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Robert Sfeir replied to Deepak Bandela's discussion 'Does pair programming need code review?'
From our point of view, both code review and pair programming are a learning tool. Therefore, while you might have pair programmed with someone, you could still assign the code review so others can learn from the written code. It might not be a…
Robert Sfeir replied to Patrick's discussion 'What do do when you don't meet the definition of 'Done''
With all due respect, I never said point the finger at someone else. Perhaps I should have said it is a technical issue related to a firewall configuration and not a software/software deployment problem.
The first thing about Agile is to keep…
Robert Sfeir replied to Patrick's discussion 'What do do when you don't meet the definition of 'Done''
Why would you do that? your work is done and verified done, the software tested and user stories implemented. You said your sprint is closed. The problem is an IT problem, not a software problem. I would close it and let it go.
Robert Sfeir replied to John Smith's discussion 'How to estimate'
We use Fibonacci and planning poker as well, and it works great! Fibonacci is very interesting because the distance between the number shifts in such a way that it gives people pause. a 5 or an 8 is quite a bit step. The numbers we use are…
Robert Sfeir replied to Urs Enzler's discussion 'How long do you have to release product-increment on each Sprint?'
For us there used to be such a thing as code freeze but there isn't anymore. The Sprint is done when the stories that were assigned to that sprint are written.
In general our sprints are 3-4 weeks. It depends on the total number of points…
Robert Sfeir replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion 'Team member doesn't want agile'
I don't completely disagree, particularly with your assessment of Agile's definition, however, everyone has their threshold of comfort as to what is described and defined. In that case why not work with that person to help them define as…
Robert Sfeir replied to James Owen's discussion 'Pair Programming'
What I do is look at the number of user stories we have, how many points those user stories cost. Depending on how fast we want to go, I know how many developers I assign to the sprint and go from there. If I don't have enough developers, then…
Robert Sfeir replied to Kelly Waters's discussion 'Metrics'
100% agree with this. If we start using metrics, and even velocity, to judge the performance of the team, or a team member, you're likely to get yourself in trouble. Why not simply judge if your team's performance is good based on customer…
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Robert Sfeir replied to James Owen's discussion 'Pair Programming'
To add to the first response, I would also argue that programmers are not 100% efficient when working on new code. Therefore your programmer is already spending his/her time trying to figure out what to do with the code and how to change it. Adding…
Robert Sfeir replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion 'Team member doesn't want agile'
For #1... I work for a company that has its teeth deeply sunk into SIX SIGMA, CMMI-3 and 4... Trying to tell them hey I have an idea let's go to Agile and here is why won't make one wee bit of a dent. The way to do it is to slowly just…
Robert Sfeir replied to Doug Sigmon's discussion 'Agile Project Management Software'
I hear you... we have a distributed team, and we're government contractors working on location at NIH, so we don't exactly have walls to throw cards on. I prefer cards because it gives you something tangible you can talk about. GreenHopper…
Robert Sfeir replied to Doug Sigmon's discussion 'Agile Project Management Software'
Hello. First thanks for setting this up, I hope we get a good movement going.
We're Agile SCRUM based, and as such we use a combination of:
Jira and GreenHopper to manage our Sprints, Fisheye/Crucible to manage our code reviews.
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- At 8:42pm on December 30, 2009,
Kelly Waters said… - Hi Robert, welcome to this Agile Forum. I haven't sent any block invites yet, so in the meantime please feel free to invite any of your contacts that might be interested...
Kind regards
Kelly.
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