Jon, Mission critical can be applied outside man rated as NASA uses that term. Mission critical can be applied to a brad variety of system from process ...
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John Murray
osho_usa
May 6, 2005 1:18 pm
True... think the basic purpose of xetreme programming but project means people too ________________________________ From: agile-usability@yahoogroups.com on...
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aacockburn
May 7, 2005 12:19 am
... Yep. I've interviewed and done the ethnographic stuff on developers, and one has to doublecheck most of what they claim. I even assume that when I describe...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
May 7, 2005 1:06 am
... I do. I wasn't sure you knew that. :) Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com I could be wrong. I frequently am....
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
May 7, 2005 1:36 am
i don't think there is any indication that anyone meant that all heavy processes are to hide incompetence. however, i submit there are at least a few reasons...
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Glen B Alleman
gballeman2000
May 7, 2005 3:08 pm
Jon, The problem of deciding how to apply a processes to a problem domain is nearly universal. Ranging from heavy to light. I've experienced poorly applied...
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aacockburn
May 8, 2005 4:46 pm
I'm sure you mean "almost" everyone, Glen --- I've been researching and publishing on the topic of selecting methods for over a decade now, have a PhD, three...
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Glen B Alleman
gballeman2000
May 8, 2005 4:55 pm
Alistair, Crystal has a variety of options. Others are narrower. Few are as broadly based as your approach. I'm more focused on specific development method...
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lukehohmann
May 9, 2005 3:29 am
Dear friends and colleagues, I'm writing to request your assistance in reviewing the draft version of a new book I'm writing on customer driven innovation. The...
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rogersnee2003
May 9, 2005 1:21 pm
Hi Folks, I work as a Technical Author in a small software company in a northern city in the U.K. We have migrated to an Agile/ XP environment,with a two-week ...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
May 12, 2005 4:54 pm
By any chance is the designer of the new look Yahoo! groups website a member of this list? How do we collectively feel about the usability of the new design? ...
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Sue Heim
sue_heim
May 12, 2005 5:09 pm
Collectively, I don't like it. I think it's lost a bit in the usability department. I've filed a note with Yahoo! but I doubt if they'll listen......
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Jeff Patton
jeff621
May 12, 2005 5:44 pm
This list does have a lot of Yahoo-inc subscribers. I think they're listening in. Aviva, what do you think about YahooGroups new look and feel? Personally, I...
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silvana@...
wasitova
May 12, 2005 8:01 pm
Aviva, Jeff and all, I am with Yahoo-Inc. and would he happy to pass on any suggestions to the right group. You can mail it to my email address:...
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Aviva Rosenstein
veevi_r
May 12, 2005 8:13 pm
Hi Jeff, Silvana, and all y'all: This is embarrasing to admit, but I haven't actually seen the new Groups look yet. (I just have Group mail forwarded to...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
May 13, 2005 4:23 pm
I started this thread because though I like the new look, I feel it has lost a lot in usability - to the point where I feel some basic usability discipline was...
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Sue Heim (Home)
sue_heim
May 13, 2005 6:44 pm
I've been a "power user" of Yahoo! Groups for some time now, too. And I do think usability took a big hit when they redesigned. First of all... David, you CAN...
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
May 14, 2005 2:18 pm
i personally only use the email mode ;=) maybe they don't get much website usage of their groups? so they ignored that user class? BTW: TOCLeader? Table of...
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Jared M. Spool
jmspool
May 15, 2005 6:08 am
... A few weeks ago, I wrote and published this article about an experience we had at a recent client engagement: Designing Embraceable Change 03/28/2005 ...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
May 16, 2005 2:28 pm
-- Jared M. Spool wrote: A few weeks ago, I wrote and published this article about an experience we had at a recent client engagement: Designing Embraceable...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
May 16, 2005 3:35 pm
How about a "do no harm" rule for professional user experience people? This would involve benchmarking usability for a number of key scenarios for each persona...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
May 16, 2005 3:36 pm
Thanks! Some great tips. ... And I do ... page, at ... Organize and ... so that ... you are ... that list ... again if ... in the ... the list.) ... ...
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Brian O'Byrne
bobyrne_stat...
May 16, 2005 4:45 pm
Alain, This article and your follow-up have pointed to a key support for refactoring that I think is worth exploring for a moment. A key goal of refactoring in...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
May 16, 2005 6:20 pm
I know we had a discussion on this list previously on test tools for the UI. My impression of that thread was that UI test tools are, by their nature, not unit...
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Jon Meads
jonmeads
May 16, 2005 11:42 pm
Byron's response actually makes the problem with trying to refactor a UI very clear. Code can be relatively easily refactored if the code is appropriately...
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Brian O'Byrne
bobyrne_stat...
May 17, 2005 9:09 am
... I think you mentioned this before here? The only concern I would have is that it looks like you could still get the inconsistent organic growth with local...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
May 17, 2005 1:35 pm
Jared's comments about managing change is appropriate when you are replacing one released package for another but don't apply when you are modifying a system...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
May 17, 2005 1:51 pm
I think you mentioned this before here? -- Alain: Yes. I am mentioning it again in the hopes that the person who wrote this proposal is listening ;-). I'm...
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Jon Meads
jonmeads
May 18, 2005 3:34 am
MessageI don't disagree with that statement. I think it is important to have a high level understanding of the customer and user goals before starting ...
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aviggio
May 20, 2005 5:57 pm
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