April 2007 - Posts

Agile Prioritization
Joel Spolsky and Dmitri Zimine mixed it up last November over whether or not to interrupt a team in the middle of an iteration. I'm pretty late to this thread. But, I think I have something to add. So, here goes... Dmitri started the thread by arguing Read More...
Posted 27 April 07 06:26 by aridle | 1 Comments   
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CNN International was just here...
A CNN International crew from Hong Kong was just here filming the patterns & practices agile development space . They were working on a feature program called Global Office. They filmed me while I pretended to be reading email on Peter’s laptop while Read More...
Posted 27 April 07 01:31 by aridle | 2 Comments   
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BlogJet and Windows Live Writer
I’ve used both BlogJet and Windows Live Writer . I’ve yet to make up my mind which I prefer. Both are cool. But, at the moment, I’m leaning towards the former. I especially like the fact that Toaster thought I might want to blog about Read More...
Posted 27 April 07 12:32 by aridle | 0 Comments   
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In Memoriam
Martha C. Turner (1911-2007) My grandmother died Monday of natural causes. She was 95 years old. And, until about a month ago, she was living at home, driving to church, and doing her own cooking and shopping. She was as sweet and gentle as she was determined Read More...
Posted 10 April 07 05:09 by aridle | 1 Comments   
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Blog Tag
How nice of Peter Provost AND Ade Miller to both tag my blog. I feel special. Actually, they're probably just checking to make sure I'm reading their blogs. (Ha!) I'll play along, but only because I (finally) found five more victims. You already know Read More...
Posted 05 April 07 07:21 by aridle | 1 Comments   
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Another TDD Convert
I recently stumbled upon the blog of a colleague, John Socha-Leialoha . And, in familiarizing myself with his writing, I found these three solid little posts on what it was like to transition to Test-Driven Development: How I Learned to Stop Worrying Read More...
Posted 03 April 07 10:57 by aridle | 0 Comments   
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Become a Certified Agile Software Specialist!
Thanks to the good folks over at Agile Certification Now , you too can join the legions of Certified Agile Software Specialists already making the industry a safer place. Follow the link. You won't be disappointed. Read More...
Posted 03 April 07 10:27 by aridle | 0 Comments   
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Capacity vs. Velocity
My team just completed a discussion - at times a rather passionate discussion - about what work items we should be tracking in TFS. Sanjeev , our PM, argued in favor of tracking everything we do - except meetings. I, lead dev and agile purist that I am, Read More...
Posted 03 April 07 04:11 by aridle | 4 Comments   
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