... What I think he's trying to say, is when done impropertly, XP has greater risk than other processes done partially. As analogy, flying may be a great way ...
... Yes, I think we can trust the principles and values to carry us in the right direction, but is it possible to carry this analogy a little further and see...
... Thanks for a good shot at moving this along: you raise some good topics. However, I want to begin with some observations: 1. Exercise isn't "broken"...
I was going to mention that. I'm too old and have read too many books about codependency to want to fix other other people's bugs for them, (I'd rather...
... Feedback is the answer. SAMOLO is one practice; retrospectives are another. The standup meeting is another: 1. Here's what I did yesterday; 2. Here's what...
... One thing to keep in mind is that "expresses the programmer's intentions clearly" includes all those 'good design' things we know about cohesion, coupling,...
... Not mine. We had an installer ready to use every two weeks, but only the Customer and programmers installed it. We couldn't get QA testers involved until...
... Check out a Lean Conference agenda: <http://www.lean2003.com/overview.shtml> While most of the focus is lean manufacturing, some of the sessions are about...
... Certainly. The important stuff happens at the corporate level. I'm just saying that's not Lean Manufacturing, and that what companies do with XP isn't (in...
... and ... Both of which seem to be stifling discussion of: ... We should talk about these things even if they are "outside of XP" and "nothing is broken"...
... The problem is partly a lack of slack. QA was scheduled for other projects and not available for our project because they were scheduled for other...
... I don't know that I see that as dogmatic, unless I'm just not able to separate the book definition of the term from the emotionally-charged one I have in...
... But the product was already production quality? Did QA find serious problems when they got to you? Was there anyone at the ass end of QA waiting to receive...
... Amen. I came to XP through an epiphany after working for 2.5 years on a Death March project (though it actually shipped something to production... late,...
... Which doesn't change what I said: a branch is a copy you wrote on. ... I know this, but it's an implementation detail of Subversion that it does or does...
... Which doesn't change what I said: a branch is a copy you wrote on. ... I know this, but it's an implementation detail of Subversion that it does or does...
... High feedback creates a compass needle that points at your worse problem. If that worse problem is outside the programming lab, you are screwed. There is ...
... I don't think it's dogmatic either. But I think one's listeners think it's dogmatic. They don't know what you know or where you are. You don't know what...
... How about 2. A explains how he actually tried that stock answer and what happened. I'm really interested in what happens when people try XP and get into ...
... Pointers to writings or sayings, please? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his...
... No. It adds much value to a project. And yet it's often tossed and tossed hard. I suspect it's an "advanced" practice, requiring more disipline than a team...
... That's almost my point of view. Let's see if I can make myself understood. A few years ago Kent wrote a wonderful book about a methodology he called XP. At...
... Actually, as programmers, we usually recognize which tests and objects we're not happy with and, in the Winter of our Discontent, we write "refactoring...
... Yes. I was thinking "research" would mean articles, studies, etc. FIT is good. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Prediction is very difficult, especially...
