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...
... It reminded me of the aphorism about incremental development: "Better a little increment than a lot of excrement." Rgds Ashley [Non-text portions of this...
Pete, Right on ! I was busy with the "review" of a framework last week (let's say that it didn't performed well enough to say the least). I had to provide some...
... I can see how this builds trust within the development team, and with the paying customers of the project. Does this really work for building trust with...
(responding to Brad) ... I'd be interested in other folks' solutions to this. What I'm trying at present is to get the information structured in a way that...
Oldfield, Paul (AMS)
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Yes. The model is the application and vice versa. ... I am happy to report that the secret to building trust with the group is to start building working...
... with ... the ... in ... No. (snip) ... and ... Typically, in a large organization, the system test group wants to see clean documentation (specifically...
You know with all this discussion, what remains is the persistent frustrating thought, "I know it but just cannot communicate it sufficiently." There are two...
One of the things that comes to mind about building trust is that I believe it is an immutable and often non-shrinkable process, just as developing software...
In a message dated 3/2/2005 12:00:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bradpro@... writes: I can see how this builds trust within the development team, and...
In a message dated 3/2/2005 8:11:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Mark@... writes: One of the things that comes to mind about building trust is that I...
You were indeed way ahead of your time, and I was behind the time. "The biggest benefit to discovering you are wrong is of course discovering what is right." ...
So does software development pose unique challenges over some other field? Good question. I would say there are some unique things to software development, but...
Mark: I hope you did not take any of my responses as a criticism, because none was intended. In fact, your transformation has given me hope that we might ...
Not to worry - Hyde wasn't even paying attention. ;) I'm typing on PDA in mtg so will respond later. ... [Message truncated. Tap Edit->Mark for Download to...
... This perhaps at the very crux of the matter. Some might call it a systems-thinking approach or holistic approach (others would say its just common sense)....
... I've been dealing with these sorts of issues quite a bit. A lot of the problem, as well as what you point out, is that there is a significant disconnect...
... That problem is precisely one of the ones Ive been having to deal with head-on the past 3-4 years. It started with trying to introduce some agility into...
(responding to Mark) ... This is true up to a point. However "two heads are better than one" is also true. We want continuity of vision but nobody is...
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In a message dated 3/2/2005 11:44:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, swa@... writes: Managers aren't stupid, they know the problems they have, they...
You bring up a good point, which is why I believe the user story or "architectural thread" the developer is developing should remain small enough so two heads...
My claim to weirdness I hold for myself compared to other developers, although I cannot attest to the veracity of this claim. :) I would imagine however that...