SoCal Code Camp: Agile Panel Session D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 In an agile panel discussion with Phil Scott, Denise Phillips, Paul Hodgetts, Ken Kolchier, and Scott Dunn. Great discussion and great questions…its a Q&A session with the audience, and the questions ... SoCal Code Camp: Agile Panel Session 0 0 1
Simplicity in Technology Will Smith, January 1, 0001 Recently, the CEO of Sprint could be seen in TV commercials stating "Technology is only great when you know how to use it." Here is an article that digs a little deeper into this ad campaign. The purpose ... Simplicity in Technology 0 0 0
The scalability of Scrum Chip Lemmon, January 1, 0001 So I've been playing the role of Scrum Master for a grand total of 6 Sprints on 2 projects. In that time I've come to two very distinct issues that make me question if what I am doing is really Scrum? ... The scalability of Scrum 0 0 5
In Search For Agile Domain Driven Design … Hopefully Part 1 of N Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 The Useless Introduction You Used To :) This post has taken so long to be started in writing. I’ve been busy with many events in my life lately. Suffering from frequent limited internet access lately, ... In Search For Agile Domain Driven Design … Hopefully Part 1 of N 0 0 0
First Iteration Retrospective Lee Brandt, January 1, 0001 Well, the first iteration of my new project finished yesterday and the retrospective went well, for our first. Troy led the retrospective and tried to keep us on track with the things he’d done before ... First Iteration Retrospective 0 0 1
Jetbrains User Group Sponsoring! AWESOME!!! okcodemonkey, January 1, 0001 I just received this email from my contact at JetBrains: A quick update on the JetBrains User Group Giveaway program... 1) We’re happy to extend this giveaway for another year – at least until the end ... Jetbrains User Group Sponsoring! AWESOME!!! 0 0 0
So much to learn... CodeCurve, January 1, 0001 I’ve been doing development professionally now for maybe 18 months and my experiences over the last 8 months in an agile shop have made me realise just how much there is to know in the development arena ... So much to learn... 0 0 4
Let the blogging commence CodeCurve, January 1, 0001 What this new blog is about Tech - I'm going to blog about technical stuff that interests / excites / confuses / frustrates me. Meta-tech - I'm going to blog about over-arching concepts and issues related ... Let the blogging commence 0 0 4
Nothin' but .net: Days 4 Michel Grootjans, January 1, 0001 Gotcha! You thought that was a typo, didn't you? I really intended to write "Days 4". I learned today that it's important to communicate your intent by naming your methods correctly. So I'm trying to express ... Nothin' but .net: Days 4 0 0 1
Community Building Meets Continuous Improvement Blog Author, January 1, 0001 Tonight I met with Cody Marx Bailey, Roby Fitzhenry, Stephanie Leary, Wendy Wolfington, Mike Abney, Allen Hurst et al to talk about the next BarCampBCS I originally thought. We did do that eventually, ... Community Building Meets Continuous Improvement 0 0 0
Sharepoint & Scrum Jennifer Zouak, January 1, 0001 Working wtih sharepoint (wss) and scrum... it is neat how the backlogs (lists) can build out quickly. But Sharepoint doesn't by any means enforce a process. The maximum access but the minimum governance. ... Sharepoint & Scrum 0 0 3
Agile Processes Promote Sustainable Development technodrone, January 1, 0001 I have a copy of the "Principles behind the Agile Manifest stapled to my cube wall (http://www.agilemanifesto.... One of my favorite principles is : "Agile processes promote sustainable ... Agile Processes Promote Sustainable Development 0 0 0
Meet & greet with JP Boodhoo Michel Grootjans, January 1, 0001 I've invited JP Boodhoo to Brussels this weekend. If you want to get together, just come on over. The first drink is on me. From there on, the team decides who pays the next drink, like agile teams do ... Meet & greet with JP Boodhoo 0 0 3
FlaDotNet Arc Sig Virtual Meeting Report! Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 We held our 2nd Architecture / Agile virtual meeting last night with Adrian Wible of Thoughtworks presenting. This was the first time I had actually been at the controls of the Live Meeting. We only decided ... FlaDotNet Arc Sig Virtual Meeting Report! 0 0 0
Joining RAYA Software in October Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 I'm joining RAYA Software starting next month (October), part of RAYA IT, a business line of 3 main business lines that form RAYA Crop., a well known name in the IT industry over the Middleeast. My role ... Joining RAYA Software in October 0 0 0
VSTS with Scrum Erik France, January 1, 0001 My work team is trying to get our minds around Visual Studio Team Systems and we really want to see how it works with our implementation of Scrum. We have seen various add-ins which enable VSTS to do Agile/Scrum, ... VSTS with Scrum 0 0 4
Battlestar Galactica: Bastille Day episode Theo Moore, January 1, 0001 Just watched this episode for the first time (all of them are to me since I've just started catching up). An interesting episode, but sort of silly, really. I enjoyed it the political debate between the ... Battlestar Galactica: Bastille Day episode 0 0 0
