Archive for 'Agile'
TDD: Design for the Conditions
I am not a proponent of TDD, but I will admit it has its place. And sometimes that place is not to use it, if the ultimate outcome will be of less value to the purpose of your software.
Some reasons not to use TDD if the conditions warrant are:
More code is higher risk for bugs. [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2009 under Agile, Tools.
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Scrum Schedule In Practice
The scrum meeting schedule I set up for my teams at one place I gigged at was as follows, and based on the basic sprint/release cycle. Our sprints varied from 2-3 weeks; releases usually after two sprints. After doing 2 week, 3 week, and one month sprints I kinda like the 3 [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2009 under Agile.
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The Code Review
I like code reviews now days, done right.
Code reviews help to:
Add to the support base of the code.
Normalize the development techniques on the codebase.
Add to team cohesiveness.
Help developers develop presentation and communication skills.
Force that last 5% execution of the writing of the code.
Improve code quality and developer skillsets.
I’ve been and hosted in several different types [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2009 under Agile.
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