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A Continuous Integration Addict

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I have to admit — I’m addicted to continuous integration.

When I’m deep in coding and finally commit my work, I generally go over to our build server and see the status. If it’s not going to build for a few a long while, I generally start it manually.

Why do I do this?  I like to [...]

SCRUM’s real meaning

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

An actual IM between me and a co-worker:

Co-worker:    here is that acronym i’d found Co-worker:    SCRUM = Stand-ups, Comprehsive Retrospectives, Unlimited Meetings Me :          that rocks — and it true

Planning Poker

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

We played poker yesterday in our Sprint Planning meeting.  Not Five Card Stud, or Texas Hold’em but Planning Poker.

Our previous planning efforts were okay — it was horrible at first but we got better at it.  This time I wanted to do something different to not only see if we can get more exact, but [...]