... This is actually one reason for the junior/senior split; junior members of staff are not expected (by the process definition) to know this sort of thing,...
... Hi Cindee ... it's nice to hear from you. I hope that Kent will pass this reply on to you. ... I fondly hope that I'm neither confused nor jealous. In...
There has been a lot of discussion around the "definition" of XP, and apparently in trying to make what I thought was a simple point, I've added to the...
Hi again, Michael, I'll see if I can get the ball rolling. ... IMO, there's no such thing as definitely can or definitely cannot. We have heard of cases where...
... I too am thankful for those that share the experiences and opinions. I do not know Mr. Beck, or even you (Mr. Jeffries), but I am glad there are those that...
I work in the situation where the team/company is phasic in approach. I came from a company that was agile. I do this one thing and try to do it consistently:...
Thanks all for the responses, I wasn't asking in terms of a specific question that I wanted answering (although some of the features of my workplace are...
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Hello All, I seem to have misdirected a private note to this group. I have removed it as best I can and I will be more careful in the future. -- Best regards,...
... I get a lot out of your writings here. (And, when I can schedule some reading time, I hope to get more from the C# adventures.) I don't always *agree*, but...
We've just been going through a spate of discussion between a viewpoint that says "anything is measureable", and one that says that some things are not...
Which raises a question: Is "electron" a noun or a verb? Heisenberg tells me the wheelbarrow test doesn't necessarily work. Later... ... BSc(Math) UNBF'83...
... Absolutely. She had a problem and I provided an Agile-based solution which proved to be successful. A small accomplishment, but an accomplishment...
... I agree that XP is not an physical object. I'd be surprised that anyone would disagree with that statement. However, measurement doesn't only apply to...
... Last time someone gave me that kind of answer, I proposed. Later... ... BSc(Math) UNBF'83 Sapere Aude | APL: If you can say it, it's done.. Natural Born...
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:12:17 -0000, Michael Brunton-Spall ... This is the situation that I have seen the most of (5 organizations since 1999). In my experience...
... Very interesting, John. Your thoughts here definitely seem to go in the same direction as I've been raving ineffectually about. I'm not sure that we can...
I saw a reference to this article on TheServerSide.com this morning... http://www.devx.com/DevX/Article/26776/0/page/1 Thoughts anyone? The author seems to...
Hi, all. I'm working with a team that really lacks any "formal" process (i.e. we're doing XP, or we're doing RUP, etc...), but that is slowly migrating toward...
... It's great that you do this. However, because you are the only person doing it, please remember to run the tests whenever you check out your code as well;...
... Reading the source code for FIT made me realise how many of my programming techniques are utterly defensive in nature. My mind kept screaming "Unsafe! ...
... Umm... it is (or was) a fairly common mis-representation. A number of the early GUI builders were OO in nature. The early OO environments were highly ...
I would start by not calling the position a "QA Engineer". That name might not show up on the radar screen of many people who might be a great fit for the...
... I wonder whose fault *that* was ... -- Edmund Schweppe -- schweppe@... -- http://schweppe.home.tiac.net The opinions expressed herein are at best...
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... Ron's, of course. (The whole "Chet's fault" issue is about directing blame at a fixed target, who isn't you, so that you can get on with solving the...
... Whenever I see stuff like this, I am reminded of a letter to a programming journal that I saw many years ago. The author praised the virtues of Forth,...
Looks to me like he was having a "Being John Malkovich" moment, and could only wonder where to assign blame. Later... ... BSc(Math) UNBF'83 Sapere Aude | APL:...
