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In Episode 4, we return to the AQuA series and tackle four more questions. Joining Allen Hurst and Mike Abney this week are Gary McCants, Brett Bim, Ed Grannan, and Mike Deck. Topics:

• What Ron Jeffries says Agile is, is not, and may be. (http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/jatAgileIsIsNotMayBe)
• My group doesn’t develop software. Can we be Agile?
• Can you do Agile with non-Agile developers?
• What is the tipping point in Agile adoption?
• We tried Agile. It failed. Why try it again?

Blog picks:

- Gary : Ron Jeffries blog (http://xprogramming.com/blog)
- Mike A.: Agile at Alltop (http://agile.alltop.com)
- Mike D.: Brian Marick’s: http://www.exampler.com/blog/
- Ed: Robert Kiyasaki’s Conspiracy of the Rich (http://www.conspiracyoftherich.com/)
- Allen: Jurgen Appelo (http://noop.nl)
- Brett: Paul Graham’s Essays (http://paulgraham.com/articles.html)
- Allen’s “extra”: http://improvingblogs.com

Other Links:

- Mike A. (@mikeabney): http://practicallyagile.com
- Mike D. (@mikedeck): http://developmentasdialog.com
- Gary (@charlesgary)
- Brett: http://mentalpandiculation.com
- Allen (@allenhurst): http://ahurst.com

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In Episode 3, Allen Hurst and Mike Abney are joined by Brett Bim, Mike Deck, and Mike Doberenz to discuss unit testing. Alternate titles for this episode were “Tests? We don’t need no stinking tests!” and “A Fistful of Mikes.” Episode topics include:

• Testing doesn’t give you what you think it does.
• Throw away your unit tests!
• Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
• Tradeoffs in automating regression testing.

Links:

• Allen Hurst (@allenhurst) : http://ahurst.com
• Mike Abney (@mikeabney) : http://practicallyagile.com
• Brett Bim : http://mentalpandiculation.com/
• Mike Deck (@mikedeck)
• Deck and Doberenz’s blog : http://developmentasdialog.com

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