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New NHibernate Community Site
Fabio Maulo, a member of the NHibernate team, has announced the start of a new NHibernate web site called NH Forge. The name is a reminder of the fact that NHibernate was previously hosted on SourceForge.net since 2005. The purpose of the new site is to bring together the NHibernate community, having all necessary in one place.
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Martin Fowler on Avoiding Common Scrum Pitfalls
Jacky Li of InfoQ China spoke with Martin Fowler during ThoughtWorks' AgileChina conference. In this print interview, Martin Fowler talked about Scrum certification and the future of Agile.
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Interview: Joshua Kerievsky about Industrial XP
In this interview taken by Sadek Drobi of InfoQ, Joshua Kerievsky, founder of Industrial Logic, talks about Industrial Extreme Programming which extends XP by including practices dealing with management, customers and developers.
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Dynamic Invocation Runs on OpenJDK
John Rose, a Hotspot VM developer at Sun, has announced the first successful execution of the 'invokedynamic' instruction on the OpenJDK VM. Dynamic invocation is an important feature for adapting dynamic languages to the JVM.
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Fowler: Agile Vs. Lean Misses the Point
In a recent blog post, Martin Fowler explains how the question "Should I use Lean software development instead of Agile?" is based on a false premise. Agile and lean are so deeply interwoven that if you are doing agile you are doing lean, and vice-versa. Those considering process change will likely find the description of the interrelatedness interesting and enlightening.
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Presentation: Agile and Beyond - The Power of Aspirational Teams
In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Tim Mackinnon talks about the aspirations behind the Agile principