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Programming by Emptying the Disagreement Domains

Jul 28, 2015 | Tags:

Emery's Law

May 1, 2015 | Tags:

Diagnostic assertions

Oct 24, 2014 | Tags:

Using Git With Subversion Repositories

Oct 23, 2014 | Tags:

Testing and Team Effectiveness

Oct 15, 2012 | Tags:

Standardize Practices to Aid Moving People Around?

Oct 10, 2012 | Tags:

Page Object Puzzle

Feb 24, 2012 | Tags:

Testing with Variables

Dec 29, 2011 | Tags:

Not an Estimating Problem (Lightning Keynote)

Dec 3, 2011 | Tags:

Frank(enstein), Victor, Shelley, and Igor: Tools for Testing iOS Applications

Nov 10, 2011 | Tags:

Towers Episode 1: The Reclining Ribcage

Jan 18, 2011 | Tags:

What JUnit Rules are Good For

Jan 4, 2011 | Tags:

Using Rules to Influence JUnit Test Execution

Dec 15, 2010 | Tags:

One Small Thing

Dec 13, 2010 | Tags:

The Certification Prime Directive

Nov 4, 2010 | Tags:

Questions to Explore Problems

Aug 30, 2010 | Tags:

A Human Bias Toward Standards of Perfection

Jul 29, 2010 | Tags:

Bob and Dale Chat about Social Challenges at Work

Jun 20, 2010 | Tags:

Problem Statement Smells

Jun 5, 2010 | Tags:

Four Layers in Automated Tests

Mar 15, 2010 | Tags:

Tradeoffs

Dec 9, 2009 | Tags:

Writing Maintainable Automated Acceptance Tests

Nov 23, 2009 | Tags:

Too Much To Ask

May 29, 2009 | Tags:

Enthusiasm as a Human Resource

Apr 20, 2009 | Tags:

The Anatomy of a Responsibility

Mar 9, 2009 | Tags:

Planned Response Systems

Feb 19, 2009 | Tags:

Beware Accounting Errors

Dec 31, 2008 | Tags:

Testing is an Information Service

Dec 30, 2008 | Tags:

Interviewing Characters: Follow the Energy

Sep 10, 2008 | Tags:

Loopy Conversations: What versus how, means versus ends, requirements versus design choices

Jul 29, 2008 | Tags:

Introducing Gibberizer: Automated Gibberish

Jun 22, 2008 | Tags:

Key Bindings in Eclipse/RCP Applications

Jun 7, 2008 | Tags:

Developing Story Ideas by Clustering

May 22, 2008 | Tags:

Code coverage does not imply test coverage

May 21, 2008 | Tags:

Scenes and Beats

May 9, 2008 | Tags:

Writing Excuses Podcast

Feb 13, 2008 | Tags:

Writing with Variables

Feb 12, 2008 | Tags:

Non-parallel parallels

Oct 24, 2007 | Tags:

The CwD Shuffle

Oct 20, 2007 | Tags:

Leading Horses to Water

Aug 16, 2007 | Tags:

Example of a professional book sales pitch

Jan 12, 2007 | Tags:

Outlining and strawberries

Jan 10, 2007 | Tags:

DaNoFiWriMo Progress

Oct 28, 2006 | Tags:

Reflections from DaNoFiWriMo Week 3

Oct 23, 2006 | Tags:

Reflections from DaNoFiWriMo Week 2

Oct 17, 2006 | Tags:

Reflections from DaNoFiWriMo Week 1

Oct 8, 2006 | Tags:

What Questions Do You Have About Resistance?

Sep 29, 2006 | Tags:

Rewriting the Story of Resistance

Sep 28, 2006 | Tags:

DaNoFiWriMo

Sep 28, 2006 | Tags:

Naming Unit Tests

Mar 27, 2006 | Tags:

Information

Mar 15, 2006 | Tags:

Role

Mar 15, 2006 | Tags:

Multitasking and Conflict

Nov 3, 2005 | Tags:

How I Became a Coach

Aug 4, 2005 | Tags:

The Acceptance Question

Aug 2, 2005 | Tags:

The Pecker Principle

Aug 1, 2005 | Tags:

Motivation

May 18, 2005 | Tags:

The Unbearable Lightness of Faking

Apr 14, 2005 | Tags:

Test Classes in Isolation and in Collaboration

Apr 14, 2005 | Tags:

The Resistance as a Resource Game

Apr 8, 2005 | Tags:

Effectiveness

Mar 11, 2005 | Tags:

The Unwritten Rule of the Unwritten Rule

Mar 3, 2005 | Tags:

Guidelines for Defining, Writing, and Maintaining Policies

Mar 1, 2005 | Tags:

What Do You Want From Tests?

