Category Archives: process

FizzBuzz is dead. Long live FizzBuzz!

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Jimmy Bogard

UPDATE: It seems I was describing an out of date process, this is what we did a few months ago. Talking to folks doing interviews, we went back to live coding the Fizz Buzz exercise. Doing Fizz Buzz as a … Continue reading →

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Managing Wiki content

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Sean Chambers

In the recent past we’ve setup a wiki in my organization, it is used by project managers and developers alike. As a result, we have had a surge of content placed onto the wiki without much organization or planning on … Continue reading →

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Feature Presentation

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Sean Chambers

Over the past year I’ve taken an active role at my organization of the agile coach (albeit a pretty crappy one) and in my time there tightening up our processes and culture, one thing I’ve come to realize is there … Continue reading →

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The developer’s true goal

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Jimmy Bogard

Having been a part of several large, long-term products and projects, I’ve come to a bit of an epiphany on what our goal as developers truly is.  For the longest time, I believed that our goal was to write good … Continue reading →

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Quality against a deadline

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

Parkinson’s Law states: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. With one week iterations on an XP team, we really don’t have that problem.  On previous teams, with lengthy six month waterfall cycles, work might … Continue reading →

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