HI I was just wondering if you use a scripting language in building a spike? I am Java centric but would like to hear any combination of interpreted/compiled...
After a reorganization I have a new manager. He has requested that we document our time in the timekeeping system we use by dividing it between Design and...
Hi, My client has a situation whereby external software providers will provide a system that supports an large, complicated automated robot (pharamceutical...
eXtremos: Here's an article on Crunch Mode, by Jim Shore. "Crunch Mode" http://tinyurl.com/3ubhe The article lacks recognition that, in some sectors, "Crunch...
Hi all, I've recently written an article on design mindsets that I thought you might like. It talks about the difference in mindset between up-front designers...
... I suspect the advantage has more to do with continuations than Smalltalk per se. There are other continuation based frameworks (such as PLT Scheme's web...
The word continuous would not seem to preclude beforehand. I, for one, cannot turn my mind off and therefore do lots of up front design while eating, driving,...
I use to include management, CMMI auditors and other transversals actors such as "architects" as customers of the project. I also use to track their request...
That wouldn't be by the same author of "Popular Dellusions and the Madness of Crowds" would it ;) I'm not sure if 'worldly' wisdom teaches this or not....
I've been listening to the audio version of the book, "The Wisdom of Crowds" and heard the following quite from the famous economist, John Maynard Keynes (from...
Just something that popped to my mind just now, having drank a couple of glasses of wine... What's the most odd argument against TDD you've heard? We've all...
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Thought this might be of interest... http://www.vanu.com/resources/publications/Basestation_SDRFpaper.pdf Whilst XP is not explicitly mentioned, most of the...
... Paul Sinnett: It struck me that the objection was not to testing, but to the non-testing parts of TDD. I thought Jeff's response missed that. This...
Wow, vague assignment! If your interested in getting someone to do your work for you, look at rentacoder.com there are plenty of people there who will do your...
Hi .. all .. i am now currently doing an assignment for my school that need us to develop an information system proposal... may i ask you guys to do me a favor...
I have found this article well written, I dont know if the author has been a software design practitioner but has a good sense of the problems in our industry;...
Kay Pentecost wrote: ...as an industry, most people act as if they believe that there *is* an element of chance and that element shows up in "bugs." That is...
... Systematically using known good, cheap practices. Getting diagnostic information to the right people quickly. Making sure the people working on the project...
I hope you do not use strings like UC10 and AT53 to name variables, methods and classes in your code. So, why would you want to use such meaningless names for...
(Hi folks, reposting, since the original post's paragraph breaks were lost, hope it works out this time) Hello, I would like some recommendations on organizing...
(This message originally posted to Google groups, but the action's here, so ...) Hello, I would like some recommendations on organizingdocumentation/artifacts...
... Interesting how they almost always put that second sentence in there. That prompts me to respond... "Ah; so you *DO* want it to work." ;-> "And that's...
... I like where you're going with that. It's a question of thinking that we have no control over the situation vs taking responsibility - - *AND* positive...
Or something similar? I might be out on a limb here. http://www.sommestad.com/lm.htm LM is kinda nifty once you figure it out. You have to mine the forums...
So after 8 years of Java development, my team is delving into C#. I have mature unit and system testing harnesses for Java (eclipse, JUnit, JFCUnit, Ant, etc)...
