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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...

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Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:31:02 GMT

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"Click to Activate" in IE going away!

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:01:03 GMT

Update for IE to be included in Vista SP1, XP SP3 and standalone update available starting in December.

Introduction to Scrum and Agile Development

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:31:02 GMT

Recently I gave two days worth of talks introducing an organization to agile management and development with Scrum and XP practices. I've made available the presentations and exercises for the betterment of mankind...or at least to get a few more people familiar with agile development. Included is also a discussion of the agile practices that I find effective.

If yer code ain't tested, the waterfallists win.

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:39:42 GMT

Move over Fox News, Guantanamo and Ashcroft aren't just for the news scroll anymore. .NET is great, but there's a lot of really neat innovation going on in the Java-sphere even now. Two tools that take your TDD to a whole new level are on the horizon. Any bets on how long before they're re-implemented in .NET?

If yer code ain't tested, the waterfallists win.

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:39:42 GMT

Will Pair Programming Really Improve Your Project?

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:01 GMT

This article takes a critical look at the pair programming practice of the agile extreme programming approach.

Spiking in eXtreme .NET

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:46:45 GMT

Learn the art of research and experimentation known in Extreme Programming (XP) as spiking. Excerpt: Experimentation is a fundamental part of research. To understand and validate how something works, we experiment with it. Spiking is the XP term given to research and experimentation. Spiking provides a way to discover more information about a specific part of the project. This chapter guides you through carrying out some spikes (research) on technologies that you have not encountered. After you have spiked an area of technology, you have a much better understanding of what it will take to develop software using that technology. This understanding will enable you to more effectively break down stories into tasks and make more accurate time estimates for those tasks.

3 Agile discussion groups

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:31:02 GMT

A list of my favourite discussion groups relating to Agile software development.

Agile Project Goes into Ship Mode

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:01:01 GMT

Large Enterprise platform that has used Extreme Programming techniques for 14 months goes into Ship Mode. The author talks about steps neccessary to ship and being an Agile Architect.