Configuration Management on a Page
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).
Author Archives: Bill Wake
Pair Practice
Get a feeling for pairing. Continue reading Pair Practice
Test-Driven Development and Teaching to Test
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
Ratchets Capture Progress: Steps to Continuous Integration
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
TDD: Tension, Release, and Generalization
Test-driven development uses tension as one of its tools. Continue reading TDD: Tension, Release, and Generalization
Review – Radical Project Management
Radical Project Management, by Rob Thomsett. Prentice Hall, 2002. I don’t know why the title says “Radical”, as throughout the book it’s “eXtreme Project Management.” Thomsett develops a project management approach that considers value throughout the project’s whole life cycle. Continue reading Review – Radical Project Management
Review – The Knowledge-Creating Company
The Knowledge-Creating Company, by Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi. Oxford University Press, This book describes how organizations can use the dynamics of knowledge creation; I’ve created an extended description and discussion as an XPlorations article. (Reviewed Feb., ’04)
Review – DSDM
DSDM: Business Focused Development, 2/e, by the DSDM Consortium, edited by Jennifer Stapleton. Addison-Wesley, 2003. DSDM is an agile software method. It grew out of experience with RAD (Rapid Application Development) in the mid-1990s. Its focus is most heavy on Continue reading Review – DSDM
Review – Hidden Order
Hidden Order, John H. Holland. Addison-Wesley, 1995. This is a readable and interesting introduction to Holland’s approach to complex adaptive systems. It touches on agents and emergence, and considers models that are being designed and built in software. The clarity Continue reading Review – Hidden Order
Review – Situated Learning
Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. Cambridge University Press, 1991. Learning is a social activity, not a pouring of knowledge from one person to another. The thesis of this book is that when people want to Continue reading Review – Situated Learning