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Hobo 1.4 Beta released to public
March 31, 2012
This is a major release optimized for Rails 3.1.
See:
http://cookbook-1.4.hobocentral.net/manual/changes14
And the blog post:
Alistair Cockburn’s “Cooperative Game” Principle Applies to Software Development
February 12, 2012
“The primary goal is to deliver software; the secondary goal is to set up for the following game.
Reaching the primary goal is clear: If you don’t deliver the software, it won’t matter how nicely you have set up for the following game.
If, on the other hand, you deliver the software and do a poor job of setting up for the following game, you jeopardize the game.”
I am quoting Cockburn here because it resonates with my experience over the past 30 years, as does much in his writings.
Agile Software Development and Rock Climbing
February 12, 2012
I have really enjoyed re-reading Alistair Cockburn discussing how software development and rock climbing are examples of goal-seeking cooperative games. See pages 31-33 of Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition).
So what are the characteristics he sees in common between rock climbing and software development?
- Cooperative and goal-seeking
- Load bearing
- Team
- Individuals with talent
- Skill-sensitive
- Training
- Tools
- Resource-limited
- Plan
- Improvised
- Fun
- Challenging