Developer Humping or Extreme Programming mikedopp, January 1, 0001 Too Many cooks in the kitchen. When is too many developers one project a bad idea? So I had the chance to meet with some friends the other day. Of course they work as developers like me. They work for ... Developer Humping or Extreme Programming 0 0 2
Agile Estimating: Hourly v. Fixed Bid Will Smith, January 1, 0001 Recently I posted a comment to an article talking about only billing hourly and not entering into fixed bid contracts. I agree with the post (for the most part), but felt compelled to respond to one of ... Agile Estimating: Hourly v. Fixed Bid 0 0 0
If It Is Not Broken, Fix It Will Smith, January 1, 0001 Whoa! Why does it need fixing if it is not broken? I'd like to explore the definition of "broken". Here is a modest list of signs of broken code. A test is failing (I know, painfully obvious) The code ... If It Is Not Broken, Fix It 0 0 1
NINE Questions with Mark Dunn Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 Mark and have been friends for a few years. He (and his company, Dunn Training) is an active supporter of community events, a good guy and a true Southerner. Mark gets around a lot and I'm constantly running ... NINE Questions with Mark Dunn 0 0 0
My first Scrum/XP project in .net is almost over Michel Grootjans, January 1, 0001 Since November 2007, I'm a coach in a .net project. This project is managed using the SCRUM principles. I was largely based in the InfoQ online minibook 'Scrum and XP from the trenches': Prioritized product ... My first Scrum/XP project in .net is almost over 0 0 1
MPUG Monthly Meeting - The Power of Scrum - August 28 TwinCitiesITandDevEvents, January 1, 0001 MPUG Monthly Meeting - The Power of Scrum Microsoft Office Project Users Group website: www.mpug.com Please join us on August 28, 2008, 12:00 - 2:00PM. Jay Steffenhagen from ITR Group will present: The ... MPUG Monthly Meeting - The Power of Scrum - August 28 0 0 0
Jeffrey Palermo set to speak Thursday in Northwest Arkansas Randy Walker, January 1, 0001 For those that weren't able to attend last Tuesday's Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting, 8/5/2008, Zach Young (our Vice President of the group) was able to secure Jeffrey Palermo as a speaker for ... Jeffrey Palermo set to speak Thursday in Northwest Arkansas 0 0 0
People would rather die than admit control is an illusion Blog Author, January 1, 0001 The following quotes are exerpted from Cargo Cult Methodology. "[M]anagement demanded that we estimate—and commit to—a schedule and budget" "[B]ut 'making a delivery' ... required additional effort. There ... People would rather die than admit control is an illusion 0 0 0
Possible Performance Counter Corruption Or Performance Counters a... Rob, January 1, 0001 If you are installing SQL Server 2008 (or anything for that matter) and it won't let you continue for the following reason: Rule "Performance counter registry hive consistency check" failed. The performance ... Possible Performance Counter Corruption Or Performance Counters a... 0 0 19
I'm ALT.NET Michel Grootjans, January 1, 0001 Since I mentioned this in my previous post, I might as well elaborate. I discovered there was an open source community for Microsoft technology back in 2004. Curious as I am, I tried several things that ... I'm ALT.NET 0 0 1
Wash your hands of garbage every few weeks rather than flushing e... Blog Author, January 1, 0001 Is it really that important? I've seen too many applications meet their end because people got caught up in the tripe. I've personally lost development time to "Go back and use that font" or "Make it that ... Wash your hands of garbage every few weeks rather than flushing e... 0 0 0
Once again, my favorite agile book Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; ... Once again, my favorite agile book 0 0 1
Five Steps to Evaluate Technology Options Chris Falter, January 1, 0001 Recently a project leadership team I was assisting had the difficult task of selecting between implementation technologies for a distributed architecture. We had brainstormed a list of candidates, and ... Five Steps to Evaluate Technology Options 0 0 0
C# Refactoring Tools: Which One? Will Smith, January 1, 0001 Clearly MS hasn’t caught up with the third party tools that are out there? Which do you guys use? ReSharper Refactor! Pro C# Refactory Visual Assist X I've used Refactor!Pro on a previous project and liked ... C# Refactoring Tools: Which One? 0 0 1
Scrum / Agile Development and Team Consciousness Jonathan Starr, January 1, 0001 improve my => 'code' One of the interesting features of Agile development is the regular feedback created by the methodology. Continuous builds, especially when they show graphically when they are broken ... Scrum / Agile Development and Team Consciousness 0 0 1
How to annoy your ScrumMaster Robert May, January 1, 0001 As a ScrumMaster, these are some of my pet peeves, in no particular order: Come late to meetings. Better yet, don't show up to the meeting, don't let anyone know that you're going to miss the meeting, ... How to annoy your ScrumMaster 0 0 0
