I think there are a number of issues leading companies to hire offshore services but many of them come back to lack of knowledge or ignorance. It's just...
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me@...
gurney5
Mar 2, 2004 4:04 pm
... Ward's Wiki has a few pages on this situation: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?XpOnSiteCustomerPitfalls http://www.bestbrains.dk/xpvip-jaoo2003-report.html -- Brent...
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Jeff Grigg
jeffgrigg63132
Mar 2, 2004 1:50 pm
... I feel your pain. In response to a number of "pointy-haired-bosses" who insisted that code generation was the greatest thing since sliced bread, I've been ...
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jhrothjr
Mar 2, 2004 1:40 pm
One of the basic ideas in Agile is frequent deliveries. Mary Poppendieck has posted a review of a new book: "Software by Number - Low Risk, High Return...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Mar 2, 2004 1:28 pm
... Yes. One could even say, ever so gently -- "We need you to start doing this." It's fun to do that pulling lightning from the skies thing, but sometimes ...
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Adam Carter
typidemon
Mar 2, 2004 1:00 pm
... When I read, “no threat expressed or implied” I laughed aloud only to realize that you might be serious. Imagine that you are on a development team,...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Mar 2, 2004 12:18 pm
... Yes. On the other hand, if you really can manage them, what would happen if you called in the local team, showed them how the offshore team works with you...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Mar 2, 2004 11:21 am
On 26 Feb 2004, at 07:28, Steven J. Owens wrote: [snip] ... [snip] One relatively low-tech solution I used once was a combination of VNC, Stickies (a Mac app...
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Tim Haughton (OmniBus...
tim.haughton@...
Mar 2, 2004 9:16 am
... I'd recommend Dilbert. On the other hand, I've never worked with an ideal customer, and I wouldn't hold your breath whilst waiting for one either. All you...
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PaulOldfield1@...
pauloldfield1
Mar 2, 2004 8:19 am
(responding to Steven) ... BTW, is there any good info online or in a book about dealing with situations where the customer is less than ideal? Paul Oldfield....
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Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Mar 2, 2004 7:38 am
Fifth, knowing which customers are not to be trusted to faithfully fulfill the customer role (no matter what your capabilities are). ... From:...
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PaulOldfield1@...
pauloldfield1
Mar 2, 2004 7:24 am
(adding to John Roth) ... Third, growing the company without losing the ability to deliver. Fourth, knowing which projects are beyond the current capabilities...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Mar 2, 2004 7:24 am
... I sometimes use failing tests across builds as an effective way of reminding myself about technical debt. When I don't have time to fix bug foo or add...
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Steve Ropa
steveropa
Mar 2, 2004 6:46 am
... I honestly don't think courage enters the picture at all. ... But I get far better feedback and communication from my offshore team than my local outsource...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 2, 2004 5:38 am
... Excellent question! I think I was probably assuming the first of the two cases above. ... Agree. Even when "versions"; are associated with what gets ...
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Dale Emery
dalehemery
Mar 2, 2004 5:24 am
A quote from http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_1490p1648.html ... Dale -- Dale Emery -- Consultant -- Resistance as a Resource Web:...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Mar 2, 2004 4:29 am
... One additional point. I wanted to learn how to program in C#, not how to use some powerful tool. I see lots of code where people have built things with...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Mar 2, 2004 4:10 am
... There are chapters in the book that aren't on the site, and vice versa. The book, for example, has Undo. ... I take it you are referring to hubris? :) ... ...
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Jeff Grigg
jeffgrigg63132
Mar 2, 2004 3:55 am
Is the "Extreme Programming Adventures in C#" book substantially different from the http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/acsIndex.htm pages? I've been working...
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Jeff Grigg
jeffgrigg63132
Mar 2, 2004 3:31 am
(Very nice post, Brad.) I think a good question to ask at this point is... Are you building one application, with a number of subsystems? Or are you building...
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Jeff Grigg
jeffgrigg63132
Mar 2, 2004 3:16 am
... This certification is a business requirement. The documentation /necessary/ to achive this certification is a legitimate business requirement. An XP team...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Mar 2, 2004 2:59 am
... No one is completely nuts. But you're on your way. ;-> Why not just stay integrated, make whatever changes are needed by the business, and peel off a...
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Jim Standley
jstandley2001
Mar 2, 2004 2:43 am
We have a fantasy, er, plan yet to be executed, that we can have subsytems in our system on different release schedules. The "stable core" should change as...
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Keith Ray
attkeithray
Mar 2, 2004 2:43 am
No, the comparison was with US privacy laws (or lack of) mentioned by the person I was responding to. ... -- C. Keith Ray ...
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John Vlissides
jvlis
Mar 2, 2004 1:42 am
======================================================================= ********* R E M I N D E R ********* OOPSLA 2004 19th Annual ACM SIGPLAN Conference on ...
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John Brewer
jbrewer999
Mar 2, 2004 12:03 am
... You're both right, depending on the design forces involved. See chapter 14 of Eric Evans' "Domain-Driven Design" for when to use these and other...
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Alleman, Glen B.
gballeman2000
Mar 1, 2004 11:05 pm
Dale, My personal opinion is XP will add little to the solution. Not because of XP, but because of the scale of the problem. For large firms (we're 3.5B) the...
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Paul Campbell
pncampbell99
Mar 1, 2004 9:31 pm
... and ... thinks ... from the ... sealed and ... at ... literature / ... Never keep product/intermediate/generated files under version control. If you ever...
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yahoogroups@...
jhrothjr
Mar 1, 2004 9:10 pm
From: "Dale Emery" <dale.at.dhemery.com@...> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: [XP] Re: Offshoring XP ... I've been...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Mar 1, 2004 8:57 pm
... You are both correct :-) ... Highly desirable. Not always feasible. It depends upon relationships between subteams, and their respective "rhythms", as well...
