Hi Ron, ... In CMM v1.1, some of the Key Process Area goals directly require documenting one thing or another. For example, Goal 2 of the Software Project...
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Steve Ropa
steveropa
May 1, 2003 7:50 pm
I think you are both right. Write the paper on how XP is transforming, and use the photos and cards as supporting evidence. Even better, if you have the...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
May 1, 2003 7:58 pm
... You mean in the case where we did pairing? Yes - we did find some defects. NOTE that this particular group was doing pair programming. It was not doing XP....
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yahoogroups@...
jhrothjr
May 1, 2003 8:34 pm
... From: "CORUM, M E [AG/1000]" <m.e.corum.at.monsanto.com@...> To: "'extremeprogramming@yahoogroups.com'" ...
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Ed Mostrom
emmostrom
May 1, 2003 8:37 pm
... Hey Ron, I am not a CMM guru myself, I just know that the past 3 companies I have worked for claimed these were needed for them to pass audits. And I am ...
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Joshua Kerievsky
jlk112067
May 1, 2003 9:31 pm
... Tipping Point Leadership (the name of the Bill Bratton article you mention below), offers the counter example: crime continued to drop after Bill left the...
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Brian Hanks
brianhanks
May 1, 2003 10:22 pm
Thanks for your answers. I think that this is very interesting information. ... yes, this is what I meant. Your response is interesting, because it potentially...
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Mike Williams
nz_byrd
May 1, 2003 10:58 pm
... Ron> Why not time-box the spike? Take a week. Okay. ... Ron> I'm not understanding this question. Must be missing Ron> something. Maybe someone else won't,...
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Mike Williams
nz_byrd
May 1, 2003 10:59 pm
... Kiel> I personally like to minimize re-planning during an iteration. Kiel> If you are concerned that too much time will pass before that next Kiel>...
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Mike Williams
nz_byrd
May 1, 2003 11:34 pm
... Jason> Point your newsreader at nntp://news.gmane.org/. You'll find this Jason> list at gmane.comp.programming.extreme-programming. Unfortunately, posting...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
May 1, 2003 11:34 pm
... Seems to me that, your comments above notwithstanding, a perfectly good measure is "when we get to inspection, there are X% fewer defects discovered in...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
May 1, 2003 11:35 pm
... Watts might not, he is no dummy. I would think that measurement of defects discovered /after/ inspection would tell the tale on whether inspections are...
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jhrothjr
May 2, 2003 12:12 am
... From: "Ed Mostrom" <edward.mostrom.at.eds.com@...> To: "extremeprogramming@yahoogroups.com" ...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
May 2, 2003 12:22 am
... Shorter is probably better. If everyone can work so as to release code twice a day, that's pretty good. But I would prefer to do an actual slice of a...
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Kiel Hodges
kielhodges
May 2, 2003 1:29 am
... size for ... release code ... time, rather ... smaller ... I like that! Breaking stories down into tasks is effectively making design decisions. I want to...
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Gregg Olson
gcolson99
May 2, 2003 1:36 am
... Brad, I guess if I were stating it I'd say something more specific like: -Software development is not like an assembly line or -Software development is not...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
May 2, 2003 1:58 am
... XP does not specify any documents in the detail you and your professor probably expect. At the same time, XP does specify that the team should produce any ...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
May 2, 2003 2:04 am
... There is no "force" in XP. If your iterations are short, what difference will it make to the customer whether you start now or in a week? OTOH, if you want...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
May 2, 2003 2:04 am
... Four hours. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Hope is not a strategy. -- Michael Henos...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
May 2, 2003 2:06 am
... Yes, I should have said "I am aware of no requirement that any specific document be created." Documenting commitments might be done by posting them on the...
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David Vydra
dvydra2
May 2, 2003 3:57 am
This is interesting. Does anyone here know if this is a. legal? b. will Yahoo fight it? -d ... From: "Mike Williams" <mwilliams@...> To:...
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David Vydra
dvydra2
May 2, 2003 4:02 am
He, he. The movie I saw the other day about a WWII bombing squadron, had a plane named "The Leper Colony" for those not following orders. -d ... From: "Joshua...
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David Vydra
dvydra2
May 2, 2003 4:54 am
Mike, The directors of the company have a duty to maximize shareholder value. This may not be practical, but start at the top anyway. I think middle management...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
May 2, 2003 4:58 am
... Heh. I'm told that Tibet is a place where, given the difficulty of growing crops, herd animals are a necessary part of the diet. Tibetan Buddhists,...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
May 2, 2003 5:38 am
... Yes. When we reported our metrics, they were both by overall defects, as well as by defect-type. And we were able to express the percentage you describe...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
May 2, 2003 5:38 am
... I think you are right. I think that is one reason why the 'iteration containment' versus phase-containment metrics made such a big impression. ... ...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
May 2, 2003 5:46 am
... Thanks for setting me straight. I admit I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject. ... I for one wouldn't mind seeing it on the list at all. I'm willing to...
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David Vydra
dvydra2
May 2, 2003 6:11 am
Kent, I am not talking about working tired, but shifting ones personal priorities, going under water, not having a LIFE for a while. Some people are willing to...
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Dale Emery
dalehemery
May 2, 2003 6:28 am
Hi David, re: GMane archiving the XP list ... When I recently submitted one of my groups to GMane, they asked me to get permission from the group moderator...
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Willem Bogaerts
toetah2000
May 2, 2003 7:56 am
If you need any of the documents, they will emerge from the project. For some of my projects, for instance, I maintain an UML model, just to order my thoughts....
