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You don’t need story-points either
Or an estimation-less approach to software development I’ve had too many conversations (and overheard a few) about re-estimating stories or “re-baselining” the effort required for software projects....
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What iteration-less agile really means
I’ve written about the idea of an iteration-less process before, and we’ve been using the spirit of the idea at the startup I work at (Cinch) for the past few weeks. The idea is simple, and has two...
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Conference – Lean & Kanban 2009
I will be speaking at the Lean & Kanban 2009 conference which is being held in Miami, Fl in the coming February (18th to 20th). There is a great line-up of speakers, so if you’re at all interested...
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Lean Software Development For Startups
Here’s what I will be talking about at the Lean & Kanban 2009 conference in Miami this year. Lean Software Development For Startups (Or Why Agile Isnʼt Enough And How To Do More With Less)...
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Determine root cause of a problem
Determining root cause of a problem and solve the root cause rather than symptoms is one of important principles of Lean methodology. I have been in situations where we do not have time to determine...
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Fresher and Experienced Developers – Friends or Enemies ?
There are many articles written about pair programming. I wanted to write something specific about pair programming between a fresher and experienced programer. Lets look at some benefits of pairing a...
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Adopting lean software development: What is a user story?
I recently got an email from a reader (Dmitry Lobanov) who had some questions about the process stuff I’ve written about here. With his permission, I’ve reproduced the contents of his email and have...
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Announcing the Bay Area Lean Software Development Meetup
Hi folks, I’d like to announce the Bay Area Lean Software Development Meetup. The first meeting is scheduled for the end of the this month – on the 30th of April. I’m going to present on the topic that...
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Update: Lean & Kanban 2009 Conference
This is a reminder to everyone that this year’s Lean & Kanban Conference is scheduled for the 6th – 8th of May. The venue is the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami, Florida. Check out the...
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To write tests or to not write tests…
At the Bay Area Clojure User Group this evening, a familiar discussion came up. Yea, about unit-testing in Clojure. And someone said, “But Rich Hickey talks of TDD being guard-rails-driven programming…...
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To write tests or to not write tests…
At the Bay Area Clojure User Group this evening, a familiar discussion came up. Yea, about unit-testing in Clojure. And someone said, “But Rich Hickey talks of TDD being guard-rails-driven programming…...
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