In my April column in Software Development, entitled "Embracing the OMG", I rethink my position regarding the Object Management Group (OMG). The article is...
Eine Kleine Refaktorung Ron Jeffries 04/14/2005 Friedrich Brunzema offered a problem on the xp list, with a series of stories that he felt were noticeably less...
My June column for Software Development is posted at http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9785/sdm0506f/0506f.html . In the article I discuss strategies for...
Parameterized unit tests extend the current industry practice of using closed unit tests defined as parameterless methods. Parameterized unit tests separate...
TDD by Intention? Ron Jeffries 06/11/2005 Can Test-Driven Development and Programming By Intention play together? Or do they annihilate each other, like...
Interesting article...just wanted to share that I do something similar, though with pseudocode. If I have trouble getting started with what to do on a given...
A nice story by Micah Martin. <http://www.butunclebob.com/ArticleS.MicahMartin.JackAndJill> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
My July column, Measure Me Wisely, is available online at http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9815/sdm0507h/0507h.html. This article overviews what I...
TDD by Intention? ( Ron Jeffries 06/11/2005 ) Can Test-Driven Development and Programming By Intention play together? Or do they annihilate each other, like...
Pretending to Be Agile Date: Mar 15, 2002 By Pete McBreen. Agile is in. Many processes and projects are jumping on the bandwagon and claiming to be Agile, so...
The article "A Spare Start" ( http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9832/sdm0508g/0508g.html ) describes how to perform just enough initial modeling at the...
Agile, Top Down Ron Jeffries 07/29/2005 There's a recent thread on the Scrum list about how an executive or highly-placed manager could get Agile going. I've...
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its html archive section "Agile Development with ICONIX Process" by Doug Rosenberg, Matt Stephens and Mark...
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its html archive section "Using Customer Tests to Drive Development" by Lisa Crispin. This article reports...
This essay is posted at http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/agileProjectPlanning.html . It overviews strategies for improving your estimating and planning efforts....
Off the Road -- a Podcast Ron Jeffries / Chet Hendrickson 08/06/2005 Chet and I got together at Borders in Brighton yesterday, and talked about teams going...
Hello everyone! Diaspar Software, Digital Focus and ProjectSuccess would like to announce that we are co-hosting XP Day DC 2005, a 1-day eXtreme Programming...
Stake In The Ground Podcast New venue, a quiet study room at the Brighton Library. Topic, Jim Shore's "stake in the ground" reminding us to get back to the ...
My latest SD column is entitled Seeking Stakeholders and it is available at http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9863/sdm0509j/0509j.html . It basically...
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Scott, I dsiagree with the conclusion of this article. I believe the main implication of agile software development for a "quality professional" is to get...
I didn't state that QA folks should be involved with acceptance/story testing in the article but in hindsight should have. I talked about acceptance tests...
Taken from Martin Fowler's bliki: "Enterprise Architects Join the Team" by Rebecca Parsons <http://martinfowler.com/ieeeSoftware/enterpriseArchitects.pdf>...
