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>...
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...
This article, posted at http://www.odbms.org/experts.html (along with a bunch of other great articles), overviews common techniques for agile database...
The article "Requirements Wisdom" is now posted at http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9889/sdm0510f/0510f.html . It describes the need for developers to...
At http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/amddPresentation.htm I just posted a set of PPT slides overviewing AM, AMDD, agile models, agile documentation, and a...
I have posted this on other groups, so I apologize to those receiving this more than once. We are on a very small budget, so TV advertising is not possible as...
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its archive section the article "Agile Requirements" by Rachel Davies. This article explains the approach...
A look at the testing heuristic "there should only be one 'act' section per test." http://tinyurl.com/b6zn4 -- J. B. (Joe) Rainsberger Diaspar Software...
J.B. Rainsberger's "One-Act Play" article reminds me of some ideas I wrote down in "Single Assert Reconsidered". Interestingly both articles look at things...
I'm happy to announce that the AUP product is now available for download, free of charge, from http://www.ambysoft.com/unifiedprocess/agileUP.html . The AUP...
My November 2005 column entitled "Great Leaders are Made" is now online at http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9907/sdm0511f/0511f.html . The column...
Making the Date Ron Jeffries 10/19/2005 It seems like every development project begins with the date, and we're held responsible for "making the date". Making...
hi ron, ... great article, and very timely for me. one small suggestion: what about changing the line: - They can't: they don't have enough ability to steer. ...
... And thanks! Hit enter a bit quickly there. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com If there's only one answer, then this must not be a very interesting topic....
Ron I wanted to commend you on the humour in your article. It wasn't long before i was chuckling away as i imagined a washing machine being held with its feet...
... Certainly. Credit me if you're successful with it. Otherwise it's yours. ;-> Any artists in the crowd? This calls for a cartoon. "Wash faster, you bastar'"...
RTF: Maximize Each Iteration Ron Jeffries 10/21/2005 Delivery of the running, tested, features the customer wants is the purpose of the development team....