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The “focus on business value” pillar (version 1)
Submitted by Brian Marick on Fri, 12/06/2009 - 00:06.Part of a series on the seven pillars of a good Agile teamThere’s no need for us to put on airs. Agile work is piecework. We’re like furniture makers who deal with an unending (we hope!) stream of special orders, each one being a fairly small job. Each job has to be worth it for [...]
Pex 0.14.040610.2: Fix Suggestions for Invariant Methods and Natural properties for Stubs.
Submitted by Jonathan de Halleux on Fri, 12/06/2009 - 03:14.We have just released a new version of Pex, v0.14.040610.2. This version brings a range of Bug Fixes that were reported on the MSDN forums and a couple new features: Fix Suggestions for Invariant Methods and Natural properties for Stubs.
Pillar Spiderweb retrospectives
Submitted by Brian Marick on Fri, 12/06/2009 - 22:00.I was asked for more details about the pillar-based retrospectives I mentioned earlier.PreparationHave scrap paper or notecards, plus writing instruments.ExecutionThe team assembles and sits. They get some paper.I let a random person pick which pillar to start with. I describe it to them, then tell them to individually rate the whole team against it, on [...]
SPIN Kanban Talk
Submitted by Wayne Allen on Fri, 12/06/2009 - 23:12.My talk at the Rose City SPIN last night went very well. We had a small core of dedicated people. Lots of good questions and we could dive into the specifics. Thanks to Rhea for doing a great job organizing the event.
You can find my presentation here.
I also wanted to provide some links to some of the books and sites I referred to during the talk.