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Zany Adventures in Software Engineering with Maven and Motley

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2011 2

  1. Motley says: “Agile doesn't change testing - developers can just throw code 'over the wall' to the test team”
  2. Motley says: “Just build the features, and they will come. Who needs a goal?”

2010 2

  1. Motley says: “Story points? Is that the new name for sports highlights?”
  2. Motley says: “Kinect is where he’s at”

2009 7

  1. Motley says: “To prepare for an interview, just make sure you can code on a whiteboard (Part 2)”
  2. Motley says: "Where has James been hiding?"
  3. Motley says: “Slow down to go fast? Do I look like a tortoise?”
  4. Motley says: “"Vertical Slices"? Sounds like something you do to salami”
  5. Maven and Motley have Faces!
  6. Point for Maven - Wideband Delphi Estimation works!
  7. Happy New Year from Maven and Motley!

2008 18

  1. Maven and Motley on hiatus through November
  2. Motley says: "Developing international software is really, really hard. We need a brand new version."
  3. Motley says: "I must conform to the wishes of the management team, even if they are wrong"
  4. Motley says: "James is slacking off, yet again"
  5. Motley says: "Milestones are useless for agile development"
  6. Progressive Development Moving to Biweekly Publication
  7. Motley says: "Spend less time in OneNote and more time in Visual Studio"
  8. Motley says: "Too many assertions make debugging very annoying!"
  9. No Blog Entry This Week (05/06/2008)
  10. Motley says: "Management suffers from the "Crystal Ball Syndrome" when it comes to project planning"
  11. Motley says: "The management team refuses to change. I give up."
  12. Maven and Motley slacked off this week (3/25/2008)
  13. Maven and Motley say: "Happy Anniversary Progressive Development!"
  14. Motley says: "Affinity exercises? How do I work that sideways "8" into brainstorming?"
  15. Motley says: "If computers can efficiently multi-task, so can I!"
  16. Motley says: "What are we burning down? Your house?" (Scrum Part V)
  17. Motley says: "Reflection is for mirrors" (Scrum Part IV)
  18. Motley says: "The Daily Scrum meeting is way too much overhead" (Scrum Part III)

2007 25

  1. Maven says: "I need a vacation"; Motley says: "Slacker"
  2. Motley says: "Human Performance Technology? I guess I better brush up on my robotics." (HPT Part 3)
  3. Motley says: "Human Performance Technology? Do I need a profiler for that?" (HPT Part 2)
  4. Motley says: "Consulting? I guess your answer from here on out is 'It depends'" (HPT Part 1)
  5. Motley says: "Ugh, not again..."
  6. Motley says: "I just get picked on when my code is reviewed"
  7. Motley says: "Inspections suck... time that is"
  8. Motley says: "The only tool I need is the debugger (Part 1)"
  9. Motley says: "Just use a batch file to run unit tests"
  10. Motley says: "If-then-else hooks are the best way to inject mock objects"
  11. Motley says: "My design is done when the schedule says it's done"
  12. Motley says: "A good design is all in the eye of the beholder" (Part 2)
  13. Motley says: "A good design is all in the eye of the beholder" (Part 1)
  14. Motley says: "Refactoring means no more up-front design"
  15. Motley says: "Building a great team is all about finding the best coders"
  16. Motley says: "As an interviewer, I need to prove I am better than the candidate"
  17. Motley says: "Test both private and public methods"
  18. Motley says: "Agile just means going fast"
  19. Motley says: "Contracts do me no good at run-time"
  20. Motley says: "Contracts are for baseball players and cell phones"
  21. Motley says: "If I write code to pass tests I'm cheating!"
  22. Motley says: "Unit tests take too long to execute, so don't bother"
  23. Motley says: "I am a developer - I don't test. Testing is for the test team."
  24. Motley says: "Rely on the debugger to write solid code"
  25. Welcome to Progressive Development!