Category: Agile
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November 09, 2009
by Rachael Fish
As humans, we're better at relative estimates than absolute ones. As a project manager, I make schedules based on estimates. (I consider an estimate to be an informed guess.) I need to estimate many aspects of a project:
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October 29, 2009
by Rachael Fish
We're using Scrum in our software development. "Scrum" is an approach to what's called Agile software development, which can speed up software development. Scrum is based on "sprints" (short cycles), user stories, and quick daily meetings that are highly disciplined. The Scrum framework requires a Scrum Master to keep the project moving. As project manager, I was "elected," so off I went to take a two-day Scrum Master course.
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October 22, 2009
by Tom Tyler
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) project objectives often include reducing the number of tools in use, so that there are a smaller number systems to integrate with in order to produce a common view of the status of projects in the application life cycle.
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September 30, 2009
Sven Erik Knop
Introduction
With the advent of agile programming and continuous integration, the number of builds run in a company have increased considerably. This is great from a testing and early bug-spotting point of view, but it puts a considerable strain on the Perforce server, which can hamper performance.
Performance is what a Perforce server is all about; therefore we need strategies to cope with the additional load from build servers.
Why is there an impact on performance?
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September 18, 2009
by Tom Tyler
There are a lot of things to consider if you want to automated merges. Here are just a few ...Continued from Living on the Edge - Automated Merging (Part 2). There are a lot of things to consider if you want to automated merges. Here are just a few:
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September 09, 2009
by Tom Tyler
Continued from Living on the Edge - Automated Merging Part 1.
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