Some weekend silliness... Some of you may have come across http://xkcd.com/1133/ that describes the Saturn 5 launcher with only the 10,000 most popular words...
I'm looking for a write-up for this refactor. If there ain't none, then this is the write-up. Here's the input table: create table user id <<pk>> username...
First, a thought experiment. Traditionally a "feature" was the unit of work to be planned, created, integrated and tested. As we became more agile we broke...
Hello to all the members of this great group, my name is Federico Bellani and I am currently a second year graduate student at the Bocconi University, located...
I just got word that Bill Pyritz, a strong XP supporter at AT&T, has passed away. RIP Bill, and see if you can get those choirs of angels to do some...
Extended deadline: 25.1.2013 The 14th International Conference on Agile Software Development is a leading conference on agile methods in software and...
Scrum comes in two forms: One: Stuff that works kind of well, but not VERY well. Two: Extreme Programming. Scrum as a movement continues to grow, but it's not...
An important paper by Microsoft research was referenced indirectly in on e of the current threads. It is "Realizing quality improvement through test driven ...
There's no best car, bereft context. Winnebago's suck at the zero-to-sixty, but don't try fixing bacon and eggs for a Ferrari. What I try to deliver to my...
Hi, Everybody, I'll be getting back about my post about Ron's XP post, but first... I was just asked to list my agile certifications. agggh What certifications...
Hi Ron, I just saw this on the Sociocracy list - http://www.socionet.us/dynamic-governance-is-scrums-big-brother/ I presume you know about it. Opinions? John...
So, I just left my last company after only 1 and a half months in the job. I was hired as a Senior Developer Agile C#/VB.NET So, every day we would have a...
Hi all, I am looking for articles or papers that talk about the details of how to successfully execute a development project with a waterfall faade to the...
I am curious to know the different ways in which a PO can participate/not participate in a team's retrospective. Some of the ways that I can think of include ...
I heard someone say that Apple <http://www.apple.com/> identified performance evaluations as one of the major challenges in agile teams and Apple HR overhauled...
The 14th International Conference on Agile Software Development is a leading conference on agile methods in software and information systems development....
Has the dust ever settled on this topic? My understanding is that there is some consensus that quantitative metrics in this area are not all that useful......
I wanted to let everyone know about the upcoming single-day Agile conference on Friday November 16th, 2012 in Chandler, AZ. Taking place the day before Desert...
This is a newbie to Programming,ONLY work with C,in small embeded system,such as 8051 and stm8. Thank you ,and ,as a principle to XP,start smaller,I want to...
Apologies for the spam, but if you know someone who is looking, may be you can help them by sending them my contact info (email)? Thanks, Ram [Non-text...
I've put together some thoughts on using a Pattern Encoded suffix when naming classes. Would appreciate any feedback. http://wp.me/P1FU3L-Ag _Marvin...
Join us for AgileDC. Just 1 month left before Agile DC. We sold out last year so please do not delay. We are proud to have Jim Highsmith as our Keynote...
Hi everyone I am a newcomer to agile methodologies and as a result would really appreciate some guidance in the form of a discussion and implementation of the...
Hi everyone, The North America Continuous Integration and Testing Conference is taking place in Portland this September 21st and 22nd. The conference is a...
Greetings. I'm engaged with a scrum team who is looking for 1 to 2 developers with embedded C/C++, TDD, MATLAB/Simulink, and XP practices to be a member on ...
Nice to meet you!Keith. Here is Guangzhou,China,and you? well,actually,I just try to contact people who work with XP. I haven't prepare for a project. What I...