Scrum-i-kanban-agilistic-xp-lean-ido-cious

Breaking it down:  scrum i kanban agilistic xp lean i do cious Scrumikanbanagilisticxpleanidocious is a word I dreamed up, this is its story. It sounds like: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious This wonderful word enters many english-speakers vocabulary at an early age thanks to that great coach,...

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CoderDojo Cape Town

A few years back I met a young soul exploring software development. He had programmed some robots, learnt some python and gotten himself to a python conference to meet other geeks. His name was Sam, he was 10. And he needed someone to help him get unstuck and take the next steps. I really, really wanted to teach youngsters coding. By this stage,...

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CodeSpeed2: It's alive!

We've gotten together again (a little under two years later) to do some more work on codespeed2. Achieved:  - unassisted deploy by Maciej  - get the runner working with the new json data format (protocol v1) (yay)  - some niggly bug fixes Matt has put together screenshots based on submission of the first new runner...

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CodeSpeed2: First Graphs

First Graphs In week 2 of CodeSpeed2, the rewrite of CodeSpeed for pypy and the PSF, we got our first graphs up. Malte & Matt just having coaxed a benchmark run into the first bar chart By the end of the week, we had the first cut on three graphs. Revision timings Normalised data History graph These are being drawn from bench...

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CodeSpeed2: Inception

What're we doing in the CodeSpeed re-write? Well, to get us all on the bus, in our first iteration we started off the first day with an inception deck. The Inception Deck As discussed in Jonathan Rasmusson's Agile Samurai: Many projects get killed before they even get out of the starting blocks. This is mostly because of the following reasons: They...

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Code Retreat Take 3

Today I hosted the third code retreat at Information Logistics. Today was a great success with six awesome developers from around Cape Town pitching up, three of whom I'd never met. We started out with coffee and intros then watched Corey's intro to the technique. Sessions We had three sessions before lunch with great pairing, everyone was experienced...

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Scrum Safari 2011: Lightning Talk Videos

On day 2 of the Cape Town Scrum Gathering (a.k.a. Scrum Safari) there were a few lightning talks in the afternoon. I was lucky enough to nab the last slot. Patrick Vine was at hand to capture the talks and they were posted on vimeo by the sugsa committee. I've collated links to the talks on vimeo with my (somewhat terse) notes from the gathering. Annu Augustine: Saying No Step 1: Don't say the word no!Instead: not now, let's explore, what if?Listen, understand context, then use the same languageTo motivate prioritization, show lack of connection...

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