Reminder: The next OTUG meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 17th Meeting Topic: Usage of Patterns, RUP - J2EE Design, and RUP Implementation (Build) ...
Just curious to see who might be looking for opportunities, which lie in C,C++,C#,COM, and UI. If you are, you may contact me at: Mark@... Best, Mark...
Mark Graybill
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Aug 19, 2004 3:21 am
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C# What kinds of opportunities? -Bob Gordon ... ===== Coming Soon! The Book of Fictional Days 2005 Ask for it at a bookstore near you or directly from the...
Hi, Just wanted to drop a line describing the next phase of my journey. I'm going down to New Mexico Highlands University to help Dave West establish the...
This note was forwarded to me by a friend, so I'm passing it on to everybody in case there's interest: I have an opening with the State of Minnesota for a ...
I had my first meeting today at the software company I'm newly contracting with, which is a software company that has adopted a CMM-based, waterfall-derived,...
I will keep this short because I don't have the academic knowledge or references handy, and I don't want to start a debate about the merits of LOC as a ...
I'm curious as to why this question is being asked to an Agile yahoo group since this question is about something that is as far away from Agile as I can...
You don't sound harsh. Yes it is as far away from Agile as you can imagine. But I consider the people in this group to be people who would gage my situation...
You aren't missing something. Mike Stock said it best: it's about tracking, not about productivity. SLOC simply means Source Lines of Code. As far as tracking...
You likely have 3 options: 1. Start marching the death march in misery, or 2. Look for your next contract, or 3. Order a magic wand and fix everything. ... ...
Mark Graybill
Mark@...
Aug 29, 2004 4:43 am
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Firstly, the absolute discredit for methods because of inappropriate implementation en mass, is just as bad as the dogma the industry had to chew for the last...
Mark Graybill
Mark@...
Aug 29, 2004 5:14 am
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Agile comes from the idea that 1) face-to-face and effective team collaboration is better than "sterile" electronic collaboration, and 2) avoid irrelevant and...
Mark Graybill
Mark@...
Aug 29, 2004 5:23 am
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I would find what works for you, as far as personal process, and fit that in their process. This is what I do. If their process doesn't call for unit test...
Mark Graybill
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Aug 29, 2004 5:26 am
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I have been doing TDD, because that can stay "below the radar" without irking everyone. Other people use JUnit as well, but I notice that many of their tests...
The interesting thing about science is that other sciences are often deemed irrelevant - especially the "soft" sciences by those in the "hard" sciences (like...
Mark Graybill
Mark@...
Aug 30, 2004 2:38 am
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I am a firm believer in the the (paraphrased) adage: The only metrics that are objective [according to stated criteria] and trustworthy are those that are...
I guess that I'd shy away from suggesting that this is "what matters most" - since there are MANY things vying for THAT position! :) There is no doubt in my...
I don't know what exactly you mean, not knowing the assumed context. So as a disclaimer, many assumptions were made. You are the best person to determine not...
Mark Graybill
Mark@...
Aug 31, 2004 5:43 pm
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Our next AMPG meeting will be on Tuesday, September 14 at 6:30-8:30 at Simacor. If you need further information or directions, see www.otug.org and follow the...
Thomas Becker
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Sep 2, 2004 3:37 am
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I violently agree with you in principle, however I guess I differ a bit in terms of the context, which I think you will understand based on your first...
Well I hope your violent agreement is agreeable with you. :) I understand what you are saying now. The key statement you made is “not an obstacle to...
Mark Graybill
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Sep 8, 2004 12:46 am
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Well, okay, maybe SLOC can be effectively measured in some cases, but what happens if the engineer who produces less code also produces simpler, more...
Excellent points Mary - I agree! First, I think it is important to debunk absolution. I often portray such an intent but it is usually not so. I apologize....
Mark Graybill
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Sep 8, 2004 3:12 am
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Hi For our final year project at Indian Institute of Banglalore, we are conducting a survey to determine the applicability of Extreme Programming in Software...
... Let's remember that SLOC is used for other things besides just productivity. In fact, when looking at things like defect density, SLOC is what useful...
Mark Graybill wrote ... covariant variables related to new and seasoned developers. It should never be used to segregate developers. I agree. A couple of...
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