Roy, There are two main parts I am concerned on choice (1) uncertainty i.e. novelity in technology, complexity in technology and project and tacitness. (2)...
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Paul Oldfield
pauloldfield1
Sep 4, 2007 11:01 am
(responding to Roy) ... Several writers have addressed this question directly, e.g. Boehm & Turner's book "Balancing Agility and Discipline" and Alistair...
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Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Sep 4, 2007 10:54 am
I always thought this was quite clear. Projects that are of an empirical type are well-suited for agile methods, i.e. any projects where the path from start to...
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 4, 2007 10:52 am
hmmm ... first impression on that answer is that that means that 95% (my guesstimate) of systems nowadays would therefore be developed in an agile, iterative...
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David H.
sebi13556
Sep 4, 2007 10:37 am
... Massively scaled (30_000÷) and life critical I would do phased and planned, anything else agile....
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 4, 2007 10:27 am
There have been many opinions expressed over the years about what methodology is best for a particular type of project. I have a simple question. Does anyone...
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Paul Oldfield
pauloldfield1
Sep 4, 2007 9:33 am
(responding to István Fáy) ... The attributes of a project that determine how we ought to approach it are discoveries rather than decisions. Having made...
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Fay Istvan
vicc_priv
Sep 4, 2007 8:59 am
Hello, The more I am thinking about scrum vs. waterfall, the more it resembles me to the question of directing a movie. Basically there are two kinds of...
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David H.
sebi13556
Sep 4, 2007 8:26 am
... As I already state din private emails to Nigel and Matthew, this has nothing to do with Conchango nor the Scrum Alliance. It is a conflict of my personal...
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mattroadnight
Sep 3, 2007 5:02 pm
I completely agree with both Nigel's points. There isn't a conflict of interest from Conchango's perspective. To return to the point of the post, you're right...
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Vikrama Dhiman
vickydhiman
Sep 3, 2007 3:58 pm
I will try and see if my firm allows me to produce the exact clause that we wrote. However, the essence was that we foused on approvals. I know this is...
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Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Sep 3, 2007 3:21 pm
I fully appreciate that I am in a situation (now) where I can present these facts in a very plain manner and they are accepted. However, I have had to work...
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Rodney Wynn
wynn_bear
Sep 3, 2007 3:11 pm
Ilja There is always the risk of rework even with the "known" Big Picture! Waiting on your "customers" to figure out what they want is not gonna get you very...
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mattroadnight
Sep 3, 2007 2:56 pm
Roy, Rob, I think we in broad agreement, I was trying to put across some principles: Just enough architecture, just in time, leaving decisions to the last ...
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 3, 2007 1:32 pm
There is something rather frightening for the client about the prospect of 'we will deliver what we can by the deadline'. Whether that is sufficient will also...
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Eric Deslauriers
eldeslauriers
Sep 3, 2007 1:19 pm
- What's your team's definition of "Done"? - Has your team bought into that? How do you know? - Is your QA team automating tests or manually running them? If...
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 3, 2007 1:10 pm
I agree in principle with you Wolfgang. If these people who are being accused are in fact 'bad eggs', then they are giving agile and Scrum a bad name, and...
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Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Sep 3, 2007 12:33 pm
On this list are any number of people who are very serious about Agile in general and Scrum in particular (I am one of them). They contribute to this list...
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Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Sep 3, 2007 11:56 am
Hello Vik, you can formulate this even simpler. The classic triangle of quality, scope and resources allows for the fixing of two of these and that determines...
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Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Sep 3, 2007 10:35 am
Hi Vik, 1.) I don't know why nobody else feels this way. Whenever I touch the subject, I get a lot of shoulder shrugging and "that's the way it is". If I just...
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Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
wolfiesz
Sep 3, 2007 10:28 am
Waste due to inadequate refactoring and testing: I am aware, the PO isn't. And he is not interested. All he is interested in is the delivery of functionalty....
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srinivas chillara
ceezone
Sep 3, 2007 6:01 am
First-rate post! I agree completely. Paying attention to the basics of good design from the start and when trouble threatens, being able to refactor will...
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 2, 2007 11:56 pm
William, this is a typical question that many people ask, that is just as relevant, and maybe even more relevant, to the traditional structured approach, and...
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Ilja Preuss
ipreussde
Sep 2, 2007 6:15 pm
... What do those people mean by "not taking into the account the big picture"? Curious, Ilja...
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 2, 2007 4:52 pm
But it seems that you did in fact have the database in place, as XML files. I certainly didn't mean that an RDBMS was the imperative, and only, choice....
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Alan Shalloway
alshalloway
Sep 2, 2007 2:47 pm
... to ... BUT - trust ... value. Today, ... some level ... should have a ... into the ... purely a ... While it is true that perfect != best, writing code...
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Rob Park
rpark68
Sep 2, 2007 2:47 pm
I respectfully disagree with this post. All the items mentioned can and probably should be deferred until the decision is truly required. The trick I believe...
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Roy Morien
roymorien@...
Sep 2, 2007 12:53 pm
I agree with many of your points, Ilja ... certainly the one about getting down on anyone, taking the intended meaning of 'getting down' on someone. I agree...
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Ilja Preuss
ipreussde
Sep 2, 2007 12:00 pm
... I wouldn't quite say "happy". Sounds like he is under a lot of pressure, too. ... How do you work so that you only get unimportant bugs. I don't know of a ...
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dhirajgupta_2005
dhirajgupta_...
Sep 1, 2007 3:31 pm
I found SPRINT/SCRUM working if the following is met - All developers are at similar level of expertise/experience. - Before starting of the SPRINT, all know...
