Hello, Joseph. On Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at 11:28:25 PM, you ... It is, according to me. I made up that little locution. ... I haven't heard that. Sounds...
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Manuel Klimek
manuel.klimek
Feb 28, 2007 8:01 am
Hi, we're a small company in Bavaria. Since we're about 60 kilometres from Munich, which is a big city, it's hard to attract developers. At the moment I'm...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Feb 28, 2007 10:05 am
On 28 Feb 2007, at 08:00, Manuel Klimek wrote: [snip] ... My preferences would be as few buzzwords as possible. ... I guess that depends on whether you're...
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Chris Hedgate
chrishedgate
Feb 28, 2007 12:20 pm
... I am always skeptical of job descriptions that say "We do agile development" or something similar. Do not mention buzzwords, write what you do instead....
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Greg Akins
angrygreg
Feb 28, 2007 12:56 pm
... This blog has some good advice, including a recent three part series on making jobs attractive http://www.jrothman.com/weblog/htpblogger.html -- ...
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Larry Brunelle
larrybrunelle
Feb 28, 2007 1:47 pm
... ?? Sounds like an advantage, not a disadvantage. Well, I don't know Bavaria, but still . . . ... 1. Consider not advertising, but asking your best...
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Martin Chilvers
martin_chilvers
Feb 28, 2007 2:32 pm
... For me (and obviously this all highly subjective), I would like to see buzzwords (and buzzacronymns ;^) such as 'Agile', 'XP', and *especially* 'TDD' ...
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John Roth
jhrothjr
Feb 28, 2007 3:15 pm
The way I use it, it's definitely "confirmation." The Executable Acceptance Test is built and agreed to during the Conversation, and when it passes and the...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
Feb 28, 2007 4:25 pm
... I'm with Patrick on that. I work on very small teams where I act both as Developper and Customer. I can vouch that "Building the Right Thing" is by far the...
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Vianney Lecroart
acemtp
Feb 28, 2007 4:31 pm
Adding buzzword is nice to catch job descriptions on jobsboard like monster using keyword searches but it's not enough, you also need to describe what you...
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Steven E. Newton
sicsnewton
Feb 28, 2007 5:57 pm
... I have to jump in here and mention the classic, "Orphans Preferred" from Steve McConnell's book After the Gold Rush: ...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Feb 28, 2007 6:31 pm
Alain, I do not disagree with the customer doing User-Centered Design or any other form of business process modeling or any other activity to help clarify the...
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Victor
vmgoldberg2
Feb 28, 2007 6:48 pm
... Not enough testing.`:-) Victor =========================...
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Rob Walters
minimad998
Feb 28, 2007 7:59 pm
Manuel, FWIW my bias would be towards being very explicit about working practices and working hours, and the fact that you believe in sticking to the hours ...
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estherschindler
Feb 28, 2007 10:01 pm
I've been corresponding with one of my CIO Magazine coworkers, about an article that someone proposed. The original working title was "The Agile Backlash." ......
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Doug South
Doug.South@...
Feb 28, 2007 10:29 pm
Hi Esther, I've been running about talking to people that I work for about XP on and off since 2000, but only really actively doing it since 2003/4. I've only ...
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Seyit Caglar Abbasoglu
scabbasoglu_xp
Feb 28, 2007 11:12 pm
I liked the total programmers chart. In 1950 there were 100. Is there a list of them? I never thought it's more than 10 million now. Wow a lot of people... ......
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Steve Ropa
steveropa
Feb 28, 2007 11:19 pm
I have actually implemented Agile in a few different environments, and the majority of the time, it's the "C" level folks who get it first, and who are most...
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Phlip
phlipcpp
Feb 28, 2007 11:32 pm
... The game industry has a major problem with overtime-addiction. Those of you who have not read the infamous "easpouse"; post need to Google it up. Gamasutra...
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Gojko Adzic
gojko_lastname
Feb 28, 2007 11:44 pm
Hi, I've just finished testing the first version of DbFit, a set of fixtures for .Net2 FIT implementation which enables database developers to write and...
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Victor
vmgoldberg2
Mar 1, 2007 12:00 am
Hi Esther, I'll address this issue at what I believe to be a deeper level. I'll use as a metaphor the story of a friend's marriage and divorce. She was a 15...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Mar 1, 2007 12:28 am
... Agile technologies? Is this a misconception or just a misphrasing? Agile is not at all about technology. It is about a mindset and a way to do knowledge...
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John Carter
refactored
Mar 1, 2007 12:48 am
... This is a job ad. An Ad. Like a coke ad on the corner shop. It is says, "blah blah blah job blah" You don't attract Good Developers to write your software...
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estherschindler
Mar 1, 2007 1:16 am
Doug, Oh, what a thoughtful response! Thank you ever so much -- ... So, let's play the "get in the CIO's head" game. How would the CIO describe this issue, ...
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estherschindler
Mar 1, 2007 1:19 am
Gosh, you folks are making me SO happy that I asked for your help! <<merry smile>> ... Gotcha on the CIOs getting it. And I can acknowledge the developers'...
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estherschindler
Mar 1, 2007 1:25 am
As always, Victor, you write with great insight! ... So you see this as an issue of CIOs (or other managers) feeling that they're losing control, if a project...
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estherschindler
Mar 1, 2007 1:29 am
... Hey, I needed a noun. Agile isn't a noun. It might be _used_ as a noun, but it's an adjective. We writers get twitchy about these things. So I've written...
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Doug South
Doug.South@...
Mar 1, 2007 2:31 am
Hi Esther, ... Happy I could help. ... The easy short answer would be, it depends on the CIO or more specifically the person that is the CIO. To be honest, I'm...
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Desilets, Alain
alain_desilets
Mar 1, 2007 4:12 am
... Sounds like we're mostly in agreement. I guess one thing I was trying to convey is that XP seems a bit underspecified when it comes to Customer practices....
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Mar 1, 2007 5:05 am
... I would still stick the word "agile" in there. It's an easy word to grep for in the job listings. - George -- ... * George Dinwiddie *...
