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Summary [This entry is a follow-up to " To prepare for an interview, just make sure you can code on a whiteboard ". A few of the important messages are repeated and clarifications are provided to make a complete package.] Motley: I thought I could rely
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Summary Motley: An effective modification to Scrum is to do a requirements sprint, followed by a design sprint, implementation sprint, test sprint, and stabilization sprint. It has the benefits of Scrum and has commonality with our older processes, which
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Motley: Where has that lazy piece of work, James, been hiding? Maven: I was just wondering that myself. I have not seen him in a few weeks. Let me check his Facebook page - that should clue us in. Motley: It figures that he would update Facebook before
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Summary Motley: There is no harm shortcutting a few steps of development to meet a deadline. Some up-front check-in steps just take too much time. Maven: Slow down to go fast. Obey check-in checklists or you will pay for it later in the development cycle.
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Summary Motley: Build an application according to architectural layers, from the bottom-up. Maven: Build an application using vertical slices. Build just enough UI coupled with underlying layers such as an object and data model, to satisfy a user scenario.
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Summary Motley: Branches are too complicated. The last thing we need is a copy of the code that has to be maintained in two or more places! Maven: Branches are source code copies with a tie back to a mainline set of code that allow for easy integration
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Thanks to the brilliant work of a coworker and friend, Fred Chao, Maven and Motley now have faces! You can see them in the title bar of the blog and in the about page. Thanks, Fred! Motley: Maven:
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Summary Motley: Tell like it is. We have a business to run and getting straight to the point is most efficient. Maven: Interpersonal skills help you ascend the career ladder. Don't be a jerk. Some tips include avoid interruption, ask questions, use more
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Summary Motley: To be a lead developer, technical skills are absolutely the most important. Everything else is secondary, tertiary, and whatever word comes next. Maven: A lead developer must lead from several different perspectives, including people,
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Summary Motley: I admit it - Wideband Delphi works! It helped us generate fairly accurate estimates for longer-term planning and the documentation of our assumptions kept everyone on the same page and provided rationale for our numbers. Maven: Um, what
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Hello all, Happy New Year! Hope you had an enjoyable and restful holiday season with your friends and family. Maven and Motley are back from their extended hibernation. I was out of town for the majority of November and a good chunk of December, so that
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Hello faithful readers! I just wanted to say that Maven and Motley will be on hiatus through the month of November 2008. I will be on vacation and Maven and Motley will be coming with me :-). I'll try and get one more post in before I leave, but no promises.
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Summary Motley: All developers have the same personality type - introverted and logically-minded. A personality test for a developer would be a waste of time. Maven: Build a diversified team with different personality types; learn what type of personality
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Summary Motley: Developing international software is really, really hard. We need brand new binaries to ship in other languages. Maven: Follow these tips when developing for international markets: design for one worldwide binary, ensure the software is
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Summary Motley: I must conform to the wishes of the management team, even if they are wrong. I need permission to modify the organization-wide processes. Maven: Sometimes it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Break the rules if it is best
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