Monthly Archives: June 2003

Blog Housekeeping

Posted on June 29, 2003 by Johanna

I’ve noticed these problems with my blog, and am investigating: The comment number doesn’t seem to change with comments posted. Grrr. The last few posts *do* have comments. Bloglet is easily confused with my blog and doesn’t send email that … Continue reading →

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GUI Requirements and Text Documents

Posted on June 27, 2003 by Johanna

  Many people who define requirements use some form of documentation to organize their requirements. Too often, that documentation is in the form of a text document. Because text is so bad at describing what a user interface does, the … Continue reading →

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Build Fast and Fix Fast

Posted on June 23, 2003 by Johanna

  I’m a fan of nightly builds with automated smoke tests, run overnight. In the morning when everyone returns to work, anyone who’s broken the build fixes it. In most cases, the developers see what they did and they fix … Continue reading →

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Personal Productivity — or is it Effectiveness?

Posted on June 20, 2003 by Johanna

  Earlier, I made an off-hand comment, “The zeroth measure of productivity is showing up.” I now think showing up is necessary, but not sufficient. I’ve been thinking about what each of us produces individually, and thinking of ways to … Continue reading →

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Create Rituals for Endings

Posted on June 18, 2003 by Johanna

  I just returned from my younger daughter’s fifth grade graduation. (For those of you without children, sixth grade is now part of middle school.) It was lovely, and reminded me of how important it is for us to have … Continue reading →

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Another Metaphor for Refactoring

Posted on June 13, 2003 by Johanna

  At a recent presentation about agile project management, I mentioned refactoring. One of the attendees said, “No, I don’t want to redesign the whole application every iteration. Agile’s not for me!” Well, I decided I couldn’t address the resistance … Continue reading →

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Measuring Productivity #3: Possible Measurements

Posted on June 11, 2003 by Johanna

  The zeroth measure of productivity is showing up. Sorry I haven’t been showing up, but I have to admit, sleeping is good :-) Ok, back to business. When I tried to calculate productivity of a team, here’s what I … Continue reading →

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