Subject: Software in the news and selling "Agile" - msg#00369

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RE: Too many messages

Hubert-- Yes, the "bb" is definitely for bulletin board. phpBB is one of the better bulletin boarding systems out there today. I use it and it's been very flexible and very stable. If you want to try it out, you can go to my www.userstories.com site. There's a test forum there as well as one for discussing user stories. You can even try accessing it with your 300 baud modem if you'd like! --Mike Cohn Author of User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development www.mountaingoatsoftware.com www.userstories.com -----Original Message----- From: Hubert Smits [mailto:hubert.smits@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 3:46 AM To: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [scrumdevelopment] Too many messages Hi Gary, Can you tell a bit more about the features of phpBB? Why would it be a good solution for this gorup? I've never come across the tool. BB still stands for Bulletin Board for me, the things you could access with a 300bps modem. --Hubert On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:13:08 -0800 (PST), Gary F <gfyho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --- Ellie Skeele <eskeele@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I confess I've stopped reading the messages every day. > > I do find it difficult to keep up with everything here. But what I'm > wondering - unless I've already missed it - is why the idea of using a > simple bboard hasn't come up. phpBB is reasonably good, and it seems > like an approach that would be both easier and more flexible than only > doing a help desk - the help desk could be just one forum out of many. > > Gary > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/9EfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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Nonaka and Takeuchi at Amazon

FYI: For fans of Nonaka and Takeuchi (the original Scrummers), here is a book I stumbled upon Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management by Hirotaka Takeuchi, Ikujiro Nonaka http://tinyurl.com/6efhz "We are living in very turbulent times and in a very complex world today. The more turbulent the times, the more complex the world, the more paradoxes there are. One of the main reasons that companies fail today is their tendency to kill paradoxes by sticking to old routines. Knowledge is the key to success in a world where only the paranoid survive. Since knowledge becomes obsolete as soon as it is created, new knowledge has to be created constantly and ubiquitously." "Written by leading professors at Tokyos Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, this book is a bold attempt to re-think management from a knowledge perspective. How should we think about strategy, organization, branding, global competition, or IT from the point of view of knowledge? ..." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/9EfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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Re: Digest Number 793

Always happy to bring some culture to this group :-) --Hubert On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:50:52 -0700, Jean Tabaka <jet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Mary, > > Hubert definitely has a spelling disorder. I discovered the same thing! :-) > (Though I have to admit that once I was nudged, I DID remember the character > from the eons ago I read about him. Wonder what Slartibartfast would have > to say about our communications and how they convey his message.) > > jean > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Poppendieck [mailto:mary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 8:15 PM > To: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [scrumdevelopment] Digest Number 793 > > >>You /do/ know who Slartebartfast is, do you? > > >>--Hubert > > This conversation is definitely taking a turn for the better. It caught my > attention enough to send me to Google....seems as if you > may have misspelled Slartibartfast, Hubert...;-) > > Mary Poppendieck > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/9EfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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Re: Software in the news and selling "Agile"

Paul, You might want to mail it to the news media as well as EDS's corporate offices. Seems they have quite the track record -- they fouled up the same type of implementation in Denver only two months ago: http://tinyurl.com/5snew -Michele --- In scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "paulanthonywilson" <scrum_list@xxxx> wrote: > > Here in the UK government software failure is in the news again. See > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4018317.stm. There's a very > good radio programme called "In Business" on BBC Radio 4 - > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/index.shtml. I was > thinking of sending this letter. Is it appropriate? Is the wording > ok? Does it get the ideas across? I was thinking of emailing some > news programmes as well. (All BBC Radio 4 because that's all I listen > to). > > Mr Peter Day > In Business > Room 1209 > BBC White City > 201 Wood Lane > London > W12 7TS > > 21 November 2004 > > Dear Mr Day, > > The resignation of Doug Smith as Chief Executive of the Child Support > Agency has again highlighted serious problems with large government IT > Projects. Similar failures are not confined to government; as an > experienced software developer I can vouch that such problems are > common throughout the entire software industry. > > A growing industry trend is the adoption of "Agile Software > Development" techniques. The Agile movement believes that the > measures traditionally put in place to guard against project failure > ? > detailed requirements gathering, detailed planning, comprehensive > documentation ? in fact lead towards failure by locking the > developing > software into requirements that may be incomplete, misunderstood, > wrong, or out of date by the time of release. One feature of Agile > development is many small software releases, generating immediate > feedback; the software is developed in a minimalist way in order to > reduce the cost of change. > > Agile Software Development is an idea just coming over the horizon; as > such I believe it is a topic worthy of an "In Business" > programme. If > you wish to find out more about Agile Development you may not need to > look far: I recently attended a course on Scrum, an agile project > management technique; about a third of the attendees were from the > BBC. > > Enclosed is some further information on Agile industry leaders and > companies. > > Yours sincerely, > > > > Paul Wilson ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/9EfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: scrumdevelopment@xxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: scrumdevelopment-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/