Testing OracleException Will Smith, January 1, 0001 In the application I've been working on, we have the requirement to handle unique constraint errors gracefully. It wasn't really hard, I just had to check for OracleException.Code == 1. The trick was the ... Testing OracleException 0 0 3
Why I am sold on User Stories. Blog Author, January 1, 0001 I've tried Use Cases and seen them not work. The main reason? They are really heavy handed and developers hate updating them. Customers don't even want to see them. A manager telling me to update the use ... Why I am sold on User Stories. 0 0 0
Great article on Bad Apples Robert May, January 1, 0001 Read this article today. We've had a couple of bad apples on our team so far, and they caused quite a bit of grief before they were removed. On an agile team, the team can't function if the apples are ... Great article on Bad Apples 0 0 0
As the (Agile) World Turns Lee Brandt, January 1, 0001 This will be the first in a series to document my organization's adoption of an agile development process (specifically Extreme Programming). I want to document this process for three main reasons: 1. ... As the (Agile) World Turns 0 0 0
Scrum / Agile Development: A Renaissance of Culture Through the E... Jonathan Starr, January 1, 0001 improve my => 'code' On weekends, I tend to go off tangent, and this weekend is no exception. I started to read some of the works of Levi-Strauss, the structural anthropologist, and it occurred to me ... Scrum / Agile Development: A Renaissance of Culture Through the E... 0 0 5
Design and Agile Development Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 A quick shout out to Chad Sturtz for passing this video my way. Video: http://www.viddler.com/expl... Length: 82 minutes Date: 1 July 2008 Location: Austin Texas Presenter: Jeremy ... Design and Agile Development 0 0 0
If only it weren't so true Robert May, January 1, 0001 I've experienced this before, and all you can do is cry. This is why agile is so important. Instead of one person making all of the decisions, you have a team that makes the decisions. The "manager" tends ... If only it weren't so true 0 0 0
Data Access Intellect, January 1, 0001 Approximate strong classification behaves identical to strong classification restricted to a subset of all classes. Considering the fact that A way to get some of the features of dynamic layout from a ... Data Access 0 0 0
Book Review: Code Leader (Wrox) by Patrick Cauldwell Lee Brandt, January 1, 0001 I saw this book in Borders and, when I read the table of contents, I KNEW I wanted to read it. I had just returned from Headspring & Jeffrey Palermo's Agile .NET Boot Camp class in Austin, and this ... Book Review: Code Leader (Wrox) by Patrick Cauldwell 0 0 0
Technical Software Project Management is Dead goinawry, January 1, 0001 Technical Software Project Management is Dead I’ve manage projects, I’ve lead them, I’ve been a developer, I’ve tested, I’ve organized releases, I’ve done all the paperwork. It’s just that lately, that ... Technical Software Project Management is Dead 0 0 3
If it's not one thing..... David V. Corbin, January 1, 0001 Life (professional and personal) has been insanely hectic the past 10 weeks or so, and the has not been any time to update this blog. But that is all about to change. For the next 12 days, I will be at ... If it's not one thing..... 0 0 0
The Cost of Premature Optimization Will Smith, January 1, 0001 I received quite a bit of feedback regarding my Join extension to IEnumerable that generates a comma separated list. The purpose was to emulate string.Join(), but to add more flexibility as to what is ... The Cost of Premature Optimization 0 0 0
Design is not an Agile dirty word Blog Author, January 1, 0001 In the Agile thought-space, Big Up Front Design (BFUD) is a four letter word. There is a reason for this. Many times people who envision projects (usually the guy with the biggest wallet unfortunately) ... Design is not an Agile dirty word 0 0 1
Headspring Systems Blake Caraway, January 1, 0001 I recently took the opportunity to join Headspring Systems, the premier Agile software consulting practice here in Austin, TX. I'm very excited about getting to work with an incredibly talented Headspring ... Headspring Systems 0 0 4
Agile and how to make it fail Robert May, January 1, 0001 Read a great article on how to make agile fail today. Very entertaining and educational! Technorati Tags: Agile ... Agile and how to make it fail 0 0 1
Midwest User Group tries Open Space Technology Scott Spradlin, January 1, 0001 The June 30th meeting of St. Louis .NET User Group tried something new -- a meeting following the Open Space Technology. OST is a method of running meetings of groups of any size. Essentially, it's a self-organizing ... Midwest User Group tries Open Space Technology 0 0 0
Declarative Fundamental Elements bmoore, January 1, 0001 It is a well-known principle of software design to have minimal coupling between abstractions. Twenty years ago, this dialogue would have not made sense to me. Although, object-Oriented Reengineering remains ... Declarative Fundamental Elements 0 0 0