Archive for July, 2008

So That…

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

One of the most overlooked parts of user stories is the content that follows those two little words, “so that.”  I’ve found that we (those of us working on agile projects) tend to do a good job of writing user stories until it gets to those two little words.  For example, let’s say the iPhone [...]

Your Search is Over: The Definition of Done in 3 Easy Steps

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Has your team struggled to define “done” for user stories? You are alone. Everyone has this one figured out.  You must be new to this thing called agile software development. What’s that? You’ve been doing this agile thing for some time now?  Wow, that has got to be depressing. I’m sorry to hear that you’re [...]

Quote from EC: “Do you want to get in the box of shame?”

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

My seven year old son asked this question to his then two year old sister.  Her reply?  “Yes.” She then proceeded to crawl into the cardboard box.  The box of shame.