Monthly Archives: February 2008

Iterations, increments or Sprints ?

Posted on February 21, 2008 by

So what’s in a name … ? Does it matter what you call your chunks of work ? In many ways it doesn’t – different people use the terms inter-changeably. Sprint is specifically a Scrum term, XP tends to use … Continue reading →

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Beauty and the Beast…

Posted on February 8, 2008 by

One of the challenges working in a consultancy on client site, is adapting modern ideas and techniques onto existing legacy systems. The temptation can be to sweep away the old and replace with the new, but most times this is … Continue reading →

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Google Programming and the Dangers of the Cargo Cult

Posted on February 1, 2008 by

A while ago Mark blogged on his experiences learning Rails using screencasts. Around this time he also confessed to me that he accomplished many things in Rails simply by doing a Google search for it. I thought I’d try a … Continue reading →

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