agile
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I am afraid of superstar developers!
I now think that choosing roman numerals to represent parts in my series of posts about agile was a bad idea. It is not very scalable! This post, while related to agile, is not part of the series anyways. A few months ago, I read blog posting about agile development. I think it was called…
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Being Agile… Part IV: Falsify me, please
My reference to Adam Savage in Part III was not just incidental. I think it is a very profound one, especially in software development. Adam Savage, in a later podcast (unfortunately, I was unable to find it) explains how the phrase “Failure is always an option” represent a fundamental fact about scientific enquiry. Unlike we…
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Being Agile… Part III: Failure is always an option!*
So we are TDD. We proudly announce the number of unit tests and the percentage coverage as part of the scrum achievements. We make demands on minimum coverage (for a brief while when we had TFS, it was a check-in constraint). But, what do we actually gain by testing? Is there a law of diminishing…
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Being Agile… Part II: Never stop changing
The point I stop reading an article about agile development is when it starts quoting from the agile manifesto. No, I do not have any qualms with the manifesto; I think it is an excellent minimalist document. However, when people starts to preach about it, I tune out. Same is the case when someone brings…
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Being agile… Part I
The noise level about agile software development is deafeningly high these days. May be it has already peaked, which is probably a good thing. My real encounter with agile development in a production environment happened in 2003, when the company I am working for decided to adopt agile practices. We were playing with Fish philosophy…
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Chevy Volt has WHA!?
It has 10 million lines of code, exalts Wired magazine, making it the King of software cars. Now, if we look at kings in real life, who are overly pompous, over spending, ego maniacal AHs, this title may suite. Oh, no, I have nothing against Volt. I would buy one (or another Plug-in) when it…
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