DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Agile

Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:16:02 GMT

In this post I proudly present the Top 100 of Best Software Engineering Books, Ever. I have created this list using four different criteria: 1) number of Amazon reviews, 2) average Amazon rating, 3) number of Google hits and 4) Jolt awards.

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 4: Agile Kaikaku

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:31:03 GMT

Owen Rogers discusses Agile Kaikaku, or a radical process change event within an organization. Owen is an Agile coach and has helped many teams adopt Agile practices.

Scrum Explained in 5 Minutes

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:01:02 GMT

PDF entitled "Scrum in Five Minutes" from http://www.softhouse.se/

.NET Database Migration Tool Roundup

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:46:17 GMT

A overview of all the available DB Migration tools available on the .NET platform

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 3: Adopting Agile

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:46:09 GMT

The latest episode of the ALT.NET Podcast is a discussion with Owen Rogers focused on adopting agile practices.

When does design happen in Agile?

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:02:31 GMT

Someone at work, new to agile approaches, asked me about when agile projects do design. I thought I would share my answer in case others were still wondering, and to try and explain where experience may have lead to us activities that are not textbook...

New Version of HarnessIt - a .NET Unit Testing Application - Available

Tue, 20 May 2008 13:53:33 GMT

There's a new version of HarnessIt - a .NET unit testing application that takes brings a different UI to the .NET testing world.

The Developer Exchange Program

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:31:03 GMT

How much better a developer would you be if you could regularly observe another Agile team in action... in person.

Creating an Agile Environment

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:28:34 GMT

Migrating to Agile is more than changing your process. It also requires a change in culture. For most companies changing culture is the most difficult part. I believe this is true for several reasons. These issues should be addressed in two ways. First, you want to address the culture needs of each group head on. We will lay out a game plan for obtaining support from line management, the team, the individual and executive management.

Agile Arguments, Part 1 - The Kickoff

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:22:30 GMT

Chad Myers' call for discussion on Agile related topics. He hopes there will be some dissenting opinions posted as well.

ASP.NET MVC: MVC Storefront, Part 2 : Rob Conery

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:46:02 GMT

The second in a series of screencasts documenting the building of an eCommerce storefront using ASP.NET MVC.

ASP.NET MVC: Introducing The MVC Storefront Series : Rob Conery

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:16:19 GMT

The first in a series of screencasts documenting the building of an eCommerce storefront using ASP.NET MVC.

Executable Specifications - Part 2

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:08:18 GMT

Second part of an article about BDD (Behaviour Driven Development).

Video's from the oredev conference

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:50:51 GMT

Wow, fantastic sessions to see. All kinds of topics, including deep dives into silverlight.

XmlDocument fluent interface

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:46:02 GMT

A simple fluent interface for creating XmlDocuments & strings.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - Workflow as cont

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:31:02 GMT

In this post and a few upcoming posts, I would like to present a solution I have built using Workflow as the controller for your WPF applications. I wish I could call it a framework and think of a great name for it, but it does not aim to solve all your UI-building problems in one go. It does however offer a very easy way to build a loosely coupled application, driven by WF and could be used to build upon for your own solution.

From CRUD to Domain-Driven Fluency

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:16:02 GMT

Udi shares some of his Domain-Driven Design wisdom.

Test Supported Development (TSD) is not Test Driven Development (TDD)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:38:20 GMT

"Test Supported Development" (TSD) intends to characterize the creation of tests during ANY/ALL stages of development, that is, tests are not necessarily created before their respective System Under Test (SUT), but not necessarily created as an afterthought, either...

Getting Clueful: 7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:41:35 GMT

Agile methodologies for software projects can help organizations create better software faster. Yeah, yeah, you've heard that before. Here, experienced programmers explain the key ingredients to make those goals achievable.

TDD Proven Effective! Or is it?

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:46:02 GMT

So when Phil Haack announced that Research Supports the Effectiveness of TDD I was more than a little interested in seeing what the linked report actually contained.

Agile, Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:56:26 GMT

This article presents techniques and tools used to create requirements with a team composed of the different participants of agile projects.

Part Cover a code coverage tool that works with Static methods

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:17:45 GMT

I just found this great free tool, open source, that produces xml, that has a command line interface and a nice GUI. Simple to install and start usint (less that five minutes). Why you should considered it and how it compares with Ncover.

Waterfall Doesn't Work

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:01:02 GMT

Waterfall Doesn't Work; All Non-Agile Projects Eventually Devolve into Necessary Sub-Standard Agile. The traditional life cycle approach effectively ignores these issues and developers have been forced to consider other methods to overcome these problems.

A Microcosm of Agile Design

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:34:09 GMT

Jeremy discusses a real-life example of using agile design in the enterprise and how YAGNI can save you work... if only we'd take the time to think it through.

Agile's Dark Side

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:10:22 GMT

"Being a self-proclaimed Agile Advocate I seem to find myself in discussions regard the bad points about agile. Books, articles, and talks on the subject of agile always paint the rosy happy story about using agile. I'm no fool, and I realize that things aren't quite as happy as some people make it out to be..."