There has been much deriding of both Scrum and the word ?certification? in the past few months. It has become quite vogue to look down on formal training of any kind it seems, particularly among the ALT.NETerati. I get it, and I think several of the criticisms are deserved. Some aren?t. Disclosure I am a […]
Read MoreIt is not enough to just write code that is clean and self-documenting.? Eliminating comments and replacing them with clear variable and method names, will tell the reader of your code clearly what it is doing, but it will not properly express why it is doing it. If you recall from my original post on […]
Read MoreSome of us are hurting our profession with the casual way we treat language. In the following examples, that guy is Bob. Scenario 1 Bob: “Hey, where should we go to lunch?” Joe: “I dunno, get in the car and we’ll decide later.” Bob: “Yeah, we’ll just be agile about it.” Giggle, giggle. Tee hee […]
Read MoreMost people who read this blog will not find the title of this post a revelation. I know firsthand, however, that this is not the case for many. I recently had the privilege of facilitating a Birds of a Feather session at PDC. The title of our discussion was “Agile – Triumphs, Teams, Trials, and […]
Read MoreMy mother is a psychologist and recently visited me us here in Idaho. We spent some time talking about the psychology behind some agile practices. Pretty cool! Additionally, we ended up on the one mystery topic that has always eaten away at me. That mystery for me is simple: Why does one person or team […]
Read MoreMy wife, Eleanor, runs a small side business making some extraordinary things with needles, thread, and cloth. She makes quilts, dresses, stuffed animals, clothes, and reupholsters furniture to round it off. She’s been honing her skills, trying new things, and improving her craftsmanship for many years. She’s very good and has some faithful clients. Recently, […]
Read MoreTest lists drive me nuts. I recently recorded a screen cast showing how to pull of CI without the test lists. Here ya go! Here’s a link to the screen cast.
Read MoreAt the Agile 2009 conference in Chicago, I got to meet some great people I?d previously known only in electronic form. Tommy Norman is one of those folks, as he and I have had many conversations on Twitter. Tommy is a System Architect at Compuware in Nashville, TN where focuses on Application Lifecycle Management. He […]
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