The book "Software Factories: Assembling Applications with Patterns, Models, Frameworks, and Tools" published by Wiley is due for release in September. ...
I had heard that Microsoft is handing out a copy of this book to everyone attending OOPSLA this year. This is the long-awaited MDA book from Microsoft thought...
What is the xp party line on presenting velocity measurements outside the xp team? If the iteration demo / acceptance / story test shows the current state of...
Jeff Olfert
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Sep 9, 2004 8:37 pm
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The typical XP velocity and load factor has potentially a lot of unspecified information leading to those specific numbers. The numbers serve the scheduling...
I think you might find this experience report, the Slacker's Guide to Project Tracking, that was presented at this year's Agile Development Conference, quite...
Going to OOPSLA? Here's my recommendation for a workshop to attend. Rachel is a wonderful workshop facilitator and an experienced XP coach. She knows her...
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Ward Cunningham
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Sep 20, 2004 5:51 am
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I would like to suggest that we all attend the SPIN meeting for the October XPDX meeting. Rose City SPIN in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Software...
Here Here! I think this is a stellar idea. I'll be there. Diana ... Diana Larsen www.futureworksconsulting.com 503-288-3550 Upcoming Class: "Project...
I agree with Dianna that attending SPIN is the right thing to do for the October meeting. After that, we need to decide what to do about the regular monthly ...
Talking of cycles, I'd be very happy if the meetings were at PSU instead of OGI. The reason I never come to the meetings is because I don't have a car. One of...
Rod McLaughlin
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Oct 1, 2004 12:34 am
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Hi all, FYI - our group is now listed on the Agile Alliance User Groups page. http://www.agilealliance.org/userGroups/index Diana Diana Larsen ...
Which reminds me: the second Tuesday of the month - 9th November -’ is approaching! If we are going to meet, we need to decide where, and what we will do. ...
Hello all, Just as a reminder, the AgileAlliance has $$ available to local user groups to bring in speakers we would like to hear. As an AA board member, I...
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Rod McLaughlin
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Nov 8, 2004 10:29 pm
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Dear Friends and Colleagues, What does the future hold for the Portland XP Users group? Now that XP is "conventional wisdom" rather than "bleeding edge", is...
Hi All, The next Seattle XP Users Group meeting will be on Thursday, December 9, 2004. NOTE: We have a NEW location - see below. TOPIC - Continuous Design ...
Conventional wisdom from many groups I belong to is that you skip December meetings because people are too busy. That advice would seem doubly appropriate for...
Andrew Black writes... ... One question I have is which courses might benefit from incorporating aspects of XP? My favorite course was a summer project with no...
Perhaps XPDX should be "refactored" into the more generic Portland Agile Development Group with a mission of evangelizing the http://agilemanifesto.org/? It...
I am in favor of Mike's suggestion...and I've always taken the PDXP in a "generic" agile sense, too... although I am not involved in many xp projects, I do try...
And since Jim is local to Portland...why don't we invite him to give the same talk here? For what its worth...we've got a lot of local talent, too. Rebecca...
There was some talk of an XPDX meeting tonight at OGI. Has that been confirmed? Diana Diana Larsen www.futureworksconsulting.com 503-288-3550 Upcoming Class:...
... I thought that I sent out mail to the list saying "no", but I don't see it now. Maybe we should try for 2nd Tuesday in January? Andrew -- Prof. Andrew P....