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Essays from June 2008
2 essays from June 2008
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For a better format for User Stories
Karl follows up on a post by Liz Keogh about the fact that User Stories need to have a different format. The original format was: As a <customer role> I want <functionality> because <customer value explanation>. Before explaining the new format let me dissect a little bit this old format. Why is it wrong? Clearly …
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How much should you keep the code checked out, before the team kicks you out?
“Some developers keep their code checked out for a really long time… Like a day or so”— Craig Larman, lecturing on feature teams From Jeff Atwood’s blog, a similar argument. Blogged with the Flock Browser
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