Exploring Extreme Programming
Leadership is an Art, by Max DePree. This is a thin “inspirational” book (you have to be in a certain mood), written by the CEO of Herman Miller (the furniture company). You can read it in a sitting, but it’s Continue reading Review – Leadership is an Art
Refactorings are often described as transformations that preserve semantics, but they still may require new tests. Continue reading Refactorings Require New Tests
Agile Management for Software Engineering, David J. Anderson. Prentice Hall, 2004. This book applies throughput accounting to software development. (This approach originated in Theory of Constraints and fits with lean manufacturing) Throughput accounting focuses on the rate of sales as Continue reading Review – Agile Management
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic, Karl Fulves. Dover Press, 1988. Fulves has a number of collections of simple magic tricks. I enjoy playing with some of them even though I’d never perform them for others. My interest in origami stretches to cloth Continue reading Review – Self-Working Handkerchief Magic
Ant, The Definitive Guide, by Jesse Tilly & Eric M. Burke. O’Reilly, 2002. ISBN 0-596-00184-3. This is a classic O’Reilly animal book showing – what else? – a horned lizard on the cover. But it’s classic member of the series Continue reading Review – Ant
Sometimes it pays to do things twice. Continue reading Scratch Refactoring
This is a one-page summary of basic terms and processes for configuration management, suitable for an agile team. Also available in a Microsoft Word verion (.doc) (or in French).
Get a feeling for pairing. Continue reading Pair Practice
Test-Driven Development is Example-Driven Development, and if you’re not careful, TDD can be like teaching to test. Continue reading Test-Driven Development and Teaching to Test
A ratchet is a mechanism for locking in progress. Frequent builds and regression tests represent ratchets for development. Continue reading Ratchets Capture Progress: Steps to Continuous Integration