Hi, Do you wish you could attend the Agile conferences and XP days, but can't get the funding or the travel budget or the time off work? Well there is one...
Turns out Ilja was so excited he added the Naked Agilists to Upcoming [1]! Cheers, Kevin [1] http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/326461/ -- m: +44 (0) 797 356 3521...
Here's a question for the experts assembled on the night: "When you're doing TDD or BDD, how often will you write production code without tests?" Cheers, Kevin...
In the software development consulting world,we have to deal with a variety of contract types including fixed price, fixed scope, and fixed schedule (and...
Our entire development team recently left an organization that just couldn't adapt its culture to agile development practices and joined a new one that wants...
Hi Chris, Thanks for your post. As a technical consultant, I often work with clients who do not use Agile and I have found that they generally like Agile...
Hi Chris, ... Sounds like a good discussion topic, and I'm sure most of us have views and/or experiences to share in that area. Cheers, Kevin -- m: +44 (0) 797...
I think talking about leaving a project in a way that helps the people left holding the code is a good topic. I recently had a consulting gig where a...
It's an important topic. Maybe it's just me, but I haven't heard discussions of that topic that seemed to get anywhere, so I worry that everyone will agree...
I have been asked this question numerous times by consultants and clients interested in adopting agile. Basically this has to be written into the contract as...
Hi, Do you wish you could attend the Agile conferences and XP days, but can't get the funding or the travel budget or the time off work? Well there is one...
Hi all, Unit tests often need to make assumptions about the behaviour of the unit under test's collaborators. In my experience mistakes in these assumptions...
Hi All, Here is my submission for the next Skypecast... The conventional wisdom in the design and testing of Object Oriented systems is to isolate application...
Hi, Everyone - I've received very good feedback on my talk "Coming of Age of An Agile Company", with extra excitement around the portion that discusses Servant...
I have noticed that some IT organizations have a "Project Management Office", also claim to use Scrum on some projects. To me associating a PMO and Scrum are...
Are you only concerned with scrum and agile or is it a general query? cause I don't think if there is a specific formula for such decisions, but a mistake that...
Hi Jacques, I often am asked this question when coaching companies & teams. I do have a bit of a "formula", involving 2 key factors. Those are: 1. Any projects...
Thank you Nancy. Thank you for this very complete response to my question on how to choose between Agile/Scrum and Classical Waterfall. Clarity of ownership of...
Hi, It seems that, since our great adventure last year, Skypecasts have gone down the toilet somewhat. Our test conferences during the last few days have all...
How about trying http://www.talkshoe.com. I've not used it myself but I have heard other podcasts using it and saying it was ok. It would need a test :-) ...
... You could probably get the Agile Alliance to fund not-free better technology. Laurent is on the board. ... Brian Marick, independent consultant Mostly on...
... There are a couple of possibilities for this. Since I had to go through the research for a client recently, please feel free to ring me up off list....