http://xprogramming.comAn Agile Software Development Resourceen-ushttp://www.xprogramming.com/images/feed-icon16x16.pnghttp://www.xprogramming.comhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/csmplus.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/csmplus.htmThe traditional CSM course is only two days. That's not enough time to cover the things a ScrumMaster needs to know to help their team be successful.04 Feb 2009http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoSlices.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoSlices.htmThe team has fallen far short in the most recent iteration. What should they do?29 Aug 2008http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/jatAgileIsIsNotMayBe.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/jatAgileIsIsNotMayBe.htmRecent discussions on the lists inspire me to take a radical position. Or maybe it's my life. Or an accident of birth. Anyway: Agile Software Development requires software development. 11 Jun 2008http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoProductivity.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoProductivity.htmMUCH LATER: Organizations certainly need good productivity. Sometimes they ask for improved productivity, and a way to show that we have improved. Is this always evil?25 Apr 2008http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoCoffee01.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoCoffee01.htmCarl is concerned about small releases, and catches Kate in the coffee room. They talk about why small releases matter to Kate, and they both learn a bit.24 Apr 2008http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoEmpire.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoEmpire.htmAfter Dan Devlin, President of Oak River Software, dropped in on her at the coffee shop, Kate agreed to consider helping with the proposed new Empire project. Empire was life or death for Oak River. Without Empire, they'd go under, and Dan couldn't afford to fund it.28 Mar 2008http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/forumclosing.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/forumclosing.htmThe forum was set up as an experiment to see whether a self-sustaining forum-style site would work. This one, at least, has not. With regret, I'm shutting it down.27 Mar 2008http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoPrologue.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/aokoPrologue.htm"Kate" puts a word in about how things really got started, and promises to come back and sort Ron out if he needs it.01 Mar 2008http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorOnceMore.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorOnceMore.htmChet and I have decided that the thing to do is to build the software page using full-on Ruby generators and get it out of the way. Here we go again.This doesn't turn out at all as we expected. Project cancelled! Has XP failed???21 Dec 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorFinishStoryOne.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorFinishStoryOne.htmWe review cards and letters, and we finish our first elementary story. We think we will start over. Oh, and my computer is now fast again. Read on ...19 Nov 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorFirstStory.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorFirstStory.htmWe start on the first story, but get into some trouble with my machine. And you're probably wondering what we're actually up to anyway ... take a look!13 Nov 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorPlanning.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorPlanning.htmWe take a few moments to write stories and talk about what should be done. Who says we don't plan?12 Nov 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorBeginnings.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/rorBeginnings.htmAfter a long hiatus, we're back! We're tired of Java and C# and decided to do something with Ruby on Rails. Come along for the train ride. Or wreck, as the case may be.05 Nov 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcLjuticRefactoring.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcLjuticRefactoring.htmWith a little time on our hands, we make our sketched story run and smooth out the code. Generality is showing up, almost by magic. Except it isn't magic -- you can do it too!14 Jun 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcLjuticMonoGun.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcLjuticMonoGun.htmWe move forward incrementally, improving the report generation by adding new paragraphs, observing missing ideas, and removing duplication. Could that be all there is to this? Is "all" a good word in that question?12 Jun 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcCallingTheShot.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcCallingTheShot.htmIn which our intrepid heroes leap fearlessly directly into a flaming pot of YAGNI. Will they surface? Will they be fried?11 Jun 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcReloadingToo.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcReloadingToo.htmOur tests run, the code structure is good, yet we are not entirely happy. What's up with that?07 Jun 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcReloading.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcReloading.htmDistracted by the Style and Grace planning and other things, Chet and Ron have been away from the Shotgun project for a while. They need to reload their minds and get back to it. Will our heroes prevail? You know they will.05 Jun 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/FiveDays.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/FiveDays.htmAfter a lot of reflection on how things are proceeding in our favorite software community, Chet and Ron have decided to hold a public workshop to share and practice building software in teams, with an eye to helping all the attendees ... including ourselves ... sharpen software and team skills.07 May 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShotIntoTheAir.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShotIntoTheAir.htmWith great courage and at great personal risk, Chet and Ron attempt a new world's record in high-altitude pair programming.02 Feb 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShootingEndToEnd.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShootingEndToEnd.htmWe've been working for a couple of weeks of elapsed time now, we figure, so it's time to focus a bit more on end to end. How about a draft PDF report?24 Jan 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcImprovingDrawingCode.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcImprovingDrawingCode.htmWhen we went to the unit square implementation of PatterningSheet and ShotPattern, we stopped after the FitNesse tests ran, but before we modified our image-drawing spikes. Here, we complete that implementation and clean up the code as we do it.23 Jan 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShootingForClean.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShootingForClean.htmWe get all the tests running after scaling to the unit square, and clean up the code substantially. Full listings in this issue, so stand back when you open the page.15 Jan 2007http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShotgunGray.htmhttp://xprogramming.com/xpmag/dbcShotgunGray.htmWe draw some density pictures, improve some code, and recognize at least some of our flaws.14 Jan 2007