Monthly Archives: July 2006

How To Show Sub-Iterations in the Iteration Backlog

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Once issue that we have with our customer is the definition of iterations. They want us to work with 6-week iterations, and release a previously-agreed scope at the end of the 6-weeks. The reasons for this according to them is … Continue reading →

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Team Did Not Split In Feature Teams

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

On our project, there is a total of 21 tech people (plus managers and translators). 3 of us are onshore. 18 offshore. You would expect this to lead to a natural split into 4 teams, right? 1 onshore, 3 teams … Continue reading →

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Buildix

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Those fine people at ThoughtWorks have just blessed the world with Buildix, a bootable CDROM that integrates CruiseControl, Trac and Subversion. With this, you get an immediately available development platform. I cannot wait to test it.

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Reshape to your will, or play with strengths?

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Last week, I attended a 3-hour session on wine. It wasn’t just wine tasting; the guy (only gave his first name, Alexis) also gave plenty of details on how wine is produced, etc. He also explained the differences between wine-making … Continue reading →

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Javaday 2006

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Last week, I went with 3 others Valtech guys to Javaday in Versailles. Javaday is an interesting concept. It lasts only one day, and has no entrance fee. Even the lunch sandwiches are free. With such a premise, you would … Continue reading →

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