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Episode 12 finds Allen and Mike in discussion with Ed. The group cover a few web articles on Test-Driven Development (TDD) and technical debt. Send feedback and topic requests via e-mail to “feedback” at “improvingpodcasts.com”

Links to the articles discussed:

- Robert C. “Uncle Bob” Martin’s “TDD Triage” article: http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/10/08/tdd-triage
- Janie Chang’s “Exploding Software Development Myths”: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/nagappan-100609.aspx
- Marting Fowler’s “Technical Debt Quadrant”: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebtQuadrant.html
- Michael Dubakov’s “Tale: Deadline and Technical Debt”: http://www.targetprocess.com/blog/2009/11/tale-deadline-and-technical-debt.html

Also discussed is Casey Watson’s “Write This, Not That” site: http://writethisnotthat.com

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In episode 11, a fully clothed Mike and Allen talk Naked Planning with fellow Improver Ben Rady.

Topics covered:
- The value of value-based planning
- The what’s and why’s of Naked Planning
   – Requirements waste
   – Queues and flow
   – Minimum marketable features
   – The ultimate definition of done
- We don’t need no stinking iterations
- How to handle releases
- Naked Planning vs. kanban
- Naked Planning and estimation
- MMFs that require architectural change
- Handling emergencies
- Continuous flow, Software Craftsmanship and the evolution of agile

References:
- Arlo Belshee on the Agile Toolkit Podcast: http://bit.ly/jz0V9
- Tom DeMarco – Controlling Software Projects – http://bit.ly/1Q4gTC
- Steve McConnell – Software Estimation – http://bit.ly/gZjYX
- Software Craftsmanship Manifesto http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org
- Ben Rady’s Blog – feedbackjunkies.com

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