Hi James, ... In my previous team, we tried ordering by difficulty -- mostly to avoid the focus on time. However, I think that bred more confusion than clear...
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John Maxwell
jmax315
Apr 2, 2009 7:06 pm
... I'm fairly sure it's a April Fools joke. ... That it isn't a joke. -John -- John Maxwell (jmax@...) Politics is like driving. It's D to go forward,...
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John Maxwell
jmax315
Apr 2, 2009 6:57 pm
On 04/02/09 14:02:00, James Carr wrote: [snip] ... My understanding is that current "concensus of the list" (a tenuous and hazardous concept at best, I know)...
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David H.
darianlanx
Apr 2, 2009 6:54 pm
... I would hope that this is another thoughtful Uncle Bob joke and that you are not serious. -d -- Sent from gmail so do not trust this communication. Do not...
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Kim Gräsman
kimgrasman
Apr 2, 2009 6:48 pm
Hi all, Uncle Bob just published an article yesterday [1] outlining a dream of strictly hierarchical team structures with a single Master Craftsman at the top,...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Apr 2, 2009 6:47 pm
... Then it is not a story. No story takes no effort. ... I like 1, 2, 4, and "split" as estimation choices for story work in an iteration. For the product...
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James Carr
jay_c_the_man
Apr 2, 2009 6:05 pm
Hi, Sometimes we upgrade platforms and when we run all our tests we find everything is green and dandy, or there's a few API changes we might need to fix....
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James Carr
jay_c_the_man
Apr 2, 2009 6:02 pm
Hi All, This idea isn't quite new, I'm sure some other shops out there have tried it and I'd like to get some feedback if possible. I've been thinking a bit ...
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Cory Foy
cory_foy
Apr 2, 2009 4:35 pm
All, The domain registrant of WAQB is *not* the one who created or built the website. He merely owns a product which "point and click" builds websites. I've...
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Olof Bjarnason
olof.bjarnason@...
Apr 2, 2009 2:03 pm
... A group chat channel in skype is another idea, yes. Have you tried twitter/are you using twitter..? I think it is quite good for "notifications". A lot...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Apr 2, 2009 1:46 pm
... A lot of places install jabber servers. It can help, if people actually watch it. Some places it's poorly attended and poorly monitored, and helps not at...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Apr 2, 2009 1:31 pm
... As a bit of social engineering, just make sure that they don't perceive the problem as you being agile, but rather that you were done first. If agile is...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Apr 2, 2009 1:20 pm
... Cute, Scott. I /like/ it. Just one nit to pick: You mention "a very serious ethical lapse within the agile community." If I'm thinking of the same thing...
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Olof Bjarnason
olof.bjarnason@...
Apr 2, 2009 11:47 am
... I'm thinking; wouldn't modern social communication tool like twitter be one way of keeping in synch? Say, each team has twitter user, and all team members...
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davenicolette
Apr 2, 2009 11:45 am
Tim, You're right. The solution to the true problem would be to improve the level of communication and collaboration in the organization. It isn't always...
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Phlip
phlipcpp
Apr 2, 2009 2:11 am
... Welcome to... http://github.com/...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Apr 1, 2009 10:26 pm
... Perception altering: The problem isn't that your code went stale waiting for them. Being done first is the culprit? I think not. The problem, rather, is...
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davenicolette
Apr 1, 2009 10:08 pm
We can't prevent code from going stale while it waits for other groups to finish their parts of the solution. By keeping our own code as clean as possible, we...
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jmilunsky
Apr 1, 2009 5:43 pm
Hi Joe, That's a sound response. Thanks for crystalizing this Jack www.agilebuddy.com blog.agilebuddy.com...
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banshee858
Apr 1, 2009 3:37 pm
Scrum for Managers by Mitch Lacey Most of us have heard of Scrum and some of us have probably run some projects with it. It calls for cross functional, self...
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Nick Korbel
nickkorbel
Apr 1, 2009 2:21 pm
Joe, ... We have pretty clear lines of responsibility, so it's always customer/supplier situation with our role defined by the feature. While communication...
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Nick Korbel
nickkorbel
Apr 1, 2009 2:03 pm
Dave, I really appreciate your input. The experiences you described are very similar to what we're dealing with. In these cases, the best we could do was to...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Apr 1, 2009 1:31 pm
How would you feel about working on only one thing at a time in order to make everything simpler? Serializing the work flow instead of scattering it? Tim...
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Guilherme Lopes
guilhermefig...
Apr 1, 2009 1:06 pm
I don't care about wrong spelling. I'll only care about having a seal on my e-mail signature for only $995. Awesome! Ps.: Yes, I'm being sarcastic. 2009/4/1...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Apr 1, 2009 1:06 pm
Hello, Doug. On Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at 8:53:00 AM, you ... See important information in my greeting line. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com ...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Apr 1, 2009 12:19 pm
Thanks for a small success story. Tim Ottinger http://agileinaflash.blogspot.com/ http://agileotter.blogspot.com/...
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Tim Ottinger
linux_tim
Apr 1, 2009 12:16 pm
I wonder if our diffs would make for good refridgerator postings. I had a day yesterday when I would love to put my diff up on a fridge to show off to my...
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Nina Niskanen
mokso1
Apr 1, 2009 11:48 am
I'd say it's an April fool. ;) Nina ... -- I reject your reality and substitute my own. -- Adam Savage...
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Doug Swartz
daswartz...
Apr 1, 2009 11:43 am
Scott, I think you have a spell-check problem. Because, while I question the validity of the certification schemes currently in vogue, I certainly don't...
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J. B. Rainsberger
nails762
Apr 1, 2009 11:35 am
... Do you supply those teams with features? Do they supply you with features? or Do you all build different parts of the same features? If you supply them...
