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Earning vs. Learning
Submitted by jason@parlezuml.com (Jason Gorman) on Thu, 28/02/2008 - 11:57.As a trainer and coach, it's the number one biggest barrier to getting results. The management want their teams to be more productive, and they want the software they produce to be of better quality. But the developers who tend to be most productive and who produce the best quality code tend to be the ones who have dedicated the most of their time to learning and experimenting.
Typemock Isolator V4.2 Released
Submitted by webmaster@testdriven.com (News) on Thu, 28/02/2008 - 21:04.New Survey Confirms Increased Agile Adoption
Submitted by webmaster@testdriven.com (News) on Thu, 28/02/2008 - 21:05.Not aware: 13% (26%)
Not using: 13% (16%)
Investigating: 14% (14%)
New tool added - WebDriver
Submitted by Opensourcetesting.org - latest news on Fri, 29/02/2008 - 00:00.Post Agilism - an apology to Jonathan Kohl
Submitted by Paul Gerrard on Fri, 29/02/2008 - 01:00.About a year or so ago I posted a Mr Angry challenge to a blog post by Jonathan Kohl. It was a grumpy complaint about a post of his description of the 'post-agilist' er, situation. A year ago, I was interested in what was happening but was no better informed at the blogs that talked of post-agilism. The grumpy post didn't achieve much except a bit of criticism of myself (but not much really ... ner ner).
Production vs. Attendance on Teams
Submitted by Wayne Allen on Fri, 29/02/2008 - 01:14.Jeffrey Phillips wrote a nice post on Accountable for production not attendance. In it he argues that most knowledge workers should be treated like virtual workers – they should be held accountable for their production, not their attendance. The implication is that the results of the work is far more important than when or where they work. This is something I have given a great deal of thought to and agree with in principle. However, the focus here is on the individual. What if the individual works on a team?
