Thanks to all of you who voted! Agile Management won in the Best PM Blog category. http://www.businessbloggingawards.com/index.php/archives/2005/02/23/w ...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 1, 2005 6:12 pm
I've been doing some more blogging at <http://blog.bradapp.net/> continuing on the subject of "the first thing to build is trust". Part of it stemmed from a...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 2, 2005 6:26 am
Thanks for following-up David! This is an area where my own position is somewhere in between what canonical FDD and canonical XP prescribe: * I beleive in TDD...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 3, 2005 8:14 am
It's come to my attention that some people misinterpreted this reply, so let me clarify it. When I said, "none of them would be missed" I meant the DOI would...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 4, 2005 10:27 pm
In the recent thread on the Declaration of Interdependence (DoI) some things regarding the CMMI were incorrectly stated - either by me or others on the list....
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Glen B. Alleman
gballeman2000
Mar 4, 2005 11:57 pm
David, As Flip Wilson was fond of saying "the Devil made me do it..." Please deil don;t make me respond with a trival post but I can't help it I'm a weak ...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 8, 2005 5:57 am
If you happen to be attending the Software Engineering Institute's SEPG convention (the CMMI conference), here in Seattle this week, then please come stop by...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 9, 2005 7:49 am
... Thanks for the link! Looks like good stuff (and free too :-) ... Someday soon I'll be blogging on this subject at http://blog.bradapp.net I'm planning on...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 13, 2005 5:43 am
I agree that traceability has to be automated as much as possible - otherwise it just becomes a big drain on adding value. I think that traceability...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 13, 2005 6:41 am
I'll be in Chicago Mar 19-22 for Lean Design and Development. If your going to be in downtown Chicago on those days or attending the event and would like to...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Mar 13, 2005 1:42 pm
We all agree that we are all totally lost without transparent, truthful communication of what has actually been developed up to now, what is planned to be...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Mar 13, 2005 2:57 pm
... Indeed. Some of the agile methods that I favor use very simple approaches and provide great transparency. A summary might look like this: 1. Have a list of...
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dean_w_schulze
Mar 13, 2005 6:49 pm
Steve Gordon wrote: "However, many of us believe that if traceability is necessary to do accomplish this, then the software development process we are using is...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 14, 2005 6:47 am
I believe Ron, Steven, and David have hit upon the most critical aspects of the relationship between traceability and trustability: 1) visibility -- the less...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 15, 2005 4:58 am
... Can you say a little more about how traceability facilitates this? In particular, which forms of traceability? Here, I mean that traceability information...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 15, 2005 6:07 pm
Brad, I think your 3rd one is most important - traceability in the value chain. Otherwise, how else do you track back upstream to find out why something is...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 17, 2005 2:08 pm
Thanks for the response David! I would "characterize" the three forms of traceability I described further below as: Forms of Traceability for some Knowledge...
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SirGilligan
Mar 18, 2005 5:15 pm
http://home.att.net/~geoffrey.slinker/maverick/MaverickReviews.html http://home.att.net/~geoffrey.slinker/maverick/MaverickHiring.html I enjoy feedback if you...
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Johanna Rothman
johannarothman
Mar 20, 2005 12:40 am
... I prefer a much more specific approach to a job analysis than your levels. In my book and on my blog (http://www.jrothman.com/weblog/htpblogger.html) I...
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SirGilligan
Mar 20, 2005 1:09 am
Thanks for the feed back. I will read your recommendations. But first, I must watch UK play some B-Ball! ... do a ... do. ... audition) ... a ... to ... but if...
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SirGilligan
Mar 21, 2005 5:27 pm
Ok, I think I read all of the right links. Thanks for the info. ... a ... I think I do consider that: After you have narrowed the candidates down to the best...
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SirGilligan
Mar 21, 2005 5:28 pm
Tricky questions are built upon preconceived notions. I have heard it said about tricky questions, "I like to ask impossible questions. Stupid people will just...
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Dean Schulze
dean_w_schulze
Mar 23, 2005 4:17 am
"Isn't it amazing that you can lose a job opportunity because you don't know why man-hole covers are round! My point is the value of the question is not...
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Sinan Si Alhir
ssalhir
Mar 23, 2005 7:32 am
"The Agile Unified Process (AUP)" (Methods & Tools, Spring/March 2005) elaborates on "The Art of Agility" presentation. ...
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SirGilligan
Mar 23, 2005 5:36 pm
... I agree 100%....
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 23, 2005 8:37 pm
At Lean Design and Development this week, Don Reinertsen explained, in his keyonte, that he now talks about managing WIP inventory using cumulative flow...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 23, 2005 8:43 pm
This comes up a lot when I teach people about CFDs so I thought I start a thread on it for us all to discuss. I'm often asked if a development feature against...
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Ross, Darrell
darrell_l_ross
Mar 23, 2005 9:48 pm
Good question - it would be interesting to see what happens to the CFD curves in both situations: (1) using a single chart, but decrementing the Finished work...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Mar 23, 2005 10:29 pm
We already know what happens in the (2) case - because that is the current guidance. As you suggest, the number of bugs or the ratio of bugs to features makes...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Mar 23, 2005 11:29 pm
I, for one, believe that the design of a feature cannot be considered finished until it is also coded, tested, and accepted. Therefore, the states of a...
