I am reading ‘Getting things done’ by Paul Allen. Paul challenges the traditional time- management approach of making priority lists and maintaing the to-dos. Instead, he talks about achieving relaxed control, clear head, and 100% attention in everything we do. I am done with the first chapter in which he talks about a major change: [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2004
Balance is bunk!
October 29th, 2004 No Comments
I read this excellent article on Fast Company.
From the article: “There’s a better way to think about all this, one that requires us to embrace imbalance. Instead of trying to balance all of our commitments and passions at any one time, let’s acknowledge that anything important, and anything done well, demands our full investment. At [...]
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Principles of Extreme Programming
October 28th, 2004 No Comments
I am designing a workshop. One of the presentations in the workshop is titled ‘Principles of Extreme Programming’.
As Martin Fowler talks about it in his blog entry here, the principles of XP are hidden and less talked.
From the first edition of the book, Kent Beck says “From the four values we derive a [...]
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TDD Technique
October 19th, 2004 No Comments
I read a easy-to-remember acronym for testing the boundary conditions during Test Driven Development. Here it goes:
CORRECT
C: Conformance to format
O: Ordering
R: Range
R: Reference to external world
E: Existence
C: Cardinality - are there enough values
T: Time conditions
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Upcoming speaking assignments
October 19th, 2004 No Comments
I will be presenting on Story Test Driven Development at the upcoming PSQT 2004. I am leaving this weekend for Minneapolis.
Here are the details of the two speaking assignments:
PSQT 2004 Presentation
I will be presenting on the same topic at the Java Agile Experience Group in MN. Here are the details:
AEG Talk
If you happen to be [...]
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