Hi, Does anyone know how to run Visual Studio Tests at the command prompt? Does it even have a console runner? Does it write an output file you can ...
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Kate Oneal: Productivity Ron Jeffries 03/04/2008 Organizations certainly need good productivity. Sometimes they ask for improved productivity, and proof. Is...
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Ron Jeffries ... I pretty much subscribe to the idea that it's always evil. These guys are going to end up producing smaller...
... I think you might want to read the story again. She didn't ask for metrics, she asked for each team to work on continous improvement communication of how...
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... than to what happened? Or was the story somehow unclear? I'd certainly like it to be clear without the need to footnote it. ... I certain understood that...
Hello, kathyvs. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 10:25:51 AM, you ... It seems that they are going to try to keep track of that. I suppose that is properly...
... that is properly called a metric. I'm not clear on Kelly's point but it seemed to be that what the team was asked to do was evil and the way they seem to...
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Ron Jeffries ... They offered to measure how they were wasting time... that sounds like a metric to me. If there is reporting,...
... I agree that automated builds are not evil. I guess where I'm coming from is the place that assembly line workers are the ones who know best how to improve...
Hello, kathyvs. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 2:02:03 PM, you ... My point exactly. Let's hope Bill is turned around. I think he is basically good hearted....
Hello, Kelly. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 2:06:31 PM, you ... What do you think their "true goals" should be? Isn't continuous improvement one of our...
... not good coverage and slow to execute. I think that there are poor tests - which are better than no tests which provide low code coverage, and may take a...
I make the distinction between bad tests, test that return false positives and poor tests. A bad test wastes your time and energy reporting a failure calling...
Hi, Could anyone provide any pointers on how to go about developing a reporting application using TDD? That is, an application that is focused on reading from...
I have a number of views that have shared functionality (cascading comboboxes C# WinForms). Currently each view has its own interface that defines the common...
Hi Kelly, ... Do you do sprint/iteration retrospectives where you work? To me, when you get down to brass tacks, Ron's story sounds like the manager is ...
Hi, Mike, Think about it this way: If your program was already written and running, what test could you write that demonstrated it was working? If that's too...
Hello, Nina. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 3:07:55 PM, you ... Just so ... and in my opinion that's how it should always be, even if the intial question...
Data Binding is really helpful for this. Define a class that holds the data to be displayed and selected. Bind an instance of the class to one or more ...
Hi Kathy, I think that if you start with the Bill attitude that "more productivity" ... As long as earlier delivery of features yields more business value than...
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Ron Jeffries ... I'm not saying you don't think about it from time to time. It's just the niggling gathering of data that slows...
... While I understand the need for abstraction in the story, I get a strong sense that you're glazing over everything that makes interacting with management...
Hello, michaelgburton. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 8:38:22 PM, ... It's not my fault that Kate is easy to deal with, to the extent that she is. I...
Hello, Kelly. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 7:22:05 PM, you ... I gather that your management wants improvement. I say that because they are asking you to...
Hello, Kelly. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 7:20:38 PM, you ... Checking the tapes, I see no one suggesting the niggling gathering of data. I would think...
