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...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Sep 8, 2010 9:41 pm
Sure. You could even take that a step further. A modern, scalable application has numerous parallel threads that operate with little or no shared state. It is...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Sep 8, 2010 9:42 pm
I am not going to India, which is where your code is actually written. If anyone is actually doing any agile software development in your company, it is...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Sep 8, 2010 9:48 pm
... Ron and Chet have both already expressed their reservations about this situation, and it sounds to me like they have been able to familiarize themselves...
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Bill Caputo
logosity
Sep 8, 2010 9:53 pm
... No way. When this list was chugging along at 2000-3000+ messages a month, these types of threads were unfortunately somewhat common. Bill...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Sep 8, 2010 9:55 pm
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Bill Caputo ... I was here then, but I don't remember it being this annoying. Maybe I was better able to selectively ignore...
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Victor
vmgoldberg2
Sep 8, 2010 10:25 pm
Abstracting the specific field of occupation, could BP be an example of an SLE? Victor ... From: "Steven Gordon" <sgordonphd@...> To:...
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JeffGrigg
jeffgrigg63132
Sep 8, 2010 10:48 pm
... I'd want to speak with the people who quit. I've heard that you get a fair number of those....
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JeffGrigg
jeffgrigg63132
Sep 8, 2010 11:11 pm
... Up until April 20th, yes....
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Sep 8, 2010 11:30 pm
... Profitable in every quarter of the past decade, just not the most recent one ;-) And there isn't any good reason to think they won't be profitable again....
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MarvinToll.com
y153446
Sep 8, 2010 11:34 pm
@Steve... I appreciate that you have taken an interest in our corporate journey. In terms of coding my personal guess is that we currently run about 1/3 in NA...
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Bill Caputo
logosity
Sep 8, 2010 11:56 pm
... I'd say both for me :-) Bill...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Sep 9, 2010 12:23 am
I remember people lots of people arguing that XP or Agile cannot work. I remember lots of threads about whether you are doing XP if you are not doing all of...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 9, 2010 12:27 am
Hello, MarvinToll.com. On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at ... 11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. No....
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Bill Caputo
logosity
Sep 9, 2010 1:26 am
... You know, on reflection I have to agree with you and Adam - certainly not for this long. I've never un-subbed from this list, but I am tempted (for the...
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MarvinToll.com
y153446
Sep 9, 2010 1:55 am
Ok Ron... I see/understand your point. So, sometime I might find a way to express a relationship between adherence to Principle #11 (requiring hard-to-find...
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Nayan Hajratwala
nhajratw
Sep 9, 2010 2:19 am
... Hey Steve ... Don't let this thread keep you away! We have lots of cool stuff happening in & around Detroit, and we'd love to have you. Maybe you can come...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 9, 2010 2:21 am
Hello, Bill. On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at 9:26:50 PM, you ... Seems not reading this topic might suffice ... but to each his own ... I guess. I know...
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Curtis Cooley
TheDarkSavant
Sep 9, 2010 3:49 am
... What Ron said plus a story: At the first XP Conference I attended, I think Chicago in 2001, I registered for Martin Fowler's Refactoring session. 1 1/2 or...
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Bill Caputo
logosity
Sep 9, 2010 3:50 am
... The problem is that it isn't just one topic - its at least 2 or 3 and as near as I can tell constitutes the entire traffic of the list right now. Also, I...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Sep 10, 2010 5:42 am
Hi All, An attempt to change the subject a bit. It as been dawning on me for a while that perhaps we should spend sometime stating where Agile is not a good...
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Michael Hill
uly562000
Sep 10, 2010 5:58 am
Paul... I think it is useful that we state these pre-conditions, otherwise we will ... I think you're too late. Sorry, Hill http://anarchycreek.com ... ...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Sep 10, 2010 6:06 am
Hi Micheal ... Agreed. Way too late, but better late then never?...
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Michael Hill
uly562000
Sep 10, 2010 6:20 am
... Maybe so. Others may wax while I wane. :) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kurt Häusler
kurt.haeusler
Sep 10, 2010 7:02 am
... On this point. I think it is, generally, all other things considered, the best approach for novices, providing they have support (whether that be in the...
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Kevin
kevj121
Sep 10, 2010 10:26 am
Hi, Just wondered if there are any members here from the North East, UK as I would like to guage the interest in setting up a User Group to discuss all things...
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Wouter Lagerweij
wouterla
Sep 10, 2010 10:33 am
Hi, I'm new to this list, so let me start by quickly introducing myself. My background is Java development. I worked with XP in my first job (which started...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Sep 10, 2010 2:16 pm
Hi Paul, ... In most cases, this is a misuse of the word "team" - at least it doesn't seem possible for 100 people to constitute a team in the way we use it....
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Sep 10, 2010 2:22 pm
Hi Wouter, I would suggest getting all the developers in that situation together and raising the question with them. ideally, you want everyone to agree that ...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Sep 10, 2010 2:38 pm
Hi, Paul, ... I don't find this a very productive line of thought. Rather than try to identify where "Agile will not work," I'd suggest it would be more ...
