Hi Clark, I would think that you have to narrow the selection of products you are thinking about before you could make the statement that IT is a significant...
Clark - A resource you need to start your argument with is Software By Numbers by Mark Denne and Jane Huang. We met Jane at a Chicago Agile Group last Friday...
Thanks Mary. Your experience fits with my guess and, since you and Tom are respected authors, I can footnote our "conversation" for the MBA .. they love that ...
Thanks Tom. I like Software by numbers. It, along with Waltzing with Bears provides the bulk of the justification for my recommendations. Clarke "Tom ...
The lean development book mentions using table-driven requirements. Could anyone explain this method please? Aidy ... This message and any attachment are...
I recently stayed up most of the night reading Product <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892538091/poppendieckco-20> Development for the Lean Enterprise...
Mary, I met Michael at a conference we both spoke at in November and have exchanged a couple of emails with him since. He is very interested in the agile...
FYI - slides for two of the three presentations mentioned below are now available online. Please see the URLs inserted below ... Slides available at...
On the webpage at http://www.poppendieck.com/publications.htm there is a presentation on "Lean Programming" dated May 2001 that lists the "ten simple rules of...
Hi Brad, In our book we list seven (not 10) principles, because when it was being written, one reviewer noted that the book that 7 simple rules are enough, so ...
Hello- I'm soliciting articles for the next issue of the Agile Times, the official e-magazine of the Agile Alliance. In particular I am looking for articles...
... Thanks Mary! I have another question ... I have had conversations with someone who seems to have an argument _against_ continuous integration, claiming...
Hi Brad, If I get asked one question more than any others, it's "How can I maintain several different code bases and integrate them later?" I have never found...
In case anyone is interested, here is a call for papers. Mary Poppendieck www.poppendieck.com 952-934-7998 Author of: Lean Software Development: An Agile...
It is clear that a driving factor in Lean is the elimination/minimization of artifacts. However, in the process of actually trying to convert a development...
Hi Greg, ... My approach is to focus intensely on audience and purpose, and let that drive my choices. For whom will these documents be written? Do they want...
I will be out of the office starting 04/09/2004 and will not return until 04/16/2004. I can be reached via cell phone at 651-233-6910. If you need additional...
I will be out of the office starting 04/09/2004 and will not return until 04/16/2004. I can be reached via cell phone at 651-233-6910. If you need additional...
Greg-- My recommendation is to go too light and then see where you feel any pain. If you do, add something back slowly. I saw a great presentation three weeks ...
Hi Greg, You're already getting a lot of great advice on this area. I had the experience of working on a team where we were developing software for a big,...
... I get that one a lot too :-) My answer is maintain them as one codebase and isolate the variation over "space" instead of over "time". In other words,...
Is anyone familiar with the Sarbanes-Oxley act for internal/external auditing and how it impacts software development of information systems in corporate...
Is anyone familiar with the Sarbanes-Oxley act for internal/external auditing and how it impacts software development of information systems in corporate...
Hi Alex, I would be curious as to what the list of required artifacts include. If you make an attempt to replace every required document possible with a test...
