Next meeting: 7pm Monday 13th May 2002.
All are welcome, especially those thinking of taking up XP.
Location: Swan Tavern, Golbourne Rd, Winwick, Warrington,...
Simon Monk
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May 1, 2002 8:40 am
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Message: 10 Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:34:44 +0100 From: "Simon Monk" <simonmonk@...> Subject: An: North of England XP User Group Meeting ... Or: ...
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May 1, 2002 10:54 am
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Cool. I will try really hard to make it this time. Phil ************************************************************************************************** The...
... My own preference, and I'm sorry I can't remember whether I saw this somewhere or came up with it myself, is to call this a _Test_ of Concept. "Proof" to...
cmanaster@...
May 1, 2002 12:49 pm
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If the language is one that is well-known, there is probably a test suite already created for it. If not, I would start with a grammar and begin generating the...
Pollice, Gary
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May 1, 2002 1:34 pm
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... Hmmm... I've alwasy heard/used "Proof". The way I see it you have an idea and you want to prove or disprove it's validity. I haven't used "PoC" in the...
Hi Glen, ... I'm not sure that XP/Agile is inapplicable in any domain. I do think that XP/Agile is inappropriate in a lot of situations though, because of the ...
I'm a big believer in hands-on fun. Much like the "Test-First Challenge" of a couple months back, I thought I'd create one for refactoring. This is based on a...
Hi Brian, ... Never is a long time. I'd be willing to bet that if a customer wanted this sort of bulletproofing, and forgot to mention it, he'd notice at the...
Bryan, All good points except I'm a bit confused on the last...more below. ... I would agree and disagree. The "agile" concepts are much broader IME than the...
... OK, this is an interesting statement. Let's review what you have so far -- even by the end of this session: * Games back is computed, although the sign is...
Hi Ron, ... That fits what I said, but not what I was thinking. I left out an important word -- design -- that I had included in my earlier definitions. So...
Glen, ... When you're lost in the woods, and you know that the fire road where your car is parked is somewhere to the north, you head north of course. But you ...
Kevin, ... If this becomes, non-hypothetical, please let us know what you do and how it works out. ... I'm trying to make this decision right now. ... Here's...
Prof. Michael Cusumano of the Sloan School at MIT (Microsoft Secrets and Competing on Internet Time) asked me to invite XPers to fill out a software project...
I'm on my way back from the Cutter IT Summit. What a mind bending few days. Here are a few random thoughts/impressions: * Rob Austin (Harvard BSchool) talked...
Charlie, Interesting analogy with hiking. Since we live in the mountains and spend most of the warm days on trails you're concept is very good. We don't have ...
... I liked defn 6, which was seriously off-topic. Other examples in common English usage-- the proof of the pudding is in the eating. smelling gives you some...
yet another bill smith
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May 1, 2002 7:56 pm
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... I think that every design decision now fits your definition of architectural decision. If that's what you had in mind, I think you've got it. Ron Jeffries ...
Adding to Kent, In Robert Austin and Richard Nolan's 1998 seminal paper (at least seminal for us folks in the field) titled "How to Manage ERP Projects," many...
Hi Ron, ... The word "significantly" is key. Though all design decisions affect quality attributes, the effects can have differing significance. Design...
... You can conjecture all you like. I won't keep you. ;-> The thing is, I don't really know what an "ERP system integration" is, so I can't answer that...
Glen, ... It's a general pattern I learned as a boy scout - works for wooded hills, marshes, deserts, mountains or whatever. Substitute river, ridge line, tree...
... "ERP system integration" is just a lots of little system integrations. ... Support of SAP technology is not dependent on SAP being in business. ... For...
... I thought I fixed that. Isn't the report right? Even if it isn't, it's not an interesting problem, since I'll just have to reverse the guys on opposite...
... Except that my story is an example of entrenchment in a decision about the details of how coding is done. I accept that "entrenched decisions" often occur...
... Couldn't find this on Amazon, so couldn't set up a reservation. I hope when this comes out someone will give a shout. ... Book ordered. What was the...
... So if the decision is a 6, it's architectural, but if it is a 5 or less, it's not. Got it! ;-> Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com XP says: Don't just sit on...
