... You can have lots of data, granted. But several million lines of code in a single project? I always have my thoughts about that... ... When I was a PO, I...
14428
Cees De Groot
cdegroot@...
Jun 29, 2006 3:03 pm
... I've given up on getting employers to grant me book budgets etcetera. Even if it works, the procurement process invariably turns out to be very much not...
14429
Darian Lanx
darianlanx
Jun 29, 2006 3:04 pm
... <ronjeffries@...> wrote: <snip> ... Because there is no other way of testing in this particular situation. Not even sitting down and writing an emulator...
14430
Cees De Groot
cdegroot@...
Jun 29, 2006 3:27 pm
... Personally, I see slacking as an indicator, not as a cause. Therefore, forbidding the slacking activity (members on the teams I work with often disappear...
14431
Keith Kinneberg
kfkinneberg
Jun 29, 2006 5:00 pm
This is so typical - reasons why we can't have quality followed by a claim to value quality. Since an emulator is out of reach why not reach for material...
14432
Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Jun 29, 2006 5:10 pm
... We also sit in an open plan office together with the rest of the (office part of the ) company. And nothing in this world short of a miracle will provide...
14433
Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Jun 29, 2006 6:15 pm
Heinrich, I see that Jens / Boris has replied to you. If the timing works out, awesome! Keep checking on www.scrumalliance.org for upcoming classes and/or ...
14434
lszalvay
Jun 29, 2006 6:42 pm
Hello All, I want to invite you to download v1.7beta of ScrumWorks. Version1.7beta was released today under our freeware licensing model with a list of great...
14435
Paul Hopkins
ph68723
Jun 29, 2006 6:48 pm
Hi, I can support the "make some investment yourself" and warmly recommend Mike Cohn's "Agile Planning and Estimating". Paul _____ Von: ...
14436
Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Jun 29, 2006 6:53 pm
You may want to check out some of the articles located at: http://www.poppendieck.com/publications.htm They have a good one on team compensation that may be...
14437
orsmith80
Jun 29, 2006 7:55 pm
... Personally I think that faults are a fact of life. I have not worked with a developer yet who hasn't made a mistake, had to press delete and then correct...
14438
orsmith80
Jun 29, 2006 8:28 pm
... i disagree I think that you can get good enough quality. Good enough for my customer, in that case carrying a bug count is not a problem. I'm positive...
14439
orsmith80
Jun 29, 2006 8:38 pm
... Working is that we have not found faults and it meets my customers business requirements. Not working is either that my team has found a fault or that it...
14440
scrum@...
Jun 30, 2006 12:30 am
Yes, then my comments are not applicable if the manager is the customer or he is a very good technologist, then things are different , in most cases though...
14441
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 30, 2006 1:20 am
... I owe you a drink! Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com The model that really matters is the one that people have in their minds. All other models and...
14442
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 30, 2006 1:22 am
... I've coded in tiny computers, with and without emulators. The emulators can't do everything, but they can catch some things. I'd prefer to have one. Ron...
14443
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 30, 2006 1:24 am
... Google /university of michigan war room/ for evidence that a team working in a single room is 2x as productive as teams where the members aren't together. ...
14444
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 30, 2006 1:29 am
... XP teams all over the universe are sitting together and working more productively than ever before. They must be doing something different from you, so...
14445
Stephen Bobick
sbobick2
Jun 30, 2006 1:41 am
IM?...
14446
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 30, 2006 2:22 am
... Yes. Human beings /are/ fallible. Vide ultra. But no one has said that people won't make mistakes. Some of us are saying that people, in all their...
14447
Renji Panicker
renjipanicker
Jun 30, 2006 2:46 am
Hi everyone, When using the SCRUM process, what targets can one set in order to offer performance incentives to the team? If I want to tell my team "if you ...
14448
Scott Zibble
scott_zibble
Jun 30, 2006 2:52 am
As a SCRUM team member myself, I can tell you, I've always wanted a pony......
14449
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Jun 30, 2006 3:39 am
... Why do you feel the need to offer incentives? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com It's easy to have a complicated idea. It's very very hard to have a simple...
14450
bas.vodde@...
basvodde
Jun 30, 2006 5:13 am
Hi Jeff, What is the timeframe for this? I'd like to review some, if still possible. Though the next month will be very rough for me. Thanks, Bas ...
14451
Pete Deemer
petedeemer
Jun 30, 2006 5:20 am
By associating an incentive with a particular goal, the risk is that you are subtly (but nonetheless effectively) reverting back into the ...
14452
Ilja Preuss
ipreussde
Jun 30, 2006 6:24 am
... Very well said! ... Is that one team in a team room, or several teams in one big office? The former has been proven an ideal setting for us, the latter...
14453
scrum@...
Jun 30, 2006 6:29 am
There are already incentives set if you achieve the sprint goal for example: A valuable team member Comraderie (Espirit De Corps) Fun Part of a successfull...
14454
Ilja Preuss
ipreussde
Jun 30, 2006 6:36 am
... Imagine two developers. Both get notified of a bug they introduced into the system. One of them thinks "well, this is a fact of live", the other "rats, ...
14455
Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Jun 30, 2006 8:09 am
... OK, so here is the good, the bad and the ugly: There is one big open space for all of the office part of the company. My team sits in a group (good!) and...
14456
Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Jun 30, 2006 8:15 am
... I can see where you guys are coming from and heading to, but I still think your approach is neither realistic nor practical. Convince me otherwise. ...
