Does anyone have 'hands-on' experience using patterns as a communication strategy as outlined in this statement? "We use patterns [including working software]...
There seems to be an assumption in the SLE threads that the communications in an SLE have to conform to a star network with a single hub and all the...
I've been using the agile approach on my projects for over 8 years now and my organisation is really starting to want more teams to get the benefit. One way we...
Wrong: a minimal yet powerful assertion library for Ruby For WhyDay, I took the time to clean up and document Wrong, a project Steve Conover and I have been...
There is a very healthy and natural push for a team to do more. Salesmen have pent-up feature demand (or believe so, often with right), orgs want to make more...
What: New England Agile Bazaar September meeting Topic: Offshore Agile: Successes and Sorries Speakers:Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and David Grabel When:...
Hi, I am CTO of a medium sized SaaS business in the Mississauga/GTA area, does anyone have any recommendations for an Agile/XP mentor in the region? Thanks ...
I would like to find out how others handle separate logins in a pairing environment. We are using Windows XP + Cygwin. We have had difficulty with file...
I hope these kinds of posts aren't tiresome. But I feel I need some specific advice at this point. Over the last 2 years I've made good gains in trying to gain...
I am freakin' excited! I got tired of switching between tabs and firebug when trying to figure out what the hell was going on with my ajax requests. So I wrote...
Hey there experienced folks, How to you handle a request to death march for a short while, -- given that your programming team is already working at a very...
... Ouch, good point - and my only excuse is muscle memory. I've been MS free (desktop, server and laptop) for about a year now. My only real fear is having to...
Does it make sense or not to create user stories for tasks to be performed on different operating systems. e.g., Install on Windows, Install on Linux -...
Wow Carlo what a great idea... the notion of comparing metrics for low-cost sourcing vs. western high-cost (paired-programming?) code would be an interesting...
Hi. We've been doing pair programming recently (see may previous posts). It's new for us, so we discover some interesting things. One thing is: when does it...
Hi all! Our team started with a physical board to manage things, then turned to a virtual software board (due to having a distributed team and remote product...
At the risk of stirring up another hornet's nest... What if we wrote build scripts the same way we wrote code? After all, programming is automation so...
What: New England Agile Bazaar August meeting Topic: Getting Managers and Engineers Out of Each Others Hair Speaker: Damon Poole When: Thursday August...
Recently (at XP2010) I was introduced to the concept, that functional tests as created through specification workshops or ATDD form a domain specific test ...
Hi, People often ask for Agile success stories before giving a consideration to trying Agile. Is there a good resource that lists such success stories? Thanks...
Hi, we have a team of 3 programmers. How do we pair? I need some ideas. - How do we organize responsibility for tasks? - Each programmer owns one task (3 tasks...
Ron, You caught me at an emotional moment. We just completed Day1 of our weeklong Java Application Development (for experienced JEE and Struts folks) class in...
Before APLN, before agile kanban, before "The Apprentice," there was ... The Extreme Fishbowl! Zhon Johansen, Uncle Bob, and a lot of other folks pioneered...
End of Iteration is not the "final exam" The end of a development iteration should not be considered the final exam. During a semester at college for a given...
I'm working my way through The Principles of Product Development Flow and I have a question. One of the key points is to use *life-cycle profits* as the unit...
Hi Steve, Since we were (or I was) getting away from the main topic, I'll start a new thread. ... Certainly some research is about this. There are other kinds....
