February's XPDX meeting will be Tues Feb 8 TOPIC: Pushing & Pulling Teams - An Exercise in How Things Get Done The next Portland XP Users Group meeting...
Arrrrgg I would really have loved to have gone to this one. But I've got a new baby at home and really need about 3 weeks worth of notice to be able to get "a...
Thanks, that was the information I was looking for. Just now I was able to find the scedule on xpdx.org, is there any chance that "XPDX is the 2nd Tuesday of...
Good idea. I should be able to add it. -Patrick ________________________________ From: Malcolm Anderson [mailto:malcolm9999@...] Sent: Tuesday, February...
I found out last night my son has a concert on March 8. So I won't be able to present at the March meeting. There were a couple other contributers from our...
XPDX will be hosting a code sprint on April 9-10, 2005 in downtown Portland, Oregon. A code sprint is a gathering of a bunch of programmers to complete a...
And at the evening meeting on April 12, we will have a retrospective on the whole project. ;-) (don't leave home without one) Diana ... Diana Larsen ...
XP/Agile productivity comes from self-organizing teams and teams don't become and stay teams by magic, but instead by hard work on the part of the project...
... Perhaps this could be worded a little better. I'm having trouble figuring out how, when it requires hard work from managers and coaches to create and...
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... It probably could. I wish I were a better writer. One of my learning edges. ... Thanks for the feedback, Ward. And for the invitation to dialogue. Here are...
I think perhaps, the problem is with the term self-organized. There is a principle in biology called self-orgainization that refers to the ability for a bunch...
The key may lie in how we define "once organized" and "without outside intervention." If "once organized" is simply defined as assigned to the same team,...
... First let me say that I have noting but respect for Diana, Ester and Ken. People get the people thing all mixed up all the time and these folks know how to...
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Thanks for the clarification, Ward. :-) We are a mutual admiration society. Diana PS I wonder if anyone else is old enough to remember the song?...
Quoting Steve Jorgensen... "I think what we're talking about here is something a bit different, a team of individuals that, once organized, is capable of...
March 2005 MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT TOPIC: Agile Government...is it possible? The next Portland XP Users Group meeting (http://xpdx.org ) will be on Tuesday, 8th...
I've been handling logistics for the pizza and beverages the last couple meetings. I am happy to continue with this, but will not be able to attend the March...
March 2005 MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT TOPIC: Agile Government...is it possible? The next Portland XP Users Group meeting (http://xpdx.org ) will be on Tuesday, 8th...
Do we need to register through the OGI site this time? If so, can you refresh my memory about the URL? Diana Diana Larsen www.futureworksconsulting.com...
Has anyone volunteered to take care of the pizza? I'm willing, if no one else has stepped forward. I'll bring 'za unless I hear otherwise before 4pm tomorrow...
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