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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....
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its html archive section the article "Extreme Programming as Nested Conversations" by William C. Wake. This...
I just posted a short article at http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/bestPractices.html which argues that what traditionalists often consider to be best practices...
The AUP, http://www.ambysoft.com/unifiedprocess/agileUP.html, is a simplified version of the Rational Unified Process (RUP). The AUP product describes a...
At http://www.agiledata.org/essays/bestPractices.html I added an essay overviewing best practices for agile database development. These best practices are: 1....
I thought you just said that there were no such thing as Best Practices :)) ....which incidentally is remarkably similar to this article on the same subject......