John has frequently asked for ideas for future meeting, so here are a few thoughts that can be discussed on Tuesday… Kirankumar Thakkar is scheduled to talk...
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johnvoris
Jan 2, 2009 6:57 pm
Agile Philly Meeting on Tues Jan 6th Speaker Jon Kern, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Founder of Togethersoft, Topic T.B.A. RSVP ...
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Ahsen Jaffer
ahsenjaffer
Jan 2, 2009 8:48 pm
Hi All, I am writing a white paper on Agile Software Development, and am looking for ideas and inspiration. What are the burning questions or interesting...
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Naresh Jain
nashjain
Jan 2, 2009 9:12 pm
How to put your Agile process on a Diet! In think instead of focusing on adding more things to Agile, we should think about what is adding no value and can be...
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johnvoris
Jan 5, 2009 2:24 pm
Agile Philly Meeting Tues Jan 6th Speaker Jon Kern, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Founder of Togethersoft, Topic decided when we get there ! RSVP ...
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Apex Sutherland
apexsutherland
Jan 5, 2009 6:25 pm
I am planning to attend. - Alex Sutherland ... I am planning to attend. - Alex Sutherland On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:24 AM, johnvoris < john.voris@......
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Fred Stluka
fredstluka
Jan 5, 2009 9:07 pm
Naresh, Good article. I couldn't agree more. I often tell managers "don't ask exactly how long it will take -- watch me, estimate my speed, and decide for...
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D. André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Jan 6, 2009 8:24 am
I like the idea of finding a few members to describe, in detail, (with compare/contrast), how they do backlogs or something low-level day-to day practice. I...
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johnvoris
Jan 6, 2009 12:10 pm
I am trying to contact our speaker for tonight, Jon Kern, about postponing tonight's meeting due to inclement weather predictions. Stay tuned. Open discussion...
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
Jan 6, 2009 2:10 pm
I am available wed, thu of this week, and next tuesday (or other days of next week) jon blog: http://technicaldebt.com profile:...
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agilephilly@yahoogrou...
Jan 6, 2009 2:15 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the agilephilly group: When should we reschedule tonight's Jon Kern meeting ? Polling closes at 3PM...
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johnvoris
Jan 6, 2009 8:11 pm
The Poll is closed. The AgilePhilly meeting will be having Jon Kern speak next Tuesday Jan 13th at 6:30PM at Devon Consulting in Wayne. We will need RSVP's...
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D. André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Jan 7, 2009 2:39 pm
Who's your audience? Why are you writing it? How much time do you have? How much do you expect to write (5 pages? 500?) I want to see more people trying to...
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Brian Donahue
brian.donahue
Jan 7, 2009 2:49 pm
Hi André, We miss you here in Philly! To your point on the core of agility... I am wondering how many people in the group have read (or are...
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
Jan 7, 2009 3:48 pm
Brian, What ceremony do you see in agile/xp projects? jon blog: http://technicaldebt.com profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonkern...
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Brian Donahue
brian.donahue
Jan 7, 2009 4:08 pm
This is likely a bigger conversation than email is suited for, but in general - much of the planning, estimating, and retrospective-like activities that are...
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
Jan 7, 2009 4:23 pm
i find the biggest challenge is to always keep people thinking about continuous improvement... and to realize the process of developing s/w is a fairly...
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Brian Donahue
brian.donahue
Jan 7, 2009 4:35 pm
Agreed, and that sounds like a very Lean approach! I think that sometimes teams (or especially management) feel a lot of pain around trying to force things...
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D. André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Jan 7, 2009 6:25 pm
... complete, and accepted, push it to production I too have found that shorter iterations are easier to manage (my team in Philly got down to daily deploys...
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Brian Donahue
brian.donahue
Jan 7, 2009 6:36 pm
Based on my understanding and translation, you would do these activities as needed. For example, instead of planning a release by a number of iterations...
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Jon Kern
jonkernpa
Jan 7, 2009 7:22 pm
yeah, that topic is a good one. i am in the *very* beginning stages of writing down my practices in my site below, including addressing this very topic. ...
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David Bogus
DavidBogus@...
Jan 7, 2009 8:58 pm
... "whenever it seems necessary" I as a human seem to not have good judgment as to knowing when things have become necessary. I don't think I'm alone with...
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Brian Donahue
brian.donahue
Jan 7, 2009 9:37 pm
I think I agree with everything you're saying... The idea that retrospectives needn't be coupled to deliverables/iterations is what I'm getting it. Maybe...
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johnvoris
Jan 7, 2009 9:59 pm
Agile Philly Meeting Tues Jan 13th Speaker Jon Kern, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Founder of Togethersoft, Topic decided when we get there ! RSVP ...
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johnvoris
Jan 12, 2009 5:48 pm
Agile Philly Meeting Tues Jan 13th Speaker Jon Kern, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Founder of Togethersoft, Topic decided when we get there ! RSVP ...
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johnvoris
Jan 12, 2009 11:10 pm
Agile Philly Meeting Tues Jan 13th Speaker Jon Kern, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Founder of Togethersoft, Topic decided when we get there ! RSVP ...
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Robinson, Gregory (H ...
robinsgr
Jan 12, 2009 11:52 pm
I'll be there. ________________________________ From: agilephilly@yahoogroups.com [mailto:agilephilly@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of johnvoris Sent: Monday,...
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Voris, John
johnvoris
Jan 15, 2009 10:22 pm
I think everyone enjoyed this week's meeting. Well since there was some discussion on Lean ideas and Continuous Flow and eliminating Estimating and Daily...
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J. Sapriel
jsapriel19
Jan 20, 2009 6:11 pm
(This was an interesting post concerning it somes so close to the MLK Day of Service . . . . . . . JV) What was I doing with my time while I was unemployed? ...
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Ahsen Jaffer
ahsenjaffer
Jan 30, 2009 3:45 pm
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