7 Agile Leadership Lessons for the Suits
Most articles about the value of Agile are written by and for developers. This one takes the viewpoint of the boss. CIO Eugene Nitzker attended this... more »
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Static analysis tool helps software engineers find bugs during builds
Klocwork Insight allows software engineers to view and correct their own code before it's submitted to QA. More than that, Mentor Graphics found this... more »
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One day of TDD, and other thoughts on testing
Reflections on spending one day doing TDD. Then other thoughts about how testing has changed my developer habits.
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Scrum Cheat Sheet
The Scrum Cheat Sheet gives a quick reference to - the Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master and Team, - the Artefacts: Sprint/Product Backlog and... more »
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Multithreaded Testing with JUnit and Java 5 Concurrency
This entry describes a technique for writing multi-threaded automated (*Unit-style) stress tests in a safe and reliable fashion by leveraging the... more »
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Ivar Jacobson: Developers are too fashionable
One of the fathers of software development processes says the industry is too fashionable, needs to stop re-inventing the wheel, and focus on being... more »
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Seven Principles of Lean Software Development - Respect People
Do you work in a group or a team? If you can see your work environment objectively you will know whether your colleagues are eager to work and solve... more »
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Django 1.0 Released!!
" No, you’re not hallucinating, it’s really here. Around three years ago, Adrian, Simon, Wilson and I released some code to the world. Our plan... more »
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The Big Development Project: How much should it cost?
Some people think that agile and budgeting are incompatible. The product is ready when the product owner says it is. But before starting a project,... more »
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My First Agile Project, Part 1: Doing 80%
This is the first in a series of posts on what I've learned about how we're doing (and not doing, as I've learned) Scrum on a big project at my work.... more »
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Fowler: Agile Vs. Lean Misses the Point
In a recent blog post, Martin Fowler explains how the question "Should I use Lean software development instead of Agile?" is based on a false premise.... more »
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Marshal Arts in XStream
How to use XStream for marshalling including annotations and custom converters.
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Finally some pair programming research
Many studies on agile practices are classroom and student oriented, which may not easily translate into a corporate environment with experienced... more »
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Product Manager VS. Scrum Product Owner
Product Manager (PM) is supposed to represent the voice of the customer, Product Owner (PO) is supposed to be the single wringable neck of a project,... more »
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Code Metrics in Minutes
One of the primary goals of every developer should be to prevent or drastically limit the number of bugs or defects from being introduced in their... more »
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Third Annual State of Agile Survey Data Available
This survey doesn’t try to measure agile adoption, but it gives interesting information on how agile is adopted, how agile projects succeed and how... more »
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Secretaries Make the Best ScrumMasters
Do you believe the title of this post? If you do, don't feel bad, you are not alone. I have been working in project management and around project... more »
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Great Design Pattern Resources
Some common patterns include the Singleton, Facade, Adaptor and Decorator. There are many, many patterns and below are some great resources to learn... more »
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Project Management and Scrum
An article on successful project management and reasons for the popularity of Scrum.
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Can unit testing be a waste?
It is sometimes hard to start implementing new feature (or fix a bug) by writing an unit test even for a very agile and experienced developer, that's... more »
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Software Estimation is hard (right)?
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Martin Woodward has a great article on software estimation, why it is hard and what Agile brings to the table. The approach I have seen the most in... more »
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Virtual SCRUM Board
Virtual SCRUM Board (VSB) is a software tool that helps Scrum teams manage the uncommitted backlog, sprints, stories and tasks. VSB empowers Scrum... more »
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Why we bill by the Hour
Hourly vs. Fixed Bid, why we bid hourly and always will.
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5 Software Build Patterns
Do you want to help develop build patterns and identify? We have patterns-a-plenty for writing code. How about patterns for building it?
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User Stories: Three Steps to Better Presentations
As a Scrum Coach, I often take on the role of Evangelist. Monday afternoon, I explained Scrum to the Swiss Java User Group[1]. Although not my first... more »
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