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Tag Archives: peer review
The Joy of Peer Reviews (Part 2 – Documentation)
Another agile management myth to dispel – agile projects have no documentation… The level of documentation you provide depends on the needs of your stakeholders. About a month ago I spent some time discussing code reviews and promised a follow-up on document reviews. … Continue reading
Posted in Project Management, Technical
Tagged documentation, peer review, stakeholder, value
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Patterns For Collective Code Ownership
Following the somewhat schizophrenic challenges of dealing with person issues on collective code ownership, here we focus on the practices and practical aspects. How do we technically achieve collective ownership within teams? We’re using the “simple pattern” approach again. For each … Continue reading
Posted in People, Simple Patterns, Technical
Tagged bug, collaborate, collective ownership, defect, ego, feature, pairing, pattern, peer review, tdd, technical debt, test, training
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Escaping the Oubliette (Part 1a) – Debt Prevention
This is a partial re-post of Escaping the Oubliette (Part 1). I’ve split the article into smaller readable components. Great, I’ve got my incoming defect strategy nailed, Now how do I prevent defects and debt in new code? In 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Planning & Estimation, Project Management, Simple Patterns, Simple Tools, Technical
Tagged acceptance criteria, build, craftsmanship, design, oubliette, pairing, peer review, simple, tdd, technical debt, test, thinking, WIP
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The Joy of Peer Reviews (Part 1 – Code)
Pair programming replacing peer reviews is a myth in the same way that “agile projects have no documentation”. From my experience peer reviews continue to hold a vital place in agile development and software craftsmanship. Unfortunately they are often misunderstood or … Continue reading
Posted in People, Simple Tools, Technical
Tagged code, collaborate, design, ego, Karl Wiegers, peer review
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