Archive for May, 2009

May 31, 2009

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Kanban as Cure for “Failed Iterations”?

What should an iterative-Agile team do if it appears that not all the stories they signed up for will get done? Possibilities include:

Just get done what you can, velocity is velocity;
Crunch really hard because you’ve made a commitment;

May 27, 2009

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Automating Story Tests

OK, let’s talk, for the ten thousandth time, about when story (acceptance) tests should be automated, and when they should not. I’m patient, in a manner of speaking. I can keep doing this until you get it.

May 26, 2009

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Prezi Testi

This is a test of an embedded Prezi. It has no actual useful content. If this had been an actual article it would have been interesting. Wish me luck.

May 19, 2009

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Story Cost Does Matter

Somewhere, somewhen, Arlo Belshee suggested not paying attention to story cost, only to value. Since story value probably varies from some large negative number to some large positive number, value is certainly very important.

However, cost matters also. Suppose without…

May 19, 2009

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The Danger of Bees

I know you’re all very busy right now fighting terrorism, but I thought you should know about some threats that are more serious. 

Look down this page about half way for the important info …

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Scala Bowling, I think …

I’ve been working with Scala a bit, just to learn what it is. I’ve found it interesting, if frustrating. Here is a bowling experiment.