Being agile is more about an intuitive state of mind than tools or processes. A project is agile if it does near-horizon planning in the context of their ...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 8:26:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, jonkern@... writes: Being agile is more about an intuitive state of mind than tools or ...
Thanks, Jon. Good points. This leads us to (or perhaps back to) another point which has been hinted at throughout this forum. If "Agile" is an intuitive state...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 9:03:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, sialbs@... writes: I agree with you that it is intuitive. And I wonder if that isn't agile...
I don't think there is a black and white answer on whether UML is agile or not. I'm certainly not looking for one. Upper Level Management, on the other hand,...
why spend the effort to create a UML compliance/conformance checker? The ObjectsByDesign site may still have UML tool info on it... and, to do complete UML...
When it comes to upper management, I ask them about their hobbies and interests. I then try to make analogy to their hobby. For example, if they play jazz or...
Answering a couple here (including Jon's reply to my message, which was, simply, "that's not true.") What isn't true? The bit about Borland is, as far as we...
Steven, Pragmatically, the Enterprise Data Model guardians are concerned with how everything fits together... Not just how one system works, but the whole ...
See below: In a message dated 8/1/2004 1:08:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PeteCRuth@... writes: In a message dated 8/1/2004 9:03:31 AM Pacific Standard...
Dagna, I am not in that kind of environment presently. The enterprise data model and agile software development move at quite different speeds. There may...
Just wanted to make people aware of www.agiledata.org/essays/agileDataModeling.html and www.agiledata.org in general. A few comments below. Answering a couple...
(responding to Steve) ... Use Cases and DFDs do different jobs. One can use DFDs for Use Case realisations, but they are to some extent design tools,...
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I could not possibly have put it better! I just want to add something - using interfaces to the data layer should abstract the data layer sufficiently...
Well, I don't have a graduate degree, but other than that, I consider myself very well qualified for this position. (I'm not sure I qualify as a guru, but it...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 2:14:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, sialbs@... writes: As Ron or someone says, just do agile, mgt doesn't know what you're...
We've got a mix at both levels - a lot of engineers and managers really interested in agile methods and a lot who are more reserved. A lot of people here are...
... Actually, I suspect it does. I've been singing in a church choir for the last couple of years, and one thing I've noticed is that we routinely tweak the...
I really like the musician analogy. For years I have been contemplating the lot of the musicians. I place them at the top of the tree. Composers, who are the...
In a message dated 7/31/2004 2:16:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PeteCRuth@... writes: Steve: An old saying that might be applicable here is, "Them as can,...
I think you are right in stating its just the next step on the road to something. Sometimes I get the feeling that the anti-UML people are coming from the "it...
In a message dated 8/3/2004 4:29:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, sialbs@... writes: There are ways of creating the initial data structures and schema in an...
... Exactly. Acceptance of the situation is critical. I've run into some really good data folks who accept the fact that modern software development is...
Just jumping into the conversation... - Scott ... Good, the important thing is that they're honestly considering it. We have a very agile consumer software...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 5:27:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sagordon@... writes: This is why I advocate not asking for the EDM accomodations until the ...
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