Hi: Many of you know of Net Objectives' streamzines - web-based powerpoint presentations with audio. We normally release one a month to our mailing list, but...
Cool. If you're interested in the various options available to you, then http://www.agiledata.org/essays/differentStrategies.html covers that topic fairly...
I just posted http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/tagri.htm which describes the "They Aren't Gonna Read It" (TAGRI) principle. Just thought you might be...
Scott, I loved the principle and plan to show it with others who feel this pain. Especially since I am currently working on a project where they spent months...
... I'm probably being naive, but is there anyway you could write that up as a case study to share with the world? ... But management can report "earned value"...
Scott, ... That is the best part, they didn't prove it with code and are still trying to make it work correctly. So investigate, prove it works with code then...
Impact of Overtime on Productivity Ron Jeffries 04/14/2006 More features will always bring more revenue, more customer satisfaction, other good things....
Book Review: Refactoring Databases Ron Jeffries 04/17/2006 Scott and Pramod have done an excellent job with this book. It's full of practical advice about how...
My article posted at http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/modelingApproaches.htm compares and contrasts various approaches to modeling such as sketching, TDD, ...
The following two articles have been published in the April 2006 issue of CM Crossroads Journal (the month's theme is "Agile Development Practices") ...
Bowling Vectors Ron Jeffries 04/26/2006 June Kim posted a J Language version of bowling that is very vector-oriented. As an experiment, I coded up a...
Book Review: Pragmatic Ajax Ron Jeffries 04/29/2006 Justin Gehtland, Ben Galbraith, and Dion Almaer bring us a valuable and enjoyable book describing Ajax. It...
My May 2006 column "Crossing the Chasm" is currently posted at http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/187200223 . I believe that some agile techniques, such as TDD...
Automating "All" Tests Ron Jeffries 05/25/2006 Sure, test automation is a good thing. But we can't, and shouldn't, automate them all. Why then, ask people to...
Another great article Ron. I recently wrote up an article about database regression testing at http://www.agiledata.org/essays/databaseTesting.html that people...
... Cool, thanks! ... Well, if the world let me set the bar, there'd be a lot fewer potholes in the roads, and a lot fewer soldiers getting killed. Ron...
I just posted http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/agileUsability.htm which explores how usability and user experience design can be brought into agile...
I've written a short article on focusing. I explain how two techniques (one from the Theory of Constraints, one from Agile Project Management) can work...
My July 2006 DDJ column entitled "Initiating an Agile Project" is posted at http://www.ddj.com/188700850 . It describes what happens during cycle/iteration 0...
The July 2006 issue of DDJ includes an article by Cliff Berg and myself entitled "Assurance and Agile Projects" at http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/188700785....
Scott, I have an observation on this article: Isn't it almost always the case that the "Will it fly" step has occured before the project is started. More...
We're started a blog at blogs.netobjectives.com As part of the blog we do a weekly podcast. Our first was: An overview of Lean-Agile Software Development you...
... This depends on the organization. Some organizations do it before the project begins -- e.g. as part of their portfolio management efforts, some do it at...