I've just posted a new essay on my blog titled "How I Use Fit." It's based on my recent post to this group about Fit and TDD. As I look back, I realize that...
Different parts of my organization have adopted different bits and pieces of XP. One of the groups has been working toward a release in the mid December time...
When I first started using agile methods (XP and then Scrum) several years ago, I was struck by the power of the few simple rules and principles. I have since...
I just finished taking a Learning Tree course called Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML. It was a 5 day course, 6-1/2 hours a day. It was also my...
Hi, I'm looking for input as to the main difference between Agile Methods and CMMI (or even any Software Process Improvement model). If I could get what the...
Thanks for the recent responses on Excel testing. I was just reading Keith Ray's blog on testing http://homepage.mac.com/keithray/blog/2005/12/04/: ...
Moving toward more incremental and iterative development, one of the things that keeeps coming up is how to fit QA in. Our tester is most assuredly a...
How does one explain the iterative process of TDD and the benefits of TDD (or agile) in a proposal for a new project. Is there anyone that will be prepared to...
Let's say you've got a big class with a lot of methods -- a dispatcher or controller, say, that's gotten a bit out of control. The methods are real business...
[Crossposted to XPlorations] XP Day was in Washington, DC in September. I was the opening speaker, and spoke on "Extraordinary Value: The XP Customer." My ...
Ciao, looking for team members for an agile team, we focus on: 1. personal attitude for communication, feedback, team working ... 2. techincal skills (design,...
We're building an Excel interface to one of our products. Nearly all of the functionality in our application that will be required by/driven by Excel is...
Hi, I have been using Nunit now for quite a while and i love TDD. I am now starting to use Fit, and now kinda wondering what my rhytm of programming should...
Hi, I'm investigating on Develpoment case, a template of RUP that tries to describe all the artefacts, roles and the lifecycle model that will be used in a...
Hi All, If you'll be somewhere near Olympia Washington tomorrow night, I'm speaking at the South Sound .Net Users Group on one of my favorite recent topics: ...
Hi Folks, I'm happy to announce that my colleagues and I have just released Refactoring to Patterns Interactive, a self-paced, web- and IDE-based learning...
In a recent dialogue with William Pietri about my company´s work with ... I just finished talking to my PM about this. He´s got many concerns. As it stands...
Hi all, I started work at a new company this week and I´m currently reviewing the way a feature moves from being a concept in the customer´s head to the...
from XP, i learned not to comment the code for 'HOW', comment them only for 'WHY'. i feel it's a good suggestion and have already adapted it for long time....
Here is an abstract of what I'm planning to write. This paper will be about systems engineering strategies for architectural design and systems integration in...
Does anyone have some ? I read 2 books both of them explained everything about XP except hints on how to make the documentation for the proyect. Any one can...
Hello, I'm working with two junior developers: one with better skills but on a more difficult project, and the other on a simpler project. I'd like to pair...
Take alook at this beauty-)) The audicity of us people working in the same room! http://drazen.dotlic.name/weblog/archive/2005/11/13/554.aspx -- Sam Gentile ...
Hello, In our group, I am a developer pushing for an Agile approach. Our current style is that we don't have BDUF, and we have a lot of shifting requirements....
Hi Everybody, Could some of you please tell me what is the minimal set of resources to study in the agile realm? What are other must-read resources in software...
