Gary Pedretti

Scrum is Chess, Part II

Gary Pedretti — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:52:27 +0000

In my previous post, I mentioned that I’ve been getting a fair number of questions lately that go like this: What does Scrum say about [[ something that Scrum does not prescribe anything for ]]?? Questions are always good. I think I’m dealing with some clients who are a bit more self-aware, who desire to [...]

Scrum is chess, scaling Scrum is…

Gary Pedretti — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:59:41 +0000

I’ve been getting a fair number of questions lately that go like this: What does Scrum say about [[ something that Scrum does not prescribe anything for ]]?? I love Schwaber’s chess analogy: you either play chess, or you do not. In the same way that chess does not succeed or fail, Scrum does not [...]

Presenting at the Milwaukee ALT.NET Group on November 21, 2011 – Onion Architecture with S#arp

Gary Pedretti — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:03:18 +0000

I’ll be talking about implementing the Onion Architecture using the S#arp framework at Milwaukee’s ALT.NET group on November 21st, 2011. There is more information here, and you can register here. I hope to see you there!

Presenting at the Dubuque .NET User Group on November 1st, 2011 – T4 Templates

Gary Pedretti — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:31:53 +0000

I’ll be talking about T4 Templates in .NET in Dubuque, IA on November 1st, 2011. The presentation is on the Clarke University campus, in the Keller Computer Center, at 5:30 PM. The group’s website is at http://dbqineta.com/. The presentation description: Microsoft’s Text Template Transformation Toolkit – T4 – is the unknown workhorse behind ASP.NET MVC, [...]

Presenting in Fox Valley on October 11th, 2011 – Agile Modeling with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and Feature Pack 2

Gary Pedretti — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:11:04 +0000

I’ll be speaking at the Fox Valley .NET User Group on October 11th, 2011. The event is at 5:30 PM in Appleton – Fox Valley Technical College, 1825 N. Bluemound, Room A170 A/B, Appleton, WI 54912. See the FV NUG site for more details. I will be giving my “Agile Modeling with VS 2010 Ultimate [...]

Mulletude Theorem and the Ultimate Mullet

Gary Pedretti — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:09:54 +0000

If we can agree that as the length “in the back” of a mullet haircut grows, if the length “in the front” stays the same, the wearer has “more mullet” AND If we can agree that as the length “in the front” of a mullet haircut grows shorter, if the length “in the back” stays [...]

Quotable Quotes from a PSM Class

Gary Pedretti — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:30:43 +0000

I came out of Giovanni Bassi’s excellent train-the-trainer Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master class with some memorable and useful quotes. The plan is useless. Planning is essential. – Giovanni EDIT: I’ve learned this is not Giovanni’s Plans are worthless. Planning is essential. – Dwight D. Eisenhower Are you scared of not meeting a deadline? Scared of [...]

if (Code_as_Design != Keyboard_Cowboys) return Agile_Modeling + TDD; else return Same_Stuff_Different_Day;

Gary Pedretti — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:49:25 +0000

It is really fun to stumble upon old classics like Reeves’ “What is Software Design?” and think about them in a modern context. This post begins a series of responses to Reeves’ article. I will examine his basic assertions here, and comment on how they relate to agile modeling, test-driven development (TDD), and agile in [...]

Presenting in Chicago on January 12th, 2011 – Agile Modeling with VS 2010 Using the Architecture Tools

Gary Pedretti — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:25:20 +0000

I’ll be speaking at the Chicago Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) user group on January 12th, 2011. The event is at 6:30 PM, at the downtown Microsoft offices – in the Aon Center, 200 E Randolph. Centare will be sponsoring the meeting. See the Chicago ALM User Group website for more details. I will be giving [...]

My Name for DDD Aggregate Roots

Gary Pedretti — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:25:49 +0000

I’ve used a term for the “aggregate root” concept in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) for many years now. It makes the concept easy to grasp, methinks. I’d like to make this public, “for the record.” You heard it here first: Aggregate Root = Unit of Savitude (you know, like save-i-tude, duh). I think the concept of [...]