http://www.xprogramming.com/Blog/Pages/rss.xml (also RSS's XProgramming.com articles, more or less.) Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com For me, XP ain't out...
Hi Kent, I am in Omaha, and would be willing to come out and say 'Hi' in person at some point. I'm somewhat new to agile methodologies, but am interested in ...
... There are at least two XP / Agile teams in Omaha, and some interested folks at other companies. Bit of a pain to drive between Des Moines and Omaha, but...
All, Customer / product owner interaction with developers is central to most agile methods. When it comes to user interfaces, however, I have not seen this...
In my paper on the Future of Scrum or Scrum II at the Agile 2005 conference last week, I mentioned the importance of the Product Owner and the need to prepare...
http://www.agilelectric.com/feed (though I've been lax in updating with the weather so good lately..) -- ... Chris Wheeler Extreme Programmer & Coach Visit my...
All, I am new to Scrum (I know ... you have all heard that opening line before!) and the team I am on is relatively new to Scrum also. At my company we are...
Nifty! The Artima "Agile" feel is also a good source of inspiration and links. http://www.artima.com/buzz/community.jsp?forum=155 It will be interested to see...
Maybe you can look at the angle, "What does 'DONE' mean?" Estimates tend to be closer once the team realizes that design, doc, testing, etc must occur to claim...
Have you considered estimating items based on level of effort rather than time? Try estimating each item based on an arbitrary scale of 1-20. 1 is the...
... I have found that team gut feel is /the/ best estimation measure. Trust it. Insist that your customer trusts it beacause, as you say ... That speaks for...
I don't think that off shoring means that you can't use Scrum and be agile... "Offshoring" has a very specific, and for US developers, negative connotations....
http://www.estherderby.com/weblog/RSS/blogger_rss.xml Esther Derby Esther Derby Associates, Inc. Writer, Consultant, Facilitator: Insights you can use... ...
XP Day 2005 : 28th & 29th November, London, U.K. ================================================ ~~ More than XP. More than one day ~~ XP Day is a two day...
Keith, As a former UI Designer and a current ScrumMaster, thank you so much for asking this question (you think QA folk feel left out sometimes <grin>)...I...
Thanks for the advice - was not aware that this group existed! Keith ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
Comments in line... ... Jeff, I'm glad to see that you place a high emphasis on good UI design - I see little of that regardless of the process being used. ......
Hi Cathy-- You need to educate your product owner into understanding that regardless of what you call a pile of work ("100 hours" or "800 hours") that it is...
Cathy: I agree with what Mike is saying, but if you are also facing a product owner that is accostomed to project plans and the like, I have found this to help...
Hi Ron, I've tried to summarize my comments here; I've inlined comments to address specific questions not addressed immediately below. While I perceive the...
... Good points, no our machine configurations aren't under CM but everything to build each project is. The developer configuration is standard, we do use a...
Hmm; Some thoughts: does the developer environment reflect the production systems? (my guess is not) Does the testing occur on a sample set of machines that...
I know some of these concepts has been discussed on and around this list, but I would be curious to learn how some people might implement Scrum with the...
Hi everyone, Are you interested in joining an online Agile Book Study Group? It'll work something like this: 1. Each calendar month we study a book that is...
Tobias and all, Characterizing the heroic leadership style as opposite of servant leadership and equating servant leadership with a feminine style is not...
