The next Seattle XP Users Group meeting will be on Thursday, January 15, 2004 at our usual SBI location with Bob Martin as guest speaker. NOTE that this is not...
... I agree. The coffeehouse domain could very well be more suited to relatively longer range planning. I don't know the domain well enough to say for sure. I...
... If "coding like demons" means generating business value "like a bat out of hell" then that sounds accurate to me. :) When would coding the most important...
... I can only speculate, having never visited such a team to see what their problems are. I feel quite sure that they do have problems, that not everything...
I'm working on an Eclipse plugin. At one particular point of integration, I'm having to go a lot of effort in order to be able to TDD a certain concept. I've...
... I do it when I can't see how to test something. I usually regret it, as it takes longer than I think. The situation you're describing does sound too...
... Thanks for the input. ... Well, it is part of an open source project, and one focused on TDD (which makes the irony very painful). So, it will be...
... The value of the large story will be split between the two new stories. And the cost will also be split. If the system is highly maintainable, then...
... We have a WINNER!!!!! Just what I was thinking -- and well-described as well! When people make up stories, especially small ones, they get more and more ...
... The variance in relative cost is smaller, reducing the probability that any given set of stories will cost more than we think it will cost. This makes it...
Thanks, everybody who has responded so far. I've decided to put up a simple page that meets my minimum requirements and then get input from someone who will...
... Indeed! The only reason I don't have a pair on my current project is that I can't afford it. My customer won't pay for it, and I can't find anyone...
... Well, there's the whole "urgent v. important" discussion. Some features are important, but not urgent, so they need to be done, but not necessarily very...
... Yes, I do. I'm doing it now. I'm regretting it now. Obviously, I don't know how to judge when to do it. -- J. B. Rainsberger, Diaspar Software Services ...
... Libertarian Toastmasters; now that's bound to be interesting. Being a CTM myself, I'd recommend even more strongly against prematurely putting dates into...
... Sean, Adding to John's experience ... A couple of years ago, I worked on a project for a music and video distribution warehouse in Indianapolis. The...
... The value focus is on business value, almost always in the narrow sense I've described in previous messages. ... sustainability. Yes, of course....
... Yes, the terms are a bit ambiguous. For us, "importance" is primarily a function of business value which is a function of estimated revenue and time....
... What's the difference in how you're trying to automate your tests vs. how you'd test by hand? Presumably, the difference is that you're trying to automate...
Hi Wayne, ... It's relatively simple to install a copy of php - preferably the same version as your host's - on Windows. Then you can create some defines based...
... I agree that keeping real objectives in mind during planning is very beneficial. Taking stories and breaking them apart is also a good strategy when it can...
... Two things I want to note before I answer your question: 1) Many (most?) people start out with XP by themselves, learning it and then trying to apply it. ...
... Yes. Although my Goal Donor appears to understand Agile quite organically, my Gold Owner is a large corporation and not nearly as progressive. They had a...
... Yes. I want new XP teams to /practice/ making stories small, because that's what teaches them to find the business value. In practice, I wouldn't want ...
... Great report, Bill! Well done, thanks! Would you like to convert that to an XProgramming article, by the way? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com I could be...
... Important := we should not end the project without doing it Urgent := we need to do it /now/ because someone else needs it done /now/ Example: it's...
(Looks like I am starting off 2004 with a rant, how quaint) ... That ... and ... I often wonder why this advice is soooooooo difficult for some people to ...
