Amitai Schleier

Premise: Everyone involved with software teams needs them to pay off.

Claim 1: Compared with other ways to try to ensure ROI, #XP is hardly extreme at all.

Claim 2: XP is therefore for everyone involved with software teams.

"Not So #ExtremeProgramming ": https://schmonz.com/2024/05/10/nyc-large-sc

First couple items on the "What's actually extreme" slide:
- Managing software projects like any other kind of project
- Divvying up work to each person

10:27 AM - May 13, 2024

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What we need from software teams: ROI

How: Give us good choices to make

How:
- Risk intentionality + cost control
- Situational awareness
- Predictability (in some actually useful way)
- Conserve "surprise!" budget for market discoveries

Slides + Video: https://schmonz.com/2024/05/10/nyc-large-sc

01:35 PM - May 11, 2024

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Here's my first new talk in years, grown from one of the seeds Dragan Stepanović is always planting.

It's for anyone who cares about software investments yielding returns.

It's called "Not So #ExtremeProgramming ":

https://youtu.be/dqABaoybMM8?si=sS3MIBiI-lkXhutZ
#XP #XPLives #Agile #Scrum #LeSSIsMore

Not So Extreme Programming, with Amitai Schleier - YouTube

Where "Agile" sounds pleasant and inclusive, "Extreme Programming"... doesn't. But it's a differentiator: teams practicing XP are seen to move with uncommon ...

03:48 PM - May 10, 2024

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Joining a team? Want to communicate your intent for shared long-term success? Tell everyone your weaknesses, how you manage them, how and when you'll need help. Think how much information that conveys.

(Including that you feel safe to do so. So if you don't… don't.)

03:08 PM - May 09, 2024

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“notqmail remains a uniquely challenging #LegacyCode rehabilitation project, and 1.09 is merely a solid, long-overdue release that includes the work of a couple dozen new contributors.”

notqmail 1.09 is here: https://schmonz.com/2024/05/07/notqmail-109-released/
#qmail #notqmail #smtp #OpenSource

10:58 AM - May 07, 2024

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If you've felt #XP 's "collective code ownership", you want everyone to have the chance to feel it.

When you've felt it, what are some of the factors that made it possible?

When it's been out of reach, what were some of the obstacles?
#XPLives #ExtremeProgramming #dev

08:23 PM - May 04, 2024

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Where #Agile sounds pleasant and inclusive, #ExtremeProgramming… doesn’t. But it’s a differentiator: #XP teams move with uncommon agility. Relevant to non-programmer non-extremists! So how to take advantage?

My first public talk in years: https://schmonz.com/talk/2024-lessnyc-may/
#XPLives #LeSS

07:50 AM - Apr 18, 2024

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When you coach technique, you need coach techniques. Here's one for entering a team: https://schmonz.com/2024/04/17/coach-technique-give-a-gift
#SoftwareDevelopment #Coaching

04:53 PM - Apr 17, 2024

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9 yrs ago: at Agile Roots when Quinton Quartel first proposed using #OpenSpaceTechnology for #Agile at scale: “FaST”

1 hr ago: my first FaST meeting

Now: Quinton at #SoftwareTeaming2024 on Software Teaming with FaST
#MobProgramming #EnsembleProgramming #ExtremeProgramming #XP

01:48 PM - Apr 11, 2024

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"In my first job as a software developer, by a string of lucky occurrences, I happened to land someplace doing #ExtremeProgramming . I hadn’t heard of it."

My, how the tables have turned. On myself. New job starts today: https://schmonz.com/2024/04/09/found-a-fit/
#XPLives #TDD #EnsembleProgramming

11:43 AM - Apr 09, 2024

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Upgrading my #NetBSD VMs to 10.0:

- amd64
- arm64
- armv7
- hppa
- i386
- macppc
- sparc
- sparc64
- vax

Building 10.0 binary packages for my amd64 VPS, itself soon to be 10.0.

My uptimes are fallen. Worthy sacrifices all.

08:17 PM - Mar 31, 2024

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Good news for #macOS #pkgsrc users:

Updating to the latest Command Line Tools (or Xcode) won't make your builds a total mess! All known regressions in 15.3.0.0.1.1708646388 (or 15.3, build 15E204a) are systemically worked around.

Any trouble, ping me.

https://marc.info/?

01:32 PM - Mar 26, 2024

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Love wikis, but tired of hunting for Edit links? Try my Edit This Page user script.

You'll always know when you're visiting an editable page. And with the consistent Edit link at top right, you'll always know where to click.

https://schmonz.com/software/editthispage #WikiWikiWeb #wiki

09:52 PM - Jan 08, 2024

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Open office hours today!

