or randomly add or subtract a point. Or don't multiply at all; just call them points. I have an...
This is probably more of a question for those who are "sort of" doing XP rather those actually "doing XP", but maybe not. How do you manage changes to...
I am looking from results of applying XP, but I am finding very few papers about it. If someone could provide me with empirical data from applying XP, I would...
Harald Svensson
haralds@...
Apr 1, 2003 1:37 pm
71401
Steve We allow development through the IDE with local building. For a controlled build we go through the command line version of the build, and have just moved...
... [remainder snipped] The operative word there is 'sold'. The originators, based on posts here from Grady Booch and Gary Pollice and recent conversations...
Dave Rooney
Dave.Rooney@...
Apr 1, 2003 1:48 pm
71403
... This is how our C++ makefiles and Java Ant scripts work. The thought of having to add a file (whether manually or automatically to the build script is...
... As you look further, you'll find that there are very few studies on applying any software process. That's because to make a comparison you have to do the...
Actually, not quite true. You don't have to use the same people, but you do have to have enough trials to have a randomized representation of the population....
Pollice, Gary
gpollice@...
Apr 1, 2003 2:01 pm
71406
I just read Stephen Mellor's book "Executable UML" twice. It definitely looks improvement to Shlaer-Mellor. I just can't see it as a methodology. It's a way to...
... Hi Kiel, If the word "ideal" is causing problems, you could think in terms of "programming time" instead. It doesn't seem difficult to understand that a...
... That's good. ... If you're done, you're done. It took me a long time to get sensitive to when I was over-tired, and even longer to get myself to stop when ...
... Intro: I'm not on a team that is "doing XP", but read Kent's explanatory book, and plan to apply some XP techniques to improve our currrent process -...
... out of ... customer ... here, ... point ... stories. ... don't ... days is ... It's ... improve our ... and ... allowed. ... trying to ... or ... Yes,...
... Having a "'release management' person involved" is sometimes more a fact than a preference, especially in higher-than-project level (i.e. enterprise)...
... We have two of the developers who worked on a given task sign and date the card upon completion. I'm not sure if this level of tracking would suit your...
... My experience is that ideal days (not to mention load factor) unnecessarily complicate things. Velocity and our Estimates represent two variables that ...
... days is ... It's ... terms ... you ... "Ideal" makes a better target, but let me take a shot at "programming time". A developer should estimate a task. He...
... your ... 30 ... have ... This was one of more more outlandish suggestions based on flailing in the air trying to grab something interesting to suggest....
... But isn't that a personnel issue rather than a flaw of the product? A clueless manager can just as easily screw up an XP project, no? ... I will concede...
One additional factor that might help your product manager's manager appreciate your estimates is that your estimates are for code that has already been...
