... more exploration. ... I thought I'd include an excerpt from my book - Design Patterns Explained - 2nd Edition. Chapter 8. This discusses the relationship...
... Hi Dave: My company, Net Objectives, has been working informally with Mary and Tom and are now offering a 2-day course in Lean Software Development ...
Xp-Cinci is having a membership drive. Please help spread the word about these two special presentations. We will hold two special introductory presentations. ...
Hi Dave, You might want to talk to ThoughtWorks. They have a large presence in Australia. Their home page has a few nice Forrester reports on how they have...
Hey. Hey. Hey. What if appropriate fast is 2 years? Is that agile? You folks need to take several deep breaths and get your feet. Quick has always been...
... What's wrong with assessing what you have (in code, not on paper) after 2 weeks? What's wrong with adaptive planning towards that two year goal? These...
Hi List, While estimating (specially at the RFP stage), there is an external context that is generally overlooked. The problem gets more intense when you...
... If the Proposal is for something very valuable, then risking a little money up front, to _start_ the project, and run it for a few weeks, seems the best...
Thanks for that. Where we are having trouble is in the system of systems where only one system uses Agile. The interfaces are a mess and not good enough to...
Right, in fact, it doesn't take a safety critical environment to have things start to get frayed at the edges of the agile team or organization. I've seen...
Suppose Team A needs something from Team B, say a small bit of interface code that takes a day of work. If Team B uses a sequential development methodology,...
... Vendor more Agile than Client - good. Vender less Agile than Client - bad. One FAQ about Extreme Programming is "how can you sell an API if you refactor...
This is a classic issue I remembeer discussing in Lean Manufacturing circles, where the discussion came down to, you have to push the just in time approach all...
Hi! Many thanks for your note. So what you are suggesting is that large scale projects should be decomposed into a multiple sub-projects and implemented using...
We are having a similar problem while developing a very high profile, tight deadline project for a key client in an Agile way, while the surrounding...
Ian, God bless. I know it can be very trying and you begin to question yourself after awhile. Software development is a very young science and we will...
This is the kind of situation where I am coaching now. We have several agile teams, but many more waterfall teams. When my agile team needs something from one...
... This implies a curious idea: Suppose I ran an off-shore outsourcing house. Because our compiler is stable, I'm essentially at the fountainhead. I don't...
Agile Rules is pleased to announce C Automated Testing System (CATS) and its associated test runner (Catsrunner). This unit testing framework provides...
I've found the following a useful way to look at Lean vs. Agile: 1) Although the Agile principles are arguably scalable*, many specific Agile practices are...
I decided to build upon "Lean Six Sigma" and coin my own phrase and group before someone else stole it. Agile Six Sigma is better than Lean Six Sigma because...
... Funny I had the same thought last week. I was trying to explain the difference between Lean and Agile to someone last week - they had read a load of Agile...
Hi List, i am a new member to this group. I am doing my Master's Computer Science . I am working in a Big Tech company as an intern. I have read(& understood...
I personally would be interested in research into how critical chain project management techniques relate to the use of timeboxed iterations. Both are designed...
Hello All, I would like to tell you about my idea, and possibly receive comments from people who competent in Lean Software Development. We have following...
Two quick points: First a general question - do you have unit tests on your code? If not, "fixing" it may cause more problems. Second: when you find errors in...
