Tag Archives: team

The Vision Thing: How Do You Charter? #agile2011

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Bill Wake

We held a "Fringe" session at Agile 2011 to discuss how people charter or kick off projects.  Elements of "Kickoff" [These are in no particular order.] Vision Release Criteria Success Criteria From and To State Business capability Solution vision Risks … Continue reading →

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Trends in Agile – Diana Larsen

Posted on August 19, 2006 by Bill Wake

Trends in Agile. Continue reading →

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Slicing Functionality: Alternate Paths

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Bill Wake

When you need to break up a big feature, you often have many choices about how to do so. Continue reading →

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Agile Project Management, XP Style

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Bill Wake

How do you plan the overall shape of a project in XP? This article summarizes planning with little reference to the programming aspects of XP. Continue reading →

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Review – Agile Estimating and Planning

Posted on January 16, 2006 by Bill Wake

Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn. Pearson Education, 2006.My back-cover review was “Mike Cohn explains his approach to Agile planning, and shows how ‘critical chain’ thinking can be used to effectively buffer both schedule and features. As with User Stories … Continue reading →

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Twenty Ways to Split Stories

Posted on September 30, 2005 by Bill Wake

There are a number of dimensions along which you can split stories. Continue reading →

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Agile ’05 Conference Report

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Bill Wake

Agile ’05 conference. Continue reading →

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Review – Fit for Developing Software

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Bill Wake

Review of “Fit for Developing Software” by Mugridge and Cunningham. Continue reading →

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Procedural and Declarative Tests

Posted on March 1, 2005 by Bill Wake

Procedural tests focus on a series of steps; declarative tests work from the input and states. Procedural tests are natural to write, but consider whether a declarative test expresses your intent more concisely and clearly. Continue reading →

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Review – Extreme Programming Explained, 2/e

Posted on February 13, 2005 by Bill Wake

Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2/e, by Kent Beck and Cynthia Andres. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004. ISBN 0321278658.Kent Beck’s new introduction to the practices and philosophy of XP. See an extended summary.(Reviewed Feb., ’05)

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Pair Practice

Posted on April 21, 2004 by Bill Wake

Get a feeling for pairing. Continue reading →

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INVEST in Good Stories, and SMART Tasks

Posted on August 17, 2003 by Bill Wake

XP teams have to manage stories and tasks. The INVEST and SMART acronyms can remind teams of the good characteristics of each. Continue reading →

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Extreme Programming Explored

Posted on November 8, 2002 by Bill Wake

  Extreme Programming Explored, by William C. Wake. Addison-Wesley, 2001. Foreword by Dave Thomas (The Pragmatic Programmer). This book grew out of the XPlorations series of articles. I wrote them as I was learning XP, and relating it to my … Continue reading →

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Simplified Iteration Planning

Posted on September 8, 2002 by Bill Wake

A simplified approach to iteration planning. Continue reading →

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Distortions in Velocity

Posted on June 17, 2002 by Bill Wake

Some ideas about updating estimates, mid-iteration estimate changes, and 0-point stories. Updating Estimates Suppose your velocity is 2. Your customer has selected one 2-point story, and in the exact middle of the iteration you find you're done with that story. … Continue reading →

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