... 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...
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...
... 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...
Fnially ... Finally got around to listening to that Podcast. Not that technical; but probably perfect for what I wanted it for (listening to something ...
... 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...
... 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,...
... 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...
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...
... Hi, I've worked with struts using pico-container. Basically each action becomes a component that has it's service (domain) dependency injected. Worked...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... Good advice. Personally, I would highly recommend The Spring Framework over pico container. I think it's stronger, more popular, and better supported....
... 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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
[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...
... 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,...
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"...
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...
Brian, In your case, it sounded like you and your customer both needed more-frequent feedback than you would get with the stories they could write alone....