Feb 22, 2005 | Tags:

The Ladder of Delegation

Jan 26, 2005 | Tags:

Promoting Change When People Prefer Familiarity

Jan 17, 2005 | Tags:

Permission to Help

Oct 17, 2004 | Tags:

The Structure of Power

Aug 20, 2004 | Tags:

Resource

Aug 20, 2004 | Tags:

Appreciation

Aug 19, 2004 | Tags:

Manipulation

Aug 17, 2004 | Tags:

Empower

Aug 17, 2004 | Tags:

Power

Aug 17, 2004 | Tags:

Your Needs for Workshops about Power and Leadership

Aug 15, 2004 | Tags:

The Law of Conservation of Frustration

Aug 11, 2004 | Tags:

Valuing Activity

Aug 4, 2004 | Tags:

Technology

Aug 4, 2004 | Tags:

The Purpose of Automation

Jul 21, 2004 | Tags:

Planning

Jul 15, 2004 | Tags:

Leadership

Jul 13, 2004 | Tags:

The Prime Project Failure Factor

Jun 6, 2004 | Tags:

Agility and Service

Jun 5, 2004 | Tags:

Trust, Disappointment and Choice

Jun 4, 2004 | Tags:

Misrepresenting Mehrabian

May 6, 2004 | Tags:

Emery's Ironclad Test of Best Practices

May 5, 2004 | Tags:

Project Watch: Olympic Stadium

May 5, 2004 | Tags:

Confusion is Information

May 4, 2004 | Tags:

Interacting Flows: Value, Authority, and Communication

May 3, 2004 | Tags:

Dimensions of Software Testing

Apr 29, 2004 | Tags:

Aggregates and the Imbalance of Power

Apr 6, 2004 | Tags:

A Spiral Method Writing Session

Mar 6, 2004 | Tags:

Experiences with The Spiral Method

Mar 6, 2004 | Tags:

The Spiral Method for Writing Zeroth Drafts

Mar 6, 2004 | Tags:

Testing Needs and Wants

Mar 4, 2004 | Tags:

The Structure of Values

Feb 26, 2004 | Tags:

Tests for Listening

Jan 19, 2004 | Tags:

Strategies for Stability

Jan 13, 2004 | Tags:

Crucial Conversations

Jan 4, 2004 | Tags:

My Favorite Books of 2003

Jan 4, 2004 | Tags:

Judging

Dec 31, 2003 | Tags:

A Story of Resistance Resolved

Dec 4, 2003 | Tags:

A Relationship is a Story

Dec 4, 2003 | Tags:

Appreciate the Work

Dec 3, 2003 | Tags:

A Simple Measurement

Dec 2, 2003 | Tags:

Plan for the Present

Nov 12, 2003 | Tags:

Books about Writing

Nov 11, 2003 | Tags:

Being a Writer

Nov 11, 2003 | Tags:

Style

Nov 11, 2003 | Tags:

Writing Down the Bones

Nov 11, 2003 | Tags:

Writing from the Inside Out

Nov 11, 2003 | Tags:

Writing the Natural Way

Nov 11, 2003 | Tags:

Writing with Power

Nov 11, 2003 | Tags:

Directives

Oct 30, 2003 | Tags:

Defensiveness

Oct 30, 2003 | Tags:

The Change Agent's Offer

Sep 30, 2003 | Tags:

Empowerment

Sep 29, 2003 | Tags:

Significance

Sep 17, 2003 | Tags:

The Null Process

Sep 16, 2003 | Tags:

Third Person Underhanded

Sep 15, 2003 | Tags:

Good Questions

Sep 12, 2003 | Tags:

Risk and Commitment

Sep 11, 2003 | Tags:

Divide and Conquer

Aug 20, 2003 | Tags:

Estimates Are Not Commitments

Aug 11, 2003 | Tags:

Frames of Reference

Aug 2, 2003 | Tags:

Open Space Technology

Jul 31, 2003 | Tags:

Sustaining a Group

Jul 31, 2003 | Tags:

People Resist Change?

Jul 30, 2003 | Tags:

Can't

Jul 29, 2003 | Tags:

The Weight of Words

Jun 26, 2003 | Tags:

Defining Project Success

Jun 25, 2003 | Tags:

Congruence and the Prime Directive

Jun 24, 2003 | Tags:

The Second Directive

Jun 23, 2003 | Tags:

Creating Empathy

Jun 11, 2003 | Tags:

The Benefits of Failure

Jun 10, 2003 | Tags:

Don't Be Nice, Be Real

Jun 9, 2003 | Tags:

Famous Leadership Case Study

Jun 4, 2003 | Tags:

The Value Question

Jun 3, 2003 | Tags:

Willing to Change

May 21, 2003 | Tags:

Discouraging Generalizations

May 19, 2003 | Tags:

The Cheeseburger Talk

May 13, 2003 | Tags:

Meet People Where They Are

May 10, 2003 | Tags:

The Broccoli Principle

May 7, 2003 | Tags:

Saying Yes, Letting Go

May 6, 2003 | Tags:

After All We've Done for Them

May 5, 2003 | Tags:

Alison's Advice Advice

May 1, 2003 | Tags:

Banish the Scope Creep

Apr 30, 2003 | Tags:

Sincerity

Apr 28, 2003 | Tags:

Turning to One Another

Apr 24, 2003 | Tags:

I Don't Have Time

Apr 23, 2003 | Tags:

Dale Emery, Bureaucrat

Apr 22, 2003 | Tags:

Reversing the Definition Game

Apr 16, 2003 | Tags:

Quality is Time

Apr 15, 2003 | Tags:

Alignment, Accountability, and Priorities

Apr 11, 2003 | Tags:

Walking to the Horizon

Apr 10, 2003 | Tags:

The Responsibility Razor

Apr 7, 2003 | Tags:

Success, Belief, and Identity

Apr 4, 2003 | Tags:

Joy, Value, and Meaning

Mar 31, 2003 | Tags:

Managing Yourself Through Change

Mar 24, 2003 | Tags: