… And will probably continue to be sick. There’s more to come on Agile Jumping the Shark, but it’ll probably later in the weak. Still, in the interim, I wanted […]
(Sidebar: Going Meta …)
Bob Martin actually wrote this three years ago: As I said before, going meta is a good thing. However, going meta requires experimental evidence. Unfortunately the industry has latched on […]
Shark Jumpin’ – III
I made a posst to the Agile-Testing list a few months back about AgileCMMI; I thought it was worth repeating here: >In the long run should we have ‘agile CMM’? […]
Shark Jumpin’ – II
Ben Edwards commented yesterday that in TV Shows, the characters age and the writers need to introduce new characters or plotlines to keep things interesting. Those things may make the […]
Agile Jumped the Shark? – I
On Happy Days, there was an episode where Fonzie jumped a shark tank on his motorcycle. Many people consider that the “high water” mark of the show, and believed that […]
If you hate it, do more of it
I was talking to Tessa yesterday about the PMP certification, which I am not exactly a big fan of. She reminded me of the old adage ‘if you hate it, […]
Interesting Links
Scott Ambler has an article in this months Dr. Dobbs Magazine on Agile Testing: http://www.ddj.com/dept/debug/196603549 Yesterday, Sean McMillan sent me this link to Big Agile Up Front:
Coding Standards ?
This month’s Software Quality Professional claims on page 51 that: By having defined coding standards, developers trained in the use of the those standards are less likely to make certain […]
A Few Of My Favorite Things – IV
I am vaguely disorganized. No, please don’t jump out of your seat and tell me that I “Have” to get more organized. I don’t buy it. I’ve run a successful […]
Interview with Chad Fowler
I’ve blogged a bit about a presentation Chad Fowler made to XPWestMichiga two weeks back. There were several interesting points on marketing yourself and choosing a career in technology. Eventually, […]
Christmas Tree Shoppin’ …
Imagine: You bundle up the kids and drive ten miles to the Christmas tree farm. Before you can park your car, a young man greets you, asking you to roll […]
Scaling Knowledge work …
Ron Jeffries has an interesting article on a project he is currently working on. I read the article and responded to the XP E-mail list; here’s a copy of the […]
XP, Dear XP …
Extreme Programming in Japan? You’ve got to see this video. Don’t worry, it has subtitles, and it’s only three minutes long.
A few of my favorite things – III
I promise to talk about testing tools, so next up is a DigitalVoice Recorder with PC Link. This particular model records and transfers to PC in WAV format, which can […]
Test Estimation
I thought my recent post to the Agile-Testing Discussion list was worth repeating. Here goes: Earlier, Lisa Crispin said Test Estimation was hard, and asked if anyone had a perfect […]
A Few Of My Favorite Things – II
If you watch enough presentations, you start to see things that detract from the message. The speaker has to plug in, power up, and press control-shift-F9 a bunch of times. […]
Canary in a Coal Mine
There is an interesting talk in Info.com by Ken Schwaber. Ken is a co-author of the agile manifesto and co-inventor of Scrum. If you don’t want to listen for an […]
A few of my favorite things – I
I’d like to start a short series on my favorite tools. No fluff, just stuff. Tool #1: Google Reader. This is like TiVo for blogs. You search for, find, and […]
Throughput – I
I’ve been thinking about throughput a lot lately. Example: It’s winter in Michigan, and it’s snowing. So, on my way to work this morning, I see a truck that is […]
Why Blog?
So far, I’m obligated for quite a bit … A) I want to describe blue man group, and how that might impact our communcationB) Discuss possible ways to contribute to […]