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Comment on The defect 4-step by Organizational memory definition - Topic Research, Trends and Surveys

Organizational memory definition - Topic Research, Trends and Surveys — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:44:19 +0000

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Comment on How can an Agile team influence the quality of upstream components by Larry Maccherone

Larry Maccherone — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:19:29 +0000

@Jeff. I was responding to a question from an actual client who indicated that he was worried about the quality of the upstream components, so it wasn’t my thesis. So, you may be surprised to hear that I agree with your statement that the upstream code is not necessarily of lower quality. My background is with high assurance environments with safety and security concerns. Some of the process definitions I have used in those environments tend to produce higher quality (especially from a defect perspective) code than your average Agile team.

I’m not sure what you are objecting to with respect to peer review. Can you please say why you think it is “complete BS”?

You may also be surprised to hear that I also think there is no gain in trying to force Agile “religion” on a non-Agile team. In re-reading my post, I can see how you might think I was saying that especially when I said, “You don’t control their process but you may be able to influence it at the boundary between them and you.” However, it was not my intent to imply that the downstream team should try to force the upstream team to adopt Agile practices. All of my suggestions target the frequency and level of feedback that the downstream team gives to the upstream team. These things could be done even if the downstream team was not Agile. I chose these particular activities because they are requests that the non-Agile upstream team might be willing to accommodate.

I might also point out that peer review is not generally accepted as an Agile practice. Some might consider that suggestion anti-Agile. Its inclusion in my list is related to feedback and has nothing to do with Agile religious doctrine.

Comment on How can an Agile team influence the quality of upstream components by Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:35:41 +0000

This is pretty much BS. Your entire thesis is predicated on the fact that the Agile team produces higher quality code than the non-agile team. This is not necessarily the case.

Your point about meeting cadence and automated testing stands.

Your point about peer review is complete BS.

I recommend focusing on the API/Interface, and not so much on trying to force the Agile ‘religion’ on the non-Agile team.

Comment on A multiple file loader for Flash/Flex in ActionScript 3 (AS3) by Larry

Larry — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:34:22 +0000

OK, there is a PHP anomaly where a third slash gets added as in http:///something. It’s fixed now.

Comment on A multiple file loader for Flash/Flex in ActionScript 3 (AS3) by Larry

Larry — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:33:36 +0000

Hmmm, I checked and as far as I can tell, the links should be working. I just updated it a few minutes ago with a new version. Do those links work? Alternatively, you can get it directly from my subversion repo: http://svn.maccherone.com/urlmultiloader/trunk. Please let me know how you make out. If there is some permission issue with my files, I need to get that resolved.

Comment on A multiple file loader for Flash/Flex in ActionScript 3 (AS3) by Carlos Cabrera

Carlos Cabrera — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:55 +0000

Larry, URLMultLoader for the link does not work, you can send the source of URLMultLoader, download it or tell me how.
thanks

Comment on A multiple file loader for Flash/Flex in ActionScript 3 (AS3) by A multiple file loader for Flex/Flash/ActionScript 3 (AS3) | Maccherone

A multiple file loader for Flex/Flash/ActionScript 3 (AS3) | Maccherone — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:49:07 +0000

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Comment on A “pretty” JSON encoder for ActionScript 3 (AS3) by A multiple file loader for Flex/Flash/ActionScript 3 (AS3) | Maccherone

A multiple file loader for Flex/Flash/ActionScript 3 (AS3) | Maccherone — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:28:23 +0000

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Comment on A “pretty” JSON encoder for ActionScript 3 (AS3) by ActionScript 3 (AS3) JSON encoder with "pretty" output by adding linefeeds and spaces | Maccherone

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Comment on Measuring Craftsmanship by Mr. Hericus

Mr. Hericus — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:06:25 +0000

I see the tools aspect that you are talking about a little differently. To me, tools (be they for Continuous Integration, Modeling, Automated Testing, Inspection, etc.) are those things that free you to focus on your true craft. Sure you need skills to handle the tools properly, but if you focus too much on learning everything about the tools and building your skills there, you’ll miss the real focus, which is what the craft is all about.

The tools should make your life easier, not make the list of required skills longer.