http://timv.truemesh.com/ en-us 2004-12-24T12:09:07+00:00 http://timv.truemesh.com/archives/000481.html After failing to get a copy-protected CD I bought to play in my car stereo, I feel obliged to have a rant at the music industry, so here goes... I work in the IT industry, the only output of my... timv 2004-12-24T12:09:07+00:00 http://timv.truemesh.com/archives/000474.html We abstract without realising it. For example, "a customer goes into a store". This is an abstract statement. A concrete statement would be that John Smith goes into the Dixon's store on Oxford Street.... Software development timv 2004-12-14T16:22:01+00:00 http://timv.truemesh.com/archives/000473.html Chris (Chris Matts) and I have been discussing JBehave with Jen Stille, one of the other ThoughtWorks BAs. Chris explained that for him JBehave supports his view of Business Analysis that is based on Kolb's model of learning. We start... timv 2004-12-14T16:16:40+00:00 http://timv.truemesh.com/archives/000462.html You have a team of developers who typically write code at the rate of 1000 lines/week (okay, I know lines of code is a terrible way to measure productivity, but humour me). They're big on XP and evolutionary design, so... timv 2004-12-10T15:04:57+00:00 http://timv.truemesh.com/archives/000461.html At XP Day I was fortunate enough to hear Dave Snowden speak. One of his topics was the difference between ordered and unordered systems; I think the distinction is very important for software developer. Developed software is an ordered system.... timv 2004-12-10T15:01:02+00:00 http://timv.truemesh.com/archives/000432.html I've always been uncomfortable with the comparison made between lean manufacturing and software development. If you're mass-producing Toyotas, then you know exactly what steps you need to go through to build the car. Okay, some will be different colours, have... timv 2004-11-23T14:22:04+00:00