Todd, Nice write-up. BullPen is definitely an agile pattern. (A few hundreds emails ago, I wrote it in pattern format to this group.) I agree with most...
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todd
toddhoff1
May 5, 2005 1:41 pm
... Thanks, I'll add that in. By facing away do you mean backs to each other? I think the idea was more to have people offset so when they look ahead directly...
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Mike Beedle
beedlem
May 5, 2005 4:33 pm
Todd, We sit around a large squared table, so we do face each other directly but because the table is large this has not been a problem. But I get your point...
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Mark Nakamura
masayang
May 5, 2005 11:56 pm
Microfocus claims they have unit test framework for COBOL. http://www.microfocus.com/ However, I think it's very difficult to write effective unit test code in...
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Mike Dwyer
protraveler1
May 6, 2005 12:18 am
Please explain your term "monolistic language" as it does not google. Michael F. Dwyer Mike.Dwyer1@... ... From: scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com ...
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Ruud Wijnands
r_wijnands
May 6, 2005 3:52 am
I will be out of the office starting 05-05-2005 and will not return until 16-05-2005. I will respond to your message when I return....
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Michael James
michaeljames...
May 6, 2005 9:48 am
... google. (Answering for Mark with no malice intended:) Well, Java has ArrayLists, LinkedLists, Vectors.... Maybe COBOL has only one such structure. I once...
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Jeff Martin
jmartin@...
May 6, 2005 12:26 pm
I think he meant "monolithic language", meaning the programs are all one big entity. Monolistic is not a word in the English language....
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Mark Nakamura
masayang
May 6, 2005 4:01 pm
Sorry about miss spelling... I meant monolithic. Beavis said: "Words suck, there are too many and stuff." Mark Nakamura...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
May 6, 2005 5:19 pm
On 6 May 2005, at 10:48, Michael James wrote: [snip] ... [snip] None at all. For example Perl's base test framework is mostly procedural in nature (even though...
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Mike Dwyer
protraveler1
May 7, 2005 1:11 am
Oh monolithic, I thought there was some class I hadn't heard of that COBOL didn't handle. BTW Do you really think we didn't use TDD great grandparents when we...
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Mike Dwyer
protraveler1
May 7, 2005 1:14 am
Yup that is why all good languages don't use vowels There are languages where this parses cp \\ #$&& / x don't ask me it was the 60's and I was there. ...
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Mike Dwyer
protraveler1
May 7, 2005 2:12 am
Jeez where did you learn these myths about COBOL? Do you have any idea why compilers and linkers were built? Michael F. Dwyer Mike.Dwyer1@... ... ...
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hal arnold
halarnold2000
May 7, 2005 9:54 pm
I've heard GW use the term.. ... Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html...
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DianaLarsen
May 7, 2005 10:10 pm
A bit of fuel for the discussions at the Scrum Gathering next week. http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,1058043,00.html Diana Diana Larsen ...
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mike.dwyer1@...
protraveler1
May 8, 2005 12:44 pm
AND . . . -- Mike Dwyer "I Keep six faithful serving-men Who serve me well and true: Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who." -...
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bob payne
we2bdc
May 8, 2005 7:56 pm
Dear Agile Cohort, I will be holding a Scrum Masters Certification in NYC on June 27-28. Learn how SCRUM can improve your organization’s ability to deliver ...
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Francois Beauregard
fbeauregard49
May 9, 2005 4:40 pm
I thought it might of interest to some people on this list. Scott W. Ambler will conduct a three days Agile Modeling workshop in Montreal on May 23, 24, 25. ...
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tiggerbob_93003
May 9, 2005 9:49 pm
We are looking into using Borland's Caliber tool for our requirements. We adopted scrum a few months ago and one of our biggest challanges has been in the...
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Lasse Koskela
lassekoskela
May 9, 2005 10:10 pm
... May I ask what made you consider Caliber of all available products? Is it something about the product or is someone pushing it from the outside? I have a...
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Cory Witty
witster_1
May 9, 2005 10:22 pm
As a side note, how do you know when your requirements are at the point where you can start a sprint? What is the correct way to start a sprint? Isn't that one...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 9, 2005 10:22 pm
Also, what is the nature of the application and to what level do your requirements need to be figured out before starting? I always think of the ideal product...
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Mike Cohn
mikewcohn
May 9, 2005 10:33 pm
Cory-- The goal of a project is to (a) learn what to build and (b) build it. No matter how much thought you put in upfront you wouldn¹t be able to do ³all of...
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ianbren99
May 9, 2005 10:46 pm
So, to summarise all the threads.. - run away (thanks Mike - can't do that)! - our grand-daddy's used punched cards, to testing wasn't needed - all those...
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Deb
debhart9
May 9, 2005 11:00 pm
... Yes, exactly. Start where you are, wherever that is, and move forward step by step. ... This all sounds entirely healthy to me. ... It might, in fact, be...
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tiggerbob_93003
May 9, 2005 11:37 pm
We already had licenses for Caliber before we started scrum, but they were not used. The QA director is pushing Caliber. He had used it in a previous job....
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Jens Østergaard
jeos12
May 10, 2005 1:50 am
As Scrum is spreading like a bush fire, there are ScrumMaster certification classes in these Nordic cities, in the second half of May. Visit...
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dan mcdonnell
bmi_dmcd
May 10, 2005 2:52 am
We are using Caliber to document and develop our requirements. We have 18 scrum teams and need to have a tool to help 'manage" the documentation. We have ...
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ianbren99
May 10, 2005 4:44 am
What are the numbers looking like? Enough to run a course?...
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Yannick Arekion
arekiony
May 10, 2005 6:04 am
Who is organising it? I believe if we get a training center to organise it we should be fine. I know a training center in Canberra who can organise it and they...
