How much planning is too much/too little? I understand that there are a lot of variables that go into answering this. I'll give details of my team's...
Hello all! From the first time I saw XP I thought it is a very good methodology. But I have a questions about unit testing. As you may already know, in image...
I'm doing a webinar on June 10th that we've found very helpful to Agile/Scrum practitioners - particularly those trying to convince testers and developers to...
Why is that after 10 years the majority of companies are still not using XP and agile techniques? I know these things always take time, but is there anything...
I've been meaning to read Bob Martin's for a while. I see there's a C# edition and a Java/C++ one. I don't code any of these languages professionally but I can...
I dont ask you to fill out one!! (I have read that questionaires are not welcomed by all ;) I am searching a questionaire for usage in an XP course. It should...
At this month's Extreme Programming San Diego (XPSD) meeting, Allan Schougaard claims he will teach us Object-Process Modeling in 5 minutes! We will also have...
Hi all, I sent a call for participation to the group last week with respect to a short (5-10mins)online survey I am conducting for doctoral and practitioner...
Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the extremeprogramming group: Do we call the tests specified/written by the customer "functional tests" or...
I have conceived a viable alternative for Certification in Agile. I sure accept there is a need for it. I have actively participated in APLN's Agile...
I suggested this in the WeVouchFor thread, but it didn't seem to get any traction. It would seem to be that when you want to know how well someone is doing, in...
Please come to www.i-vouch-for-waterfall.com This site is done by many experienced software professionals who know how to waterfall methodology correctly. This...
Having worked in software development for over 15 years in many organisations using different development methodologies such as waterfall, RUP, SCRUM and XP,...
Here's a very recent study that supports the notion that estimating is naturally logarithmic rather than linear. If anyone is collecting studies supporting...
I only wanted to inform the world that he has done some research on the subject. Forgot to mention that that both he and his wife (also a doctorate on the same...
To a post by Clarke Ching on another forum (agilemanagement@yahoogroups), I posted this reply just now. I thought it was more relevant here at this point of...
A number of people have suggested that WeVouchFor would be more useful if it had some way to measure or constrain how much weight an individual certification...
... Sounds like Google PageRank to me! Any way you could use the rankings of a search engine to help? I seem to remember that Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood...
Dear XP Coaches, We have a problem on our team, and we just don't know what to do. One of our teammates, that you know as CP (Composite Person) is a constant...
There's an interesting discussion being held on the Group Facilitation list. I found this story extremely interesting, and thought others might enjoy it in...
Paraphrased from several recent conversations ... I have been on an XP team for a few years now. I am tired of hearing my coach tell me to "try to get a...
They say that you can tell the temperature by listening to crickets chirping. Count the number of chirps per 15 seconds, add 37, and you have the approximate...
So, I didn't participate in the conversation a few weeks back about YAGNI not meaning you could leave your brain at home, but it stuck in my brain. It sort of...
I just accepted a job leading a team of C/C++ developers. They have been doing the best they can in going Agile, and are asking me to take it to the next...
Thursday May 29th will be the next meeting of the Pittsburgh Coding Dojo. The meeting is at 6:00PM at the Pittsburgh Technology Council (pghtech.org) Since...
... Not me. I'm quite interested because I can relate. Yet since my team also reads this list, I can't reveal any identifying details. I suspect many of us...
This year's theme: (something I suspect many of you would enjoy sounding-off about...) "Do we need CMMI levels to be successful in process improvement?" ... ...
Hi, Choosing between value type and reference type is always complex and interesting, I'm still not good at it. Can anyone of you please tell me where I can...
