Monthly Archives: May 2007
26/05/07 Scrummerfall
I’m the middle of a Scrummerfall (http://www.agileprogrammer.com/dotnetguy/archive/2006/07/08/16855.aspx) Euphamisticlly defined by Brad Wilson: Scrummerfall. n. The practice of combining Scrum and Waterfall so as to ensure failure at a much faster rate than you had with Waterfall alone. Perhaps this: Scrummerfall. n. The practice of combining the meetings of Scrum with a Waterfall process. This ensures [...]
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11/05/07 Satisfying the need for perfection
Kent Beck mentioned something in his book about a programmer who made elaborate iron pieces to satisfy his need for perfection – because he couldn’t find it on his team. I have seen others who work on open source or outside projects to get that need out of their system. On truly excellent teams, I [...]
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11/05/07 Some teams thrive on the test and fix cycle
Even if they won’t admit it, it seems like some teams like the test & fix cycle of a project Programmers: They like the immediate positive feedback that they get from the team when they fix a bug. For some programmers these tricky obscure problems are fun. They love tracing through the code, poking at [...]
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