The best person to ask this is probably Esther Derby, who has written much on this subject. Oddly, Deming (king of quality!) said that performance appraisals...
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Hubert Baumeister
hubertlmu
Dec 1, 2011 8:28 pm
Call for Submissions to XP 2012 (http://xp2012.org) Submissions invited: We invite the following contributions to the conference: • Research papers •...
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Peter Bell
freshstartsw
Dec 2, 2011 5:14 pm
Err, is this an email dated December 1st for a conference with a mandatory submission deadline (except for research papers) of November 27th? Hubert, could you...
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Peter Bell
freshstartsw
Dec 3, 2011 3:02 am
Ahh, seem like on the site it's now saying we can submit (non-academic) proposals until December 11th http://xp2012.org/submit/submit And it's in Malmo -...
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D.André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Dec 3, 2011 6:02 am
This message is dated Dec 1 but says the deadline for the call for submissions for talks was this past Sunday--is it already too late to submit a talk now? On...
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D.André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Dec 3, 2011 6:03 am
Oops--didn't see your updates, thanks Peter! ... -- D. André Dhondt Executive/Agile Software Coach www.Dhondt-Teams-Gel.com mobile: 215-805-0819 skype:...
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JulienM
julienmazloum
Dec 3, 2011 10:43 am
Hi all, Here is the situation. We are adopting TDD on our legacy code that has both C++ and C# that used not to have much unit tests... We do not intend to add...
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Dec 3, 2011 1:38 pm
I saw the following on the refactoring yahoo group recently: ...
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Steven Smith
stevenator2
Dec 3, 2011 2:16 pm
If you haven't already, I recommend picking up and reading Working Effectively with Legacy Code. For duplicate code detection across any language...
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Erik
elundh
Dec 5, 2011 1:17 am
December 11, 2011: New extended deadline for initial submissions to XP2012 (You find the original XP2012 call for papers with submission rules at the end of...
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BobAiello
raiello36
Dec 8, 2011 3:38 am
The Agile Mindset: Principles for Collaborating & Innovating http://bit.ly/sUMJ66 What is the one thing that can truly enable individuals and teams to...
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Giuseppe Di Pierri
giuseppe.dipierri@...
Dec 21, 2011 8:22 am
Hi everybody, we're are hiring in Zürich (banking area). A few applications has been evaluated, but I still think the job description was a bit too generic...
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phlipcpp
Dec 31, 2011 6:17 am
... Get a 3-minute sand timer, and swap keyboarding each time it runs out. If the junior can't switch to driving, the senior literally instructs individual...
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JeffGrigg
jeffgrigg63132
Jan 2, 2012 5:26 pm
In my LinkedIn Refactoring discussion group, Alex Z. asks, "What if team members are reluctant to take user story difficult to implement which planned in a...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Jan 2, 2012 5:41 pm
Hi Jeff, If the team is reluctant to accept a story, then there is either something wrong with the story or something wrong with the team. Traditionally, the...
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Naresh Jain
nashjain
Jan 9, 2012 8:16 am
Learn... Network... Explore... @ Asia’s Premier Agile and Lean Conference A refreshing yet intense 3-day conference where you can: * Learn from over 135...
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ginitram
Jan 9, 2012 8:16 pm
The Methods & Tools newsletter has just released in its html archive section the article "Making Your Culture Work with Agile, Kanban & Software Craftsmanship"...
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Kripanidhi
smkripanidhi
Jan 11, 2012 4:00 am
Thank you for sharing this article. It was very useful in understanding the impact of organizational culture on various dimensions (values and principles) of...
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Lukasz Szyrmer
lszyrmer
Jan 11, 2012 11:58 am
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone might have some experience with or know of some good resources on doing TDD within a team that doesn't feel strongly about...
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Daniel Wildt
dwildt2
Jan 11, 2012 12:26 pm
What we have done in our company was to create a coding dojo ( http://codingdojo.org/) space every week. The team started to play with TDD more and more and...
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Wouter Lagerweij
wouterla
Jan 11, 2012 2:21 pm
Hi Lukasz, Getting people enthused about TDD can be hard, the best way is probably to show them. Daniel's suggestion of a coding dojo is a good one. Expect a ...
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Chris Hulan
fosaan2001
Jan 11, 2012 2:28 pm
Don't know if it will help sell your team on unit tests, but Michael Feathers' _Working Effectively with Legacy Code_ is the bible for how to add tests to...
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Steven Solomon
tuhitusan
Jan 11, 2012 4:20 pm
It is hard. right now i am working on a web team. we had CI but no unit tests or acceptance tests. my strategy is adding those as I change things but keep them...
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George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie
Jan 11, 2012 7:12 pm
Lukasz, ... I second Chris' recommendation of WELC and suggest you pair it with the Mikado Method (http://mikadomethod.wordpress.com/book/) - George -- ... *...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Jan 11, 2012 8:08 pm
Hi George, I hadn't come across that before myself but it looks interesting. Thanks! Charlie On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM, George Dinwiddie ... [Non-text...
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George Paci
georgepaci
Jan 11, 2012 9:48 pm
All, My team has a license for VersionOne, but we're not getting much use out of it. One reason is that we're busy working on our first release, and don't have...
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George Paci
georgepaci
Jan 11, 2012 10:39 pm
... There's a third alternative: the story could be a bad match for the team. For example, if my team had a task that involved creating a Flash animation....
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james@...
jwgrenning
Jan 12, 2012 2:25 am
Hello Luke I just wrote a blogpost about why manual test is unsustainable. It is not a article about TDD though it might give some insight into the need for...
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Torbjörn Gyllebring
tgyllebring
Jan 12, 2012 6:24 am
Hi George, I'm sure VersionOne is a excellent tool for what it does and the problems it attempt to solve. alas this strikes me as rather backwards. Tools...
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Adam Sroka
adam.sroka@...
Jan 12, 2012 6:41 am
I have used VersionOne at more than one client over the years. I think your instinct to suspect you don't need it much is a good one. I tend to prefer tools...
