... Every hour, roughly. That is because a build currently takes an hour (and yes, this isn't ideal either). ... That sounds very good, but I don't know how to...
... Gulp! ... It worked for us because we kept our build time down to a couple of minutes, otherwise the temptation to bypass the validation phase became too...
... The sounds only play when the status changes, not after every build, so it might only happen once or twice a day. You're right, if it was after every...
... The voice that warns pilots of danger is typically that of a woman, because it gets their attention. Perhaps a voice saying something on the broken build...
Our build kicks off every time somebody checks in code which is at least 20 times per day. - Cheezy ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Ok, I realize this is a XP site but I'll ask this question here, anyways :-) Hope you guys don't mind, given how upfront/heavy UML is (I'm a believer of using...
... We solve this problem by using random movie clips for build successes. People are free to contribute their favorite ones just by checking them into the...
I think it has been a while since branching last came up, and I'm curious to hear if there has been any evolution. My recollection of the last round of...
... My last team used branches extensively, each new story of bug fix was implemented on its own branch and then merged back to the trunk on completion. As I...
I'm glad you posted, Ian; it was partly your comment that made me ask. Yesterday I was also chatting about process with the author of a version control system,...
In that situation, I would be concerned about duplicate logic. Is there a lot of refactoring done after merging in the code for a "new story"? How do you avoid...
... We were developing a relatively large embedded application, using Solaris as our development platform. All of our unit tests an on the Solaris platform...
I find branching a very useful thing to help manage product release cycles. It's an extension of your original reason #1 "I need it for fixing bugs in older...
... I think the valid solutions are the same as before. Some of the attitudes and opinions may have changed, possibly due to using a different VC tool that...
Hi Derek, ... One way would be not to have that kind of cycle - to release each increment directly to users by software-update. I'm aware this has an impact on...
I've written a code project article on an example of how extreme programming practices helped our development team reduce our technical debt. For more...
Hi folks, I've added a new blog entry about XP and Goal-Directed Development: http://mayford.ca/blog/?p=20 "I started a new contract this week, in a group that...
Hi All, Not sure if most of you will remember. But I asked a question on awhile ago on how best to use SCM and SCRUM (just remembered this was on the yahoo...
... interesting gig. Cooper looks a little like waterfall blended with heuristics. Didn't see anything like governance through "structural tension" there...
Can someone point me to a paper (or write one) that could persuade an XP Customer to choose "cheap"/valuable/non-risky features as higher priority than...
Cool. One of these days I want to try to get a U.S. traffic light from e-bay or somewhere. In the meantime, Toys R Us sells a little traffic light for about US...
... I hope you're kidding. I've never met an XP team that even claimed to do that, let alone actually achieving it. Seriously, though, do you have any...
"how our customers perceive our offerings" is a marketing/sales/non-technical issue. Giving skillful enough messages and people, just about any perception is...
... From "The Lorax" by Dr. Suess He was shortish. And oldish. And brownish. And mossy. And he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy. Mister! he said...
... I have done three projects at 6, 36, and 15 developer-months that respectively had 2, 2, and 1 total bugs in production. Others have written about teams...
... Mike Cohn's book, "Agile Estimating & Planning", talks about this issue. I do not recall the exact words (I am not at my regualr office), but I thought...
--> http://www.StickyMinds.com Even with a new look, StickyMinds.com remains the most comprehensive online resource for helping you produce better software....
Hi, I'm new to the group, but have Mike Cohn's book handy so I'd thought I'd do some paraphrasing. He suggests to do use the value/risk quadrant to think about...
