... Okay, I'll give it a try. I don't think the constant distance idea is good. It's a planned approach and would just slow the buses down even more (e.g. all ...
1949
Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
Oct 1, 2003 1:26 am
This link http://www.nature.com/nsu/030929/030929-2.html is to a paper where a researcher says that bus arrival times are unpredictable and affected by chaos. ...
1948
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 30, 2003 6:19 pm
... I doubt whether anyone has done (or could do) a comparison, as no two projects are comparable. However, those of who do more testing than we used to are...
1947
Alleman, Glen B.
gballeman2000
Sep 30, 2003 5:48 pm
Thanks for the insight. I've always had serious heartburn about the "flattening" statement. And just blown it off as something that can't get rationalized in...
1946
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 30, 2003 5:40 pm
... Yes. However, the statement that XP (or agile methods for that matter) "flatten the exponential cost curve" is not a mathematical statement. It is a...
1945
Edmund Schweppe
ed_schweppe
Sep 30, 2003 5:19 pm
... I haven't got Kent's White Book in front of me, and I don't have Barry's paper anywhere, so I'm speaking from oft-fragile memory here, but ... AFAIK, Barry...
1944
acockburn@...
aacockburn
Sep 30, 2003 4:37 pm
In a message dated 9/30/2003 10:15:29 AM Mountain Daylight Time, sagordon@... writes: 2. This analysis does not address the cost of changes not due to...
1943
Tom Stambaugh
tms@...
Sep 30, 2003 4:20 pm
I wonder if some of the apparently reduced cost of change in XP is instead an illusion resulting from moving those costs to the test development area - and...
1942
Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Sep 30, 2003 4:09 pm
Alistair, This still does not address my earlier observation: 1. This analysis addresses mistaken or misunderstood or misimplemented requirements -the much...
1941
acockburn@...
aacockburn
Sep 30, 2003 3:52 pm
In a message dated 9/30/2003 9:47:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time, ronjeffries@... writes: <<Paraphrasing from a Wendy's commercial that I like: Your...
1940
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 30, 2003 3:42 pm
... Paraphrasing from a Wendy's commercial that I like: Your concept of Right or Wrong in human discourse: very narrow. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com XP...
1939
acockburn@...
aacockburn
Sep 30, 2003 3:40 pm
In a message dated 9/30/2003 9:34:30 AM Mountain Daylight Time, McClintock_Mike_G@... writes: I've had great success with Agile, and wish to continue...
1938
mcclimg
Sep 30, 2003 3:34 pm
I've had great success with Agile, and wish to continue developing in this manner, however the 6 Sigma wave is upon us. My concerns on how well these 2...
1937
acockburn@...
aacockburn
Sep 30, 2003 3:30 pm
I find it non-stop fascinating that people are so willing to say something that is exactly wrong, and cover it over by saying, "but let's not get into fine ...
1936
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 30, 2003 2:56 pm
... Yes. The biggest question may be whether one seeks to understand what is meant by the notion of flattening the change curve, or merely to refute it. Ron...
1935
Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Sep 30, 2003 2:51 pm
... I think XP challenges all assertions predicated upon a presumption of a waterfall-lifecycle as XP challenges the waterfall-lifecycle itself and the very...
1934
Ilja Preuss
ipreussde
Sep 30, 2003 7:50 am
... In fact, I don't think it's in full play! You are right that XP takes care of the fact that a bug introduced in implementation is much harder to fix the...
1933
Mike Beedle
beedlem
Sep 30, 2003 5:32 am
... Hmm, I would expect XPers to say :-) I prefer a new edition of the Spanish Inquisition than to ever let .... untested bugs in my App!!!! paraphrasing...
1932
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 30, 2003 3:21 am
... Nice ... Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com No one expects the Spanish Inquisition ......
1931
Mike Beedle
beedlem
Sep 30, 2003 2:52 am
Alistair accurately stated: "The exponential cost curve is mostly in detecting and communicating the Mistake and naming the change that is to be made. XP...
1930
aacockburn
Sep 29, 2003 9:20 pm
In a message dated 9/28/2003 8:28:07 AM Mountain Daylight Time, Ron ... No, I don't think he thought that. I think he thought that XP flattens the curve, ... ...
1929
aacockburn
Sep 29, 2003 9:20 pm
... Jeffries: No, I don't think he thought that. I think he thought that XP flattens the curve, ... The white book says: (p.22) "The problem is that the curve...
1928
aacockburn
Sep 29, 2003 9:19 pm
(third time I'm attempting to post this) ... Ron: Honestly I can't figure out what Alistair's point was. He was mostly trying to show that the curve was still...
1927
Boris Gloger
borisgloger
Sep 29, 2003 7:58 pm
Hi ---, we do have a similar situation - we are a team, that develops and maintain a system. My current approach is to combine some tactical solutions: 1) We...
1926
Boris Gloger
borisgloger
Sep 29, 2003 7:44 pm
.... this simple thing for us was extremely difficult to achieve: we needed weeks to get all people in the team into the habit of doing the daily meeting. ...
1925
Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Sep 28, 2003 11:44 am
... Thanks! Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com The practices are not XP. They are a path to XP....
1924
Mike Beedle
beedlem
Sep 28, 2003 7:09 am
... Ron: Here are a few more "primordial Scrum soup" references: 5) [NonakeTakeuchi95] Nonaka I., Takeuchi H.,The Knowledge Creating Company, Oxford University...
1923
Tom Stambaugh
tms@...
Sep 28, 2003 12:05 am
The point that I got from Alastair's paper, whether or not he intended it, is that the familiar curve from "Explained" is perhaps not the absolute cost over...
1922
Steven Gordon
sfman2k
Sep 27, 2003 10:35 pm
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 05:47:50PM -0400, Ron Jeffries wrote: [snip] ... [snip] I believe this discussion is confounding two related, but distinct phenomena: ...
1921
Stephen Haberman
f1l1t0v
Sep 27, 2003 10:00 pm
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 05:47:50PM -0400, Ron Jeffries wrote: [snip] ... Makes sense. ... Understood; thanks for giving me your thoughts on the subject. I'll...
