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We've already got a great lineup of speakers for the Business of Software conference : Seth Godin Eric Sink Steve Johnson Richard Stallman Paul Kenny Tom Jennings Dharmesh Shah Mike Milinkovich Jessica Livingston Jason Fried and me! Neil Davidson...
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Well, I better rephrase that. The functional part of a requirement is cheap. I can deliver the functional part of a requirement in as little time and in as small of a cost as you like if you let me control the non-functional parts of the requirement. That is a heck of a claim. So how do I back that up...
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Here at Fog Creek Software we get a lot of requests for a tour of the office, which we usually have to decline: we have this unusual obsession with giving programmers quiet working conditions. But once a year, we do have an open house. It's a rare...
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Through the spring, we (at Modus Cooperandi ) have been working with my olf colleague from Microsoft, Kim Tapia-St.Amant and her Interactive Space company to design our new brand identity and web site. We're rolling out the brand identity this week...
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There is only 1 week left before the APLN Agile Leadership Summit : Advancing the Agile Enterprise, at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle. We've got a fantastic lineup of speakers and breakout sessions. It's a mini-Agile conference here in the Northwest...
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The agile community has written much about this in the past year or so: Iterative vs Incremental - from the first (and original) Wiki Web The Neglected Practice of Iteratation - by Jeff Patton Difference between Iterative and Incremental Development Read...
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InfoQ.com summarized an email-list discussion thread on the subject of using a Traceability Matrix in an Agile Project . I contributed quite a lot to the thread, and InfoQ apparently included many of the key things I said along with the related URLs to...
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Some of the discussion with my co-authors on our May 2008 CM Journal article on Agile Release Management spurred some additional thoughts by me that I hope to refine and work into a subsequent article later this year. Release Management is about so much...
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My Agile SCM co-authors Rob Cowham, Steve Berczuk, and myself have written an article for the May CM Journal on An Agile Approach to Release Management We're relatively pleased with the article, and all collaborated together quite well. Read More...
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My review of Jim Brosseau's Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success is available in the May issue of the Agile Journal . It is nothing less than outstanding! I found Software Teamwork to be an immensely helpful, intensely practical, profusely...
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Nice little guide on InfoQ.com about Distributed Version Control - that's twice in two months that the " agile " section of InfoQ.com has had a decent article on the subject! Read More...
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I recently learned that Michelle Sliger , author of the wonderful 4 part series of articles on Relating PMBoK to Agile Practices , is co-authoring a book with Stacia Broderick entitled the Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility . You can even...
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A long time ago, it became fashionable, even recommended, to disable menu items when they could not be used. Don't do this. Users see the disabled menu item that they want to click on, and are left entirely without a clue of what they are supposed...
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I have a love/hate relationship with software metrics. While I acknowledge that well designed, well collected, and well utilized measures on software projects can be of huge benefit to the project team, most of us suffer under the burden of measures that are non-designed, ad hoc collected, and not utilized...
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The Gilb London course is growing year by year. This year the theme is Risk & Uncertainty, and experts from all around the world is presenting and participating (very lively). Speaker List Bran Selic - Malina Software Corp - Canada Risk Factors in...
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I set up this blog for us, as an easy place to share anything. Everybody is welcome to post anything they like here. Read More...
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Disclaimer: I do not speak for Google! These are my own views and opinions, and are not endorsed in any way by my employer, nor anyone else, for that matter. Everyone knows and quotes Joel's old chestnut, "Smart, and Gets Things Done." It...
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VersionOne are organizing the 3rd annual survey. This has proven to be the best industry survey over the last 2 years. Despite the fact, it is organized by a tools vendor, it's very independent. The quality of the survey relies on each and every one...
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I will once again plagiarize myself by transcribing a talk I gave. First: be warned! I offer this gesture of respect to you — yes, you! — when I say that this is at least 20 minutes of reading. This is long even for me. If you're surfing reddit, gobbling...
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You have 3 days remaining to register for the APLN Agile Leadership Summit in Seattle (July 17-18) and get the $100 earlybird discount. Don't miss out. This is a fantastic event, at a great venue, and is a steal at only $300. Register now and save...
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I'm delighted to announce our 3rd panelist for our Agile Leadership Summit , on July 17th and 18th at The Edgewater hotel in Seattle, will be Jeff Beehler who runs the Visual Studio Team System product group at Microsoft. Jeff has experience a team...
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http://www.agilethinkers.com/2008/06/tom-gilb---an-e.html Read these interviews with Ryan Shriver and also the one with Jens Egil Evensen to see some experiences with our Evo methods! What might interest some of you is that they both are Scrum Masters...
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A reader wrote in to ask what kind of desks we're going to be using for the new office. The ergonomics experts always want you to have your feet flat on the floor. So you have to adjust your seat height first. Then, your arms are supposed to be horizontal...
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Avanade have been a long time supporter of the APLN in Seattle. They sponsor the local chapter meetings and provide us with a venue for our monthly meetings. Dale Christian, CIO, is one of our confirmed panelists. Today, I'm happy to announce that...
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AMS Services in Bothell, Washington is the latest firm to announce sponsorship for our event. We're delighted to have them involved and I'd like to thank them for their support of the APLN and the agile community in the Seattle area. We're...
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