hi all, we r implementing Extreme Programming Methodology!so as per "XP" i need to write test case first, code next.So in order to implement this iam using...
... For the details that are important to us, XP is _more_ formal than Brand X. For example, Brand X typically does not require a unit test for every line of...
Hi My name is Célio Santana, i´m from Brazil and i´ve just start my master Degree in Software Engeneering with a research: Evaluate of the use of agile...
Extremists: I need help recalling two anecdotes. They are Google-proof. One of them is teams relabeling their XP practices before CMM certification....
I've just signed the ONE Declaration committing myself to help fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. The first thing I'm doing is asking you...
Hi All, I've recently installed Buildix which is basically a linux distro including CruiseControl, Ant, Trac and SVN. I wanted to set up CruiseControl to check...
Dear ALL, First, thank you very much for help. I am now working as a project manager with a customer come from US. As I know the customer wants our team runs...
Anyone care to recommend a few books on how to motivate people to change? I have Weinberg's "Secrets of Consulting" and b Manns's & Rising's "Fearless...
Dear ALL, I'm preparing to make the transition from a project manager to a delivery manager. For the company I work, we are not strong in software production ...
I'll second that. When I read the post it was the absolute best summarization of what has been going through my head but I haven't been able to express. It...
As I mentioned in the other thread, I think it's worth trying to learn some lessons from David Longstreet's experience with us, so that we can provide a better...
I know Lean ain't XP but there are many synergies. I am doing a webinar next week that should prove to be a good introduction to Lean Software Development....
Hello (or good night), I am the one who started this troll thing and I have been really annoyed since I pushed that C-c C-c too hastily. Not that I do not ...
Hi Amir, ... I like it. I often neglect the "duplication" rule because I am able to detect only the most blatant duplication. But you've triggered an idea ...
It just dawned on me via all the discussion of late.... If I were a general in the 1700's (or the 1960's) and someone said that the enemy is using a technique...
Here's a blog entry of a former teammate of mine... http://blog.magenic.com/blogs/aarone/default.aspx Here's the background: Aaron and I were contractors...
David, I echo the welcome others have already given. I also deplore name-calling and threats. I also try to address/criticize ideas rather than the people ...
This was on the Scrum forum - posted by Mike Cohn, I wanted to share: CNN has a list of 50 "people, products, trends, and ideas that are transforming the world...
Hello David, In you comments you related your findings on productivity between agile and traditional development as measured in hours per function point. Can...
Hi all! I have been doing XP for almost 15 years but at a little stumbling block here with a personal project. This little program has several people waiting...
After reading Bob Walsh's description of how Agile techniques can't work for a micro ISV: "If you're going to successfully fire up your micro-ISV, you need to...
Matz(The designer of Ruby Language), Kakutani-san(Japanese translator of Bruce Tate's "From Java To Ruby") and I had a discussion titled "Ruby multiplied by...
I'm not sure what started this particular round of name-calling, but lets stop it. NOW. Also, as far as I can tell, Mr. Longstreet has ceased posting. ...
I am in the process of starting an agile development shop and am currently in negotiations with a customer for our first development contract. So far, we have...
Hello All, In case it had slipped by with out notice, there has recently been some discussion on this group about using hours per function point to measure a...
... Dave, Six Sigma addresses sources of variation and sources of defects in both processes and products. I'm a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and I can say with a...
We busy fleshing out the high level user stories. We have identified the user roles. Say we got a sales agent and a sales agent supervisor. The sales agent...
Hi, folks! Is there a XP Rails forum somewhere? Or even better, an XP web development forum? The question I'm looking to ask is whether it's reasonable to try...
