We recently held a code review for a system we'll be working with intensely over the coming months. Like car parking spaces, desk moves, checkout queues and methodologies, code reviews are one of those things that tend to make normal, sane, rational people turn feral. It was important that the right tone be set so that everyone involved could...

We recently held a code review for a system we'll be working with intensely over the coming months. Like car parking spaces, desk moves, checkout queues and methodologies, code reviews are one of those things that tend to make normal, sane, rational people turn feral. It was important that the right tone be set so that everyone involved could...

The team has taken the idea of planning poker a bit too far.Dealer Sam and Poker Face PimmelOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Ante-upOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Tags: planning games, planning poker, poker

The team has taken the idea of planning poker a bit too far.Dealer Sam and Poker Face PimmelOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Ante-upOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Tags: planning games, planning poker, poker

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment- William W. Ward To help you appreciate and understand the values you believe in, look at the people you respect. All of us have role models - those people we admire and look up to for the qualities that they possess. We may admire their intelligence, sense of...

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment- William W. Ward To help you appreciate and understand the values you believe in, look at the people you respect. All of us have role models - those people we admire and look up to for the qualities that they possess. We may admire their intelligence, sense of...

I've invited our effervescent friend Nana Abban to contribute to the Energized Work blog.7 vodkas inOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Nana joined the crew a while back and we invited him to join us at Agile2008 where he did a splendid job drawing attention to us. Those of you at the conference will remember him as Agile Skywalker. That's him in...

I've invited our effervescent friend Nana Abban to contribute to the Energized Work blog.7 vodkas inOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Nana joined the crew a while back and we invited him to join us at Agile2008 where he did a splendid job drawing attention to us. Those of you at the conference will remember him as Agile Skywalker. That's him in...

At Agile2008, in his banquet keynote, Uncle Bob proposed that "craftsmanship over execution" be added to the Agile Manifesto as the fifth value statement. I've blogged before about the lack of craftsmanship in software development and it continues to concern me.While in Toronto I was reading Artful Making. The book bored me for the first few...

At Agile2008, in his banquet keynote, Uncle Bob proposed that "craftsmanship over execution" be added to the Agile Manifesto as the fifth value statement. I've blogged before about the lack of craftsmanship in software development and it continues to concern me.While in Toronto I was reading Artful Making. The book bored me for the first few...

Jarvis Cocker at Agile2008Originally uploaded by sjb140470Moose at CN TowerOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Beers at the Belgian Bier MarktOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Energized Crew at MadisonsOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Blogging in an Irish BarOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Birthday nom at Sultans TentOriginally uploaded by...

Jarvis Cocker at Agile2008Originally uploaded by sjb140470Moose at CN TowerOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Beers at the Belgian Bier MarktOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Energized Crew at MadisonsOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Blogging in an Irish BarOriginally uploaded by sjb140470Birthday nom at Sultans TentOriginally uploaded by...

Via InfoQ.At Agile2008 I watched Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson talk about the natural laws of software development. Deriving agile practices from first principles could help people see beneath the practices to understand why they are done and why they are done like they are.But, how many developers are truly capable of achieving the levels...

Via InfoQ.At Agile2008 I watched Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson talk about the natural laws of software development. Deriving agile practices from first principles could help people see beneath the practices to understand why they are done and why they are done like they are.But, how many developers are truly capable of achieving the levels...

The InfoQ publication of Pragmatic Dave Thomas' talk: Herding Racehorses, Racing Sheep introduces the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition, which describes how people progress through levels of mastery in a subject:Novice - Novices have little or no previous experience and context from which to make decisions. They require a safe environment,...