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October 16, 2009

The Agile Skills Project

Some good people[1], plus Chet and I, met in Ann Arbor the week of October 12 2009, to discuss Agile Team Member qualification. The outcome: The Agile Skills Project.

October 2, 2009

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Hot Needle of Inquiry

Interesting Links

I just thought I’d make a page with links that may be worth exploring. If you have some, let me know. I have not explored all of these, nor, probably, have you. That’s why I’m listing them.

October 2, 2009

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Hot Needle of Inquiry

Evidence about Collocation

Here are a few links relating to collocation, thanks to Adrian Howard and others.

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.

Choose Tools to Increase Skill

Choose your tools wisely, that they allow for the development of your skill.

Problems with Acceptance Testing (combined)

Jim Shore has written a short item with the above title. Let’s think about it a bit.

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.

What is really essential?

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?