... Check out http://www.agilerules.com . Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Ron Morsicato have been doing XP with embedded code for years. Dave Rooney Mayford...
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Mark the Shark
markyboyuk
Jun 1, 2006 1:58 pm
I posted a little while ago about project planning and tracking tools and thanks for the replies. We're trying out XPlanner at the moment but it gets a bit...
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Mark the Shark
markyboyuk
Jun 1, 2006 1:49 pm
We've installed XPlanner and are using it now, looks pretty good so far. We're using FDD (mainly) as the approach and are hoping to extend XPlanner to give the...
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Dan Bunea
danbunea
Jun 1, 2006 1:26 pm
I can see your point very well. Some of the best ideas I had, regarding how to solve a problem, happened in weekends, holidays, walking home from work, where I...
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Greg Akins
angrygreg
Jun 1, 2006 1:24 pm
You can try this article http://atomicobject.com/papers.page I know a guy at Union Switch & Signal in Pittsburgh who is trying (with varying levels of...
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Micron Engineering
micronpn
Jun 1, 2006 1:12 pm
I would like to know some opinions about unit test implementations in embedded applications (mainly in C and C++). Thanks, ... No virus found in this outgoing...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 12:45 pm
... These are neat techniques and I use and recommend them all. In the present lack of context, I'd be concerned that they all seem crazy. Ron Jeffries ...
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Phlip
phlipcpp
Jun 1, 2006 12:34 pm
... Pass a test by any means necessary. Clone an entire class and change one line, if that's the most expedient way. If you can't find a simple way to pass the...
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Larry Brunelle
larrybrunelle
Jun 1, 2006 12:34 pm
... It was a sad day when CMP thought they needed to kill C/C++ Users Journal and then Software Development in favor of the relatively valueless CRM they...
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Phlip
phlipcpp
Jun 1, 2006 12:25 pm
... Could it be the editors neglect feedback? -- Phlip http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!...
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PaulOldfield1@...
pauloldfield1
Jun 1, 2006 11:54 am
(responding to Patrick) ... I suspect this is BDUF vs. Embrace Change in another form. We all want stability in our lives, but we want to base our lives on the...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 11:52 am
... Yes. I don't want to go all Zen, but I'm sure I'm more productive when I'm relaxed. I need to be working, but once I sit down to do the work, the more calm...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 11:13 am
... I love the quote, and have it as one of my sigs. ... I don't find that to be the case. I've always been fairly good at thinking of simple ways to do...
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Stefan Schmiedl
dtsttcpw
Jun 1, 2006 11:12 am
... You know, this last one actually had a nice side effect in a client's office. Inviting the "normal" people to join and help or at least give their opinion...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 11:08 am
Interesting ... evocative ... not far off, I'd guess. Thanks! Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Hold on to your dream. --ELO...
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David H.
bitchauctioneer
Jun 1, 2006 11:03 am
... There is a quote that I usually use when confronted with that: "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing...
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Tony Byrne
tony_j_byrne
Jun 1, 2006 10:25 am
Hello Ron, Thursday, June 1, 2006, 10:18:18 AM, you wrote: RJ> I'm with Tony on books, as well. When someone mentions a book on one RJ> of the lists or a blog,...
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Tony Byrne
tony_j_byrne
Jun 1, 2006 10:11 am
Hello Paul, Thursday, June 1, 2006, 10:35:41 AM, you wrote: PC> Heres a question for the house: what does "simplest thing that could PC> possibly work" mean...
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Philip Doherty
else678
Jun 1, 2006 10:11 am
I didn't even count the time spent on the interruption just the time taken to get back into flow. So, It was the number of interruptions multiplied by the...
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konopelko_pavel
Jun 1, 2006 9:58 am
Ah, yes it would be possible to do TDD with Alloy. As far as know the ability to build specifications incrementally was explicitly designed into the language....
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 9:51 am
... If it couldn't possibly work, then one might not want to start out in that direction. Kent Beck used to ask "what is the simplest thing that could possibly...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 9:47 am
... Are you counting just time spent on the phone, times pay rate, in that, or also some time spent restarting the brain and such? £10,000 surprises me ......
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Paul Campbell
pncampbell99
Jun 1, 2006 9:37 am
Heres a question for the house: what does "simplest thing that could possibly work" mean over and above just "simplest thing" ?. All it seems to do is exclude...
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Philip Doherty
else678
Jun 1, 2006 9:33 am
I read Peopleware and decided to do an analysis on the telephone interruptions a while ago. If we could cut our interruptions in half, leaving only the useful...
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Dan Bunea
danbunea
Jun 1, 2006 9:29 am
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:09:06 +0400, Ron Jeffries ... a great answer, as always. I wonder why people tend to have too simple answers, for very complex problems:...
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Chris Dollin
anover_alias
Jun 1, 2006 9:22 am
... At one point in my first job, I worked about 20 minutes cycle-ride from where we were living. Several problems had their solutions pop up on the last five...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 9:18 am
... JC>> Which periodicals do you regard as important reads for Software JC>> Development professionals? I still read and enjoy Dr Dobbs, primarily due to...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 1, 2006 9:09 am
... Yes ... another thing that happens in "Flow" is that one may be concentrating well, but not being productive. We've all had that sensation of finally...
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Tony Byrne
tony_j_byrne
Jun 1, 2006 8:35 am
Hello John, Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 11:53:08 PM, you wrote: JC> Which periodicals do you regard as important reads for Software JC> Development professionals?...
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Dan Bunea
danbunea
Jun 1, 2006 7:19 am
From my experience, I see that people working in pairs, tend to be disturbed by the others a lot less. However there should be a very good balance between the...
