September 28, 2009
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Hot Needle of Inquiry
Things in the skills development area have changed in some
interesting ways. We have room for a few more people who want tocontribute to our proposed session in Ann Arbor.
September 10, 2009
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Hot Needle of Inquiry
Scrum luminaries freely grant the necessity for good developer practices, and the Scrum Alliance is thinking about developer certification. Some important people in the community are involved, and so am I. Read on …
September 8, 2009
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Hot Needle of Inquiry
Extreme Programming used to have a very specific meaning. It still has a fairly specific meaning. Scrum still has a fairly specific meaning. It, too, has drifted a bit over time. It is natural that terms drift a bit as…
September 8, 2009
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XP Magazine
There has been some discussion of late regarding the use of Test-Driven Development ideas in non-software areas. This is a really good idea and I would like to talk about it here.
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.
Choose your tools wisely, that they allow for the development of your skill.
Jim Shore has written a short item with the above title. Let’s think about it a bit.
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.
Jens Meydam asked “What do you really care about in Scrum?” I decided to answer, instead, “What do you think is really essential in Scrum-style software development?