Hi Mike, ... Did the director (claim to) hear this directly from some developers? If so... "Mr. Director, we can clear this up right away. Let's go together...
... If, faced with the metrics, they ignore them, I'm at a loss what to do. Fascinating story. Run away? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com FEAR = Fantasy...
... Your situation is fascinating, and I am so glad I'm not there. Change your organization, or change your organization? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Do...
... Why not time-box the spike? Take a week. ... I'm not understanding this question. Must be missing something. Maybe someone else won't, and I'll pick it up....
... server. The ... currently have ... even story ... will take! As Ron said, timebox it. ... the required ... iteration? ... iteration? I personally like to...
... server. The ... currently have ... even story ... Actually, you don't neccesarily need a spike to work out how to install the new server (except to the...
... I'm confused... are you saying to put the test case code into bugzilla, or something that identifies the test case? Why would one of the following not...
... Guess. OK, you'll be wrong. The numbers will be off, and you'll get more or fewer stories done this week than you planned. It's not the end of the world....
... Yes, the same is true about buying a useful tool or having your employees do manual effort to work around a flaw in an existing tool... ... On the other...
... Dale, What would keep the director from just repeating the other part of ... We human beings have a remarkable ability to hear only what we want to hear,...
... I can't figure out why the values exist. I am absolutely certain that a great many engineers and managers out there need to chant those values. Even...
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... "Well, chief, with you there, I was thinking your power would pretty much overshadow mine." Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Tough life is. Then die you...
Hi , I tried to search for previous postings regarding how (or rather , when) to switch pairs , but don't seem to see anything relevant to my question. My...
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pieter@...
May 1, 2003 2:58 pm
... If I really really had to have a lot of "known to fail" tests, this scenario would be a better compromise for me. But I would make the semantics of a...
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Pieter Nagel
pieter@...
May 1, 2003 2:58 pm
... I have used Aegis for about 7 years. First off, Cook is just a build tool an not inherently more or less "Agile" than make/gmake etc. (though I prefer Cook...
... Right on. I HaveThisPattern with PMD - we've got tests that will fail if we fix a bug. When that happens, we'll fix the test and move ahead knowing that...
... rather , ... to ... for ... I think most people would agree that tasks should generally take no more than a day. Many of us prefer that tasks take a...
... It ... values ... values ... values ... IMO, the values are there to make sure you do not stray too far off process. If you consider making a change (or...
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Pieter Nagel
pieter@...
May 1, 2003 3:50 pm
... We have a rule that no task should be longer than 3 days, or must be split. But I think lower bounds and smaller tasks would be even better, if you can...
... Sounds like you also want the test infrastructure to be organized (in alignment with) the source code structure and organization. Do you have your tests in...
... I suspect MS (and many other companies) version number schemes are purely marketing mechanism and the developers use a different identifier and numbering...
Hi Greg! ... Kind of. I'm thinking of the Taylorist view, which is where a lot of those assembly lines came from. More modern manufacturing has actually moved...
We use 'major.minor.bugfix.buildnumber'. Every CruiseControl build increments the buildnumber. Major is a definite marketing thing. Minor is incremented for...
