Archive for February, 2006

February 23, 2006

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Designated QA People on the Team

Recently on the Scrum list, I characterized the practice of having designated “QA” people on the team as a “second- or third-class practice.” Here’s some expansion on that …

February 23, 2006

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Integrating Agile Methods

A poster to the CrystalClear list offered a classification of Agile methods, triggering these brief thoughts about integrating the ideas rather than dividing them.

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Developer Quality! … and Certification?

Uncle Bob Martin comments on “Developer Certification WTF?” in a recent blog entry. Let’s talk a bit about developer quality, and some things that are being done about it.

Book Review: Shop Class as Soulcraft

Author Matthew B. Crawford is a physicist, has a Ph.D. in political philosophy, and is a motorcycle mechanic. What’s not to like? Recommended for practitioners, managers, executives.