Agile related Blogs

[brian.si...@gmail.com]

Hi

I'm compiling a list of local agile related blogs for the website (and
maybe live feeds too). If you know of any, let me know and I will add
them in.

Brian

[the kettle sings]

Hi Brian - cool initiative!
I am probably a little off-centre of what you had in mind:
I am not a Java developer, and my real interest isn't even so much
with the developer side of Agile principles, but rather with the
client or user. My recent experience has been that... but wait, maybe
i should sit this in its own discussion, let me go start one - "What
about the client...?"
Cheers
Rainer

p.s. Let me know if this stuff fits in your group. If it doesn't i can
go elsewhere ;) You know, "one groups pollution is anothers
contribution"

[Brian Silberbauer]

Hi Rainer

This is open to everybody interested in agile, but maybe we should
draw the line at agile gardening..

Personally, my interests are from the developer environment through to
client/user relations and wherever I find myself professionally. The
great thing about starting the group in an agile fashion, is that we
the community (users) get to decide what we want it to be as we go
along.

So fire away.

..and of course its not limited to java, but is there anything else? <duck>

Brian

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[Kevin Trethewey]

Hi guys - I also think this is a great idea. I am JHB based, but am very keen to read & contribute where possible, I will just lurk around when it come to CT specific topics (or contribute an outside view, if requested).

On an XP project the Customer is as much a part of the team as the developers, and in my experience it is one of the most common places for XP to break down, so +1 vote to include this aspect in the conversation.

Regards
KJT

[alwyn van wyk]

Hi,

I'm quite keen to be part of the forum.
The JCSE (Johannesburg-based) has an XP User Group - perhaps we can hook up with them?

alwyn

[Brian Silberbauer]

Great to have you aboard.

I have spoken to Fazel Mayet from the JCSE XP User Group, but I don't
know anything about the group itself yet. So if anybody has more
information, let us know.

Brian

[Kevin Trethewey]

They have a web site : http://www.wits.ac.za/depts/wcs/jcse/

[alwyn van wyk]

Fazel would be the guy to speak to.
He was involved with flying Kent Beck out 2 years ago and the key sponsor.
He was keenly involved with arranging the sessions that they had with speakers, etc.

Regardless, I would like to meet everyone in CT face-to-face.
Shall we organise a get-together?

PS: did anyone attend some of the sessions at the Digital Freedom Expo today?
I only caught part of Jimmy Wales and AJ Venter

[Brian Silberbauer]

I suggest we get our numbers up first, so far we are 13 on the mailing
list. How about setting a meeting after 25 members?

On 4/19/07, alwyn van wyk <alwyn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Regardless, I would like to meet everyone in CT face-to-face.
> Shall we organise a get-together?
>

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[alwyn van wyk]

sounds good

On 4/19/07, Brian Silberbauer <brian.si...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Herman Lintvelt]

Hi Brian.

Great Idea to start this group!

I'm looking forward to the discussions here, and sharing experiences.
My experience up to now have been that using a published, well known
Methodology (whether it's the more old-fashioned formal approaches,
eXtreme Programming, or Agile Development) as is, does not work so
well. We need to take the best out of each aproach, and be agile
enough to adapt to different projects, clients, teams, etc.

Have a look at www.joelonsoftware.com. Joel Spolsky has some
interesting discussions on, among a lot of other things, Agile
development.

Groete,
Herman

[Brian Silberbauer]

Hi Herman

One of the things that interests me and one of the main reasons for
starting this group, is that I feel what works in some countries might
not work in others and we can't go around hitting square pegs into
round holes, but we still don't know what shape the holes and pegs
are.

In fact, I think in the first XP book by Beck he explained in detail
what worked for him (pair programming etc) and then commenced to say:
use what works for you.

Brian