From: "John Brewer" <jbrewer@...> ... Or hassle with scotch-taping index cards to the wall? I'd say this was one of the biggest technical breakthroughs in...
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Amir Kolsky
kolsky
Jan 1, 2006 2:46 pm
Not so dubious... You can sort index cards, you can't sort post-its. Now you can. Hence, they are sortable... Amir Kolsky XP& Software...
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Robert Williams
robert0122
Jan 2, 2006 4:12 am
... Well, I didn't wind up having to throw /everything/ out. But we did wind up ripping out most of it. And the parts we kept, we refactored to the point...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 2, 2006 11:06 am
Hi Jeff ... I've been holding back from responding in hopes that I'd think of something profound to say. Since that appears not to be happening, here's what...
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Dominic Williams
xpdoka
Jan 2, 2006 11:08 am
... So they are waterproof as well! A planning game at the beach, swimming pool or in a sailing boat! Happy New Year, Dominic Williams ...
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William Wake
wwake2
Jan 2, 2006 12:35 pm
... I emailed 3M and got this response: "Dear Bill, Thank you for contacting 3M Company. Post-it(R) Products can be found in office supply stores and in the...
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Greg Akins
angrygreg
Jan 2, 2006 12:43 pm
Fnially ... Finally got around to listening to that Podcast. Not that technical; but probably perfect for what I wanted it for (listening to something ...
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Dominic Williams
xpdoka
Jan 2, 2006 12:46 pm
... Do you all agree on what commitment /is/ ? Dominic Williams http://www.dominicwilliams.net...
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Dominic Williams
xpdoka
Jan 2, 2006 1:08 pm
... Interesting story... I like the fact that the possibility of being early or late gets acknowledged and openly discussed. Are the customers in the same room...
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Dominic Williams
xpdoka
Jan 2, 2006 2:15 pm
... What counts as housekeeping? Why do we need to "leave room" for it, as opposed to doing it and measuring Velocity? Regards, Dominic Williams ...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 2, 2006 2:56 pm
... This is a good question. I notice, though, that a lot of teams seem to get all tangled up in doing features and don't put as much attention on refactoring,...
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yahoogroups@...
jhrothjr
Jan 2, 2006 3:29 pm
From: "William Wake" <william.wake.at.gmail.com@...> To: "extremeprogramming@yahoogroups.com" ...
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William Wake
wwake2
Jan 2, 2006 3:40 pm
... In the case I was describing, it was cleanup around Fit tests - improving scripts to run them & doing some test reorganization. In general, I think of it...
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Manlio Malaidini
mmalaidini
Jan 2, 2006 4:01 pm
Hello. I hope this is not too OT. I'm starting a new project and I need to work on an existing code base. The project consists of an enterprise webapp based on...
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Paul Beckford
beckfordp
Jan 2, 2006 5:03 pm
... Hi, I've worked with struts using pico-container. Basically each action becomes a component that has it's service (domain) dependency injected. Worked...
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Paul Beckford
beckfordp
Jan 2, 2006 5:26 pm
... Hi, I've been following this thread for a while, and I feel like the person asking the dumb question. I spoke it over with a colleague and we both came to...
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John Brewer
jbrewer999
Jan 2, 2006 5:26 pm
I got mine at the OfficeMax on Rengstorff in Moutain View. ... -- John Brewer Extreme Programming FAQ: http://www.jera.com/techinfo/xpfaq.html...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 2, 2006 6:53 pm
... Because the fundamental business problem is to invest the organization's time and money effectively. In order to do that, the business needs to know, with...
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Paul Beckford
beckfordp
Jan 2, 2006 7:53 pm
... I think we are saying the same thing. My general point then, is depending on the teams relationship with their customer, that the customer can/should be...
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Jeff Grigg
jeffgrigg63132
Jan 2, 2006 9:29 pm
... Good advice. Personally, I would highly recommend The Spring Framework over pico container. I think it's stronger, more popular, and better supported....
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jan 2, 2006 9:34 pm
... It doesn't sound like it to me. It sounds to me like you are saying we [mostly] can't know what will be done, and I'm sure I'm saying we mostly can know...
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Amir Kolsky
kolsky
Jan 2, 2006 10:43 pm
I might be stating the obvious, or the dubious, but the BEST thing you can do to get yourself started in XP is to get yourself a good XP coach for at least a...
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jeffadams78
Jan 3, 2006 1:11 am
... That's the other goal of my cards-on-monday-to-finish-by-friday idea, is to be able to go to the PM every monday (or friday) and say "Here's the schedule...
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jeffadams78
Jan 3, 2006 1:14 am
... you can ... for at ... Not a bad idea. My suspicion is that it is unlikely the PM will approve bringing on a coach. However, you never know until you...
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jeffadams78
Jan 3, 2006 1:35 am
I realize I'm new here but I think I might see something not mentioned before. Perhaps the key is the amount of customer involvement? If you have a customer...
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Ronsley Vaz
ronsleyv
Jan 3, 2006 2:28 am
Hi All, ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Bill Wake
wwake2
Jan 3, 2006 3:14 am
[Crossposted to XPlorations] Happy 2006 to you all! Twenty Ways to Split Stories http://xp123.com/xplor/xp0512/index.shtml When a story is too big, it's good...
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Paul Beckford
beckfordp
Jan 3, 2006 7:12 am
... Hi Jeff, I agree. I think this is the point I'm trying to make. Open loop (no feedback from customer) we cannot predict. Software development is chaotic,...
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Kenji HIRANABE
kenjihiranabe
Jan 3, 2006 7:46 am
Hello, My friend just start up a web-site of his new practice, called "Niko-Niko Calendar." http://www.geocities.jp/nikonikocalendar/index_en.html "Niko-Niko"...
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Jim Shore
jimlittle82
Jan 3, 2006 8:02 am
Hello, all, (This is a copy of http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Speaking-in-India.html. See that page if the links don't work.) I'm spending the next three...
