Monthly Archives: December 2010

Pair Programming Matrix / Board

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Posted on December 24, 2010 by Narek Alaverdyan

Pair Programming Matrix / Board

Pair Programming Matrix is a tool that helps the team to visualize the Pair Programming procedure. It shows who worked with whom, and who has not worked with anyone else at all.

Set up a board, that has a matrix with team Continue reading →

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Scrum developers’ glossary

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Posted on December 22, 2010 by Narek Alaverdyan

Well, I’ve been in SCRUM and Lean principles for the past 18+ months, and I thought maybe it makes sense to present to outside world a glossary of keywords that we use in our day to day work. Scrum developer’s … Continue reading →

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Fighting the Software Uncertainty principle. SCRUM+TDD+CI+SELENIUM+cfEngine

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Posted on December 20, 2010 by Narek Alaverdyan

“The outcome of the execution of E-type software entails a degree of uncertainty, the outcome of execution cannot be absolutely predicted”, or more fully, “Even if the outcome of past execution of an E-type program has previously been admissible, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Automated Testing, Definition of Done, SCRUM, UnitTests, checkstyle, programming style, tdd, test-driven-development | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

How to come up with a correct Commitment: Sprint Roadmap

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Posted on December 18, 2010 by Narek Alaverdyan

How to start the sprint? What User Story is the right one to start to work on? The successful result of a sprint depends on many different factors. It depends on how correctly the team has estimated, how good the commitment has … Continue reading →

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