Support Forums: Message List - Save money from Agile Development http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:27 -0400 Agile, or spastic http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 As far as I am concerned, Agile is just another term for spastic or incompetent.  I worked recently with a manager who legitimized his inability to concentrate on one subject as being agile.  Spastic was more like it

]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 14:59:40 -0400 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:59:40 -0400 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:59:40 -0400 May 11, 2011 stuartsfleming 0 Save money from Agile Development http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 Thank you for the interesting blog post. I find the idea of blending Agile methodologies into inital training of developers quite refreshing. I do agree with the previous comments, that pair programming shouldn't take place just because it's defined...]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:23:48 -0400 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:23:48 -0400 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:23:48 -0400 Mar 16, 2011 MillyT 0 Pair-Programming in my exp. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 Do Pair when you need to pair. Dont pair just because you have to follow the "process".

I agree with Shawn.

 

<!-- end of col1 -->]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:21:15 -0400 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:21:15 -0400 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:21:15 -0400 Mar 15, 2011 Adeswara Rao Yasoda 0 Save money from Agile Development http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 I agree with the author. I would take tow hours a day to make pair programming with junior developers. Many times you let them work by their ouwn and months later you discover what they've been doing and you want to cry !

Bye, Marcos.

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:04:13 -0500 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:04:13 -0500 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:04:13 -0500 Mar 11, 2011 Marcos Casamayor 0 Pair-Programming in my exp. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 - Also, utilized as very good knowlege transfer technique.

...]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:54:36 -0500 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:54:36 -0500 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:54:36 -0500 Mar 10, 2011 Shawn S 1 Pair programming http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 The autor just says that pair programming (senior + junior developer) can be used to teach newcomers. He doesn't dispute the pair programming as it is defined in agile methodologies (two developers of the same level).

...]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:44:33 -0500 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:44:33 -0500 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:44:33 -0500 Mar 10, 2011 Adam Dyga 0 Both Partially Correct http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 You are both partially correct in that pairing is helpful for both mentorship of junior team members and for providing continuous design review, and I would encourage you to read Alistair Cockburn's and Laurie Williams' article "The Costs and Benefits...]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:25:14 -0500 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:25:14 -0500 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:25:14 -0500 Mar 10, 2011 Tim Myer 0 Save money from Agile Development http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 You are crazy!!!

...]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:48:09 -0500 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:48:09 -0500 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:48:09 -0500 Mar 9, 2011 Steven McArdle 1 Save money from Agile Development http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62035 There is an easy way how to save many man-days and thus also money on a project by adding some work to the key team members. You must be thinking that I’m crazy if I want to add even more work to the already overloaded senior developers and an...]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:43:15 -0500 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:43:15 -0500 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:43:15 -0500 Mar 9, 2011 Byron Kiourtzoglou 8