James Shore

OCTOBER 27, 2020

There’s no objective measure of software productivity [Fowler 2003], but from experience, I’d estimate a 10-20% performance dip at first. If there’s no budget for help. A team composed of many of the same developers, at the same company, using the same Agile process, later produced a product with compelling value in one-fifth the time.

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MagmaLabs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Use Test Driven Development. TDD (Test Driven Development) is a way of developing software. When developing using TDD you should start by writing a failing automated test before you write any code. There should not be any manual tests, or practices. Needless complexity.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

Martin Fowler wrote an article in 2003 titled Cannot Measure Productivity. Kent Beck concluded , Measure developer productivity? We use Extreme Programming as our model of how to develop software. They also love test-driven development, pairing, continuous integration, and evolutionary design. Not possible.

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James Shore

AUGUST 19, 2020

So, what allows me to do this—what allows me to do this show, this software development show every week, and what allows me to write this book—is the people who hire me for training and consulting. In the 1990s, software development was believed to be in crisis. Cancelled at some point during the development cycle.”.

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