For Java, I use Findbugs. Might not be quite what you're after, but as a free tool for static code analysis with good Eclipse and Ant integration, it is great....
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Jeff Grigg
jeffgrigg63132
Dec 3, 2008 4:26 am
... Some agile projects do suffer from unproductive "thrashing" -- the business leaders changing the vision and direction of the project at every iteration....
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Dec 3, 2008 4:13 am
Themed iterations are a very good idea. It is handy if the group is all working on the same thing. We found that to be a great accelerator. Having 8 people...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Dec 3, 2008 4:06 am
... Agreed. This sounds like a good time for the OP to get familiar with Lean Software Development. It's not an expensive book and Mr. and Mrs. P are nice...
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Jeff Grigg
jeffgrigg63132
Dec 3, 2008 3:45 am
... out of ... Two general alternatives to mocking randomness, following along with Kent's approach are... #1: Simply put the "get next random number" function...
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Pete Johns
johnsyweb
Dec 3, 2008 3:01 am
... Dave, Thank you so much for this! We had found attendees in remote offices could not participate fully in the retros over the telephone or the video link,...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Dec 3, 2008 1:11 am
Hi Lior, ... That's part of the definition I use. The full definition would be something like "delivering value in the form of robust, tested code in regular...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Dec 2, 2008 11:33 pm
... The true litmus test for Agility is frequent releases of working software. So, if changing the plan every iteration didn't jeopardize your ability to...
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Victor
vmgoldberg2
Dec 2, 2008 11:19 pm
Hi Lior, I think I am starting to understand what your situation is. My impression is that it's not so much an issue of "too agile", but rather where is the ...
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John Roth
jhrothjr
Dec 2, 2008 11:11 pm
... I wouldn't accept that either. The Release Plan is set at the Release Planning meeting. That doesn't mean that it's cast in concrete, but too many changes...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Dec 2, 2008 10:53 pm
Hi Lior, That would be unproductive only if it invalidated the work done in the iteration. IF you are doing work in an iteration that anticipates what will be...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Dec 2, 2008 10:52 pm
Hi Lior, That would be unproductive only if it invalidated the work done in the iteration. IF you are doing work in an iteration that anticipates what will be...
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Lior Friedman
friedmanlior
Dec 2, 2008 10:44 pm
... For what it's worth other team member also "felt" that the instability caused by soo much cnage. But yes the amount of change a team can absorb will vary...
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Lior Friedman
friedmanlior
Dec 2, 2008 10:44 pm
Ron, Tim, Actually that exactly what happened, inside an iteration we only allowed change by taking out *unstarted* tasks with new tasks, we almost never ...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Dec 2, 2008 10:39 pm
Hello, Lior. On Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at 5:34:38 PM, you ... I'm not sure I see the point. Is it possible to do too many tests? Of course it is....
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Dec 2, 2008 10:38 pm
Hello, Lior. On Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at 5:31:05 PM, you ... I guess I'd have to know what really happened. It seems an unwise way to run a business. But...
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Lior Friedman
friedmanlior
Dec 2, 2008 10:34 pm
... True, but I was aiming at cases in which the practice is not only done "fully", but is taken to the extreme to the point it damages the entire process. ...
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Lior Friedman
friedmanlior
Dec 2, 2008 10:31 pm
... How would you feel about the release plan being changed every iteration end? In theory that's "coloring"; inside the Agile lines, however if the changes are...
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Rodolfo Carvalho
rhcarvalhoez
Dec 2, 2008 10:07 pm
... I like that. Makes me want to implement it in a different context, a program to generate secret santas! ... Well, I think we found one of those cases. ...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Dec 2, 2008 9:32 pm
Hello, Tim. On Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at 2:10:12 PM, you ... Yes. I would think that any reasonable person would accept swaps. I would also accept a...
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Mike Coon
mcsp3
Dec 2, 2008 8:09 pm
So what I might try in your position would be to ask for help in a casual way. "Hey, I want to redo the tests for this component do you mind being a second...
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Pieter Nagel
pieter@...
Dec 2, 2008 7:11 pm
... I've emailed him last week (he explicitly asked that Big Things and proposed process changes be emailed to him, so he can mull them over, since he "does...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Dec 2, 2008 7:10 pm
BTW: I color outside the lines. Any *unstarted* task I allow to be swapped for one of equal or lesser point cost and greater value. I can't see the point in...
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kentb
kentlbeck
Dec 2, 2008 7:06 pm
What I left out of my description is that you have to make an object out of the randomness. In this case, I think you could create a family of Shufflers. The...
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Rodolfo Carvalho
rhcarvalhoez
Dec 2, 2008 6:16 pm
Kent, Parameterizing the random generator really makes sense, however, I don't see the known dummy generator helping much, in this particular case. Here is the...
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Matt
maswaffer
Dec 2, 2008 3:18 pm
Lior, I noticed in this response you used the term "real value" and I couldn't help but think "as opposed to what other kind of value?" Also, the tone of this...
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agileprog
alexlevin83
Dec 2, 2008 3:06 pm
Again, not a tool but human process. How about setting up a coding Dojo in your team/company? This provides the settings for sharing the know-how and...
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Craig A
carsnau
Dec 2, 2008 2:59 pm
It is a human process, and we do have automated tools doing static analysis, but using a tool helps facilitate the human process of doing quick code ...
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Shlomi Fish
shlomif2
Dec 2, 2008 2:53 pm
... This varies from university to university and even between departments. In the Technion ( http://www.technion.ac.il/ ), in some departments, like...
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kentb
kentlbeck
Dec 2, 2008 2:40 pm
Rodolfo, One more refinement on what you are doing. If you want to unit test code that uses random numbers, you can make the random number generator a ...
