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Failure Is Not An Option, It Is A Requirement.

Of course that statement on it’s own can obviously be shown to be fallacy. When you consider the context of continuous improvement, learning or generally advancing our own capabilities and understanding, though, this statement can be quit liberating....

Published Sun, Feb 28 2010 4:04 PM by derick.bailey

Filed under: Agile, Retrospectives, Lean Systems, Education, Kaizen, Continuous Improvement
Branching Strategies: The Cost Of Branching And Merging

Branching and merging are never free operations. Even if you are using a source control system that makes the mechanical process of branching and merging negligible, there are other costs that need to be accounted for than just the button clicks or commands...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 10:22 AM by derick.bailey

Filed under: Productivity, Branch-Per-Feature, Source Control, Test Automation, Branching Strategies
Branching Strategies: When To Branch And Merge

At a very high level, all branching strategies have the same core policies: create the branch when you are confident that the cost of branching and merging is less than the cost of committing to the main source line, and merge when you are “done, done...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 10:18 AM by derick.bailey

Filed under: Git, Subversion, Branch-Per-Feature, Source Control, Branching Strategies
Using ROI As A Constraint, Not An End In Itself

I had a fun conversation over instant messenger yesterday. The original subject matter revolved around a problem that the other person was having and how that problem was consuming a number of minutes per day with repetitive, tedious work. At the start...

Published Sat, Feb 06 2010 9:25 AM by derick.bailey

Filed under: Philosophy of Software, Management, Metrics, Coaching, Kaizen
Can PDCA Help Us Improve Our Test-First Development Efforts?

I was thinking about target conditions and the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle earlier today when a code related issue that I was having popped into head and decided to meld with the current string of thoughts. The resulting thought was leading me toward...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 11:42 PM by derick.bailey

Filed under: Community, Agile, Philosophy of Software, Standardized Work, Lean Systems, Kaizen
Branch-Per-Feature: How I Manage Subversion With Git Branches

Anyone that follow me on twitter likely knows that I’m a big fan of Git these days. I’ll spare you the gushing heart felt nausea of how it’s so awesome and skip right to the point, though: I don’t always have the luxury of being able to use Git...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 4:37 PM by derick.bailey

Filed under: Git, Subversion, Branch-Per-Feature, Source Control
Are We Continuously Improving Or Just Continuously Changing?

Don’t confuse activity – even when it has a visible, measurable effect – with productivity. Without a clear picture of where we are going and why, our best efforts at improvement (though they may be ‘continuous’ efforts) are likely to be change for the...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 6:14 PM by derick.bailey

Filed under: Management, Lean Systems, Productivity, Coaching, Kaizen

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