Agile teams need tools that separate the essence of the test from the implementation details. Such a separation is a hallmark of good design and increases maintainability. Agile teams also need tools that support and encourage good programming practices for the code portion of the test automation. And that means they need to […]
I had the chance to meet James Shore at Agile Open Northwest 2007 and have to recommend that you attend the Seattle Scrum Users Group to see him present Agile Requirements with FIT.
If you’re new to FIT, click here to see some of my other posts on FIT. Looking for an agile coach/scrum master in […]
Daniel Aragao wrote “Agile is highly dependent on talented developers” in Why Agile adoption fails? and I must disagree. Agility is dependent on having a talented team. This means that your TEAM is comprised of qualified people.
Agility is dependent on having a talented team.
Here are some other posts about agility if you’d […]
“Get your product, your idea, your service to market as quickly as possible and get feedback from customers,” he said. “If you work in a vacuum for six months or a year without getting that feedback, you tend to … forget about the customer.” Ben Curtis of Catch The […]
Taken from a chapter of The Art of Agile Development this quote make me remember that “on time, on budget” is only a part of the story…
Agile development is popular, but that’s no reason to use it. The real question: will agile development make your team more successful? Success is […]
Aimed at parents, [these tips from Zenhabits.net](http://zenhabits.net/2007/05/how-to-become-a-patient-parent/ ) are equally applicable to being a good pairing partner. Just swap out “child” for “pairing partner” or “pair”.
Count to 10. This one really works. When you feel yourself getting frustrated or angry, stop. Count slowly to 10 (you can do this in your […]
Reddit is amazed by the New Yorker article The Checklist that explains how a simple checklist in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) helped save many lives and lower infection rates in patients from 11% to practically 0. The checklist is given far too much credit in this story though, the important information is that […]
Be there… learn how the kanban system works for Corbis
Next Meeting Who: Darren Davis, Manager at Corbis What: Kanban workshop When: Monday December 3, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Where: […]
2008 will probably be the year of JRuby. JRuby solves the two biggest pain points I hear from developers about Ruby.
People think Ruby is slow, so I can’t try it out. I don’t know how we would deploy it, what is all this Apache/Mongrel/Rewrite stuff? Can’t I just deploy on our app server?
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Last night I attended the Seattle Agile Project Leadership Network meeting to see Alistair Cockburn give a talk about all things agile. Thanks go out to David J. Anderson and Dragos for arranging the talk. Here are some quickly scribbled notes:
One person was key to making a project successful, not a […]