I was talking with some folks the other day who are interested in XP/Agile in a COBOL mainframe environment. Is anyone out there working in the XP style, with...
Here's a very interesting set of comments from Linus Torvalds and Theodore Tso on the problem with writing specs: http://kerneltrap.org/node/5725 Here's a...
Here is a word that's close: Epiphany. It could either be adapted or adopted. I am not sure that "epiphanic design" sounds all that great, but maybe it's ...
This month's first presentation at eXtreme Programming San Diego will serve as an introduction to Refactoring in anticipation of a visit by Michael Feathers,...
My way of doing it is: 1. Towards the end of each message there are instruction on how to unsubscribe. Follow them, but instead of unsubscribing, subscribe...
Since no one replied to my post about unit testing JavaCard applets, I have decided to create my own test framework from scratch. Unfortunately this is my...
It is possible to Google most (all ?) of Darwin's publications in the internet. I went through the more popular ones, chapter by chapter, searching for the ...
Hi, I posted this on my blog and thought it might be useful here. It's where my confusion on the word "refactor"; comes from. Hope it makes sense! -- ...
Hi all, The thesis seems to be 1.Test names should be behavioral. 2.The use of "should" to start the name encourages such naming. 3.Therefore a test framework...
I've noticed that the recent discussion of the nature of language is not the first time Alistair Cockburn has dropped in to this list, poked around until a...
I believe the issue of whether TDD intrinsically leads to better designs than just OO and refactoring not driven by unit tests is indeed relevant to XP. It is...
I sat in on a presentation Tuesday here at SD Best Practices (Boston) about how the QuickBooks team at Intuit implemented the SEI Team Software Process (TSP)...
Call for Participation XP Days Benelux conference 17 & 18 November 2005 Rotterdam, The Netherlands http://www.xpday.net XP Days Benelux is a two day...
Thanks, all, It may be worth describing my mode of operation in case there's an area of netiquette that I'm not aware of... Whenever I post, I worry about...
According to "Information Week" (Sep 19,2005), Capital One Financial Corp. has been using "the" Agile Methodology in an eight-month-long project. "It has...
... This is a very good question. I would say the answer depends on the circumstances. It is important to keep the question in mind *and* to be aware of the...
Mary Poppendieck just posted a real interesting link on the Lean Software Development mailing list. I'm copying it here because I think it says something that...
Is there a unque way of documenting test cases for XP? IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail is meant only for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain...
Hi guys, I just came across this paper on applying various traditional metrics to a (college, apparently) XP project. I don't have time to really read it...
I have considered ProjectCards (www.projectcards.com) for interation/release planning. It looks quite interestering. But before I spend more time digging into...
Hi Scenario: Single product company in a niche market whose product is sold independently and is also OEM'ed. Problem: How to establish and enforce a release...
Sorry for the pun, but being in Houston, I am not surprised the version of Scrum is watered-down. :-) Victor P.S. Otherwise I don't have a good answer for...
As I mentioned, my manager was pumped after attending XP day. He sent me this list of books he thinks we should buy. Are there any others? (And Ron - we...
Well, tired of wondering if anyone else is doing XP in Charlotte, NC, we've decided to create a Charlotte XP Group. If you live or work in Charlotte or the...
Hi, I've just listened to the very intersting podcast 'Mary Poppendieck - Lean Software Dev' (Agile 2005). Mary says that the best (only?) metric for the team...
