Re: Rework [Was: Static vs. Dynamic typing...]

From: Alan Balmer (albalmer_at_att.net)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:10:18 -0700

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:35:41 GMT, "Phlip" <phlip_cpp@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Alan Balmer wrote:
>
>> Personally, I can fit more than ten minutes in my mind. Teamwork does
>> not have to be accomplished on a continuous basis. It's perfectly OK
>> for a member of a team to work all by himself for a few hours, or a
>> few days, since he and the rest of the team know where he's going.
>
>A low truck number is not okay, for reasons unrelated to the actual truck.
>I'm not saying you had one...

I have no idea what that means, but it sounds like you are insulting
me, then claiming you didn't.
>
>> I have certainly made sweeping changes taking more than a few days and
>> had a zero bug count at the end, where it matters. And I'm just as
>> sure of my "zero bug count" as you are of yours ;-)
>
>Halfway thru, if you were certain the bug count is zero, and if all the
>features still work, and if you could have integrated, released, and
>deployed, then you were agile.

Why would I want to do that? I can assure you that our customer do not
want me to do that. "Stand by for your hourly update - we'll have you
back running in a jiffy."

Are you saying that "agile" people are likely not to finish what they
start? 

-- 
Al Balmer
Balmer Consulting
removebalmerconsultingthis@att.net

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