12:15-12:45pm US/Eastern (2.5 hours from the time of this posting).

Very okay to:
- Be late
- Bring something to talk about
- Bring just your ears (must still be connected tho)
- Bring lunch
- Have stuff stuck between your teeth

Zoom link in the thread.

a dusting of raindrops on green shrubbery with fallen red leaves

09:53 AM - Nov 28, 2023

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Since we get to learn and adjust sooner, we spend less time building wasteful things.

Since we don't need to define very carefully or predict very much, we spend less time building no things.

Amitai Schleier @schmonz

Season 2 of Agile in 3 Minutes — the simplest podcast that could possibly work — continues with Scope.

“Would you listen to ‘#Agile in However Long It Takes, Whenever’? I wouldn't feel as good about making it, that's for sure.”

https://agilein3minut.es/19
#ProjectManagement #pmot
10:31 AM - Nov 27, 2023

02:27 PM - Nov 27, 2023

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Season 2 of Agile in 3 Minutes — the simplest podcast that could possibly work — continues with Scope.

“Would you listen to ‘#Agile in However Long It Takes, Whenever’? I wouldn't feel as good about making it, that's for sure.”

https://agilein3minut.es/19
#ProjectManagement #pmot

10:31 AM - Nov 27, 2023

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My love of music was shaped by childhood listening sessions with my father — and his, with his father-in-law.

Yesterday I gave my aunt a little mix CD with Medtner, Moszkowski, Grieg, Brahms, Bortkiewicz, and one of my own pieces. I hope Siegfried would have found it worthy.

02:32 PM - Nov 25, 2023

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Season 2 of Agile in 3 Minutes begins thus:

How long will it take to get where we need to go?

Engage your human intelligence (still relevant!) in exploring the parameters of this space: https://agilein3minut.es/18
#SoftwareEstimation #NoEstimates #YesEstimates #SoftwareForecasting

10:41 AM - Nov 20, 2023

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“Your time, intelligence, and humanity are precious to me. I hope that comes through and you can feel it.”

— @schmonz

Amitai Schleier @schmonz

“Often, the team is given the result of thinking that has already occurred and is asked to carry it out. Given such work, the team might acquire limiting preconceptions of its own.”

How can you get more of what's most important to you?

https://agilein3minut.es/17
#BusinessValue
09:36 AM - Nov 17, 2023

01:05 PM - Nov 17, 2023

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“Often, the team is given the result of thinking that has already occurred and is asked to carry it out. Given such work, the team might acquire limiting preconceptions of its own.”

How can you get more of what's most important to you?

https://agilein3minut.es/17
#BusinessValue

09:36 AM - Nov 17, 2023

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from sun at upper left, trees cast long diagonal shadows over leaf-covered grass

08:07 PM - Nov 14, 2023

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Happy Friday!

Reflecting on your work week, were you able to have the influence you wanted to? What were some ways that others influenced you?

How often do people do as you suggest?

https://agilein3minut.es/15
#Power #Influence #Leadership

10:23 AM - Nov 10, 2023

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I'm pressing Pause on continuous delivery of music. When conditions change, I'll resume shipping to prod. https://schmonz.com/2023/11/09/intermission

In the meantime, please find and share your favorites from the last 1.5 years!
#PianoMiniature #PianoMiniatures #DailyPiano #WeeklyPiano

1923 Baldwin baby grand, fully open, with all my Medtner on the music stand

12:06 PM - Nov 09, 2023

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You might be too young to remember a time before Agile For Humans. In one of the very first episodes, Ryan Ripley, Bob Galen, and I talked about simplicity, risk, leadership, and how they're interconnected. https://overcast.fm/+EkqYFJpYg

(Hire me: https://schmonz.com/2023/08/05/who-needs-an-amitai)

12:36 PM - Nov 08, 2023

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No school today, so no office hours today. But don't wait till next week to ask me something! Set up a quick call for us via the link at https://latentagility.com.

(Pssst... I can still be hired for engineering leadership or senior engineering: https://schmonz.com/2023/08/05/who-needs-an-amitai)

08:51 AM - Nov 07, 2023

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The technical documentation I treasure most has at least these tendencies:

1. To stay accurate over time
2. To defer learning we don't yet want
3. To clarify when a decision ought to be revisited
4. To appear in our moments of need

actual bug on a board, between bent pins

01:49 PM - Nov 05, 2023

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When you can do whatever you want, what should you want?

https://agilein3minut.es/12

11:13 AM - Oct 30, 2023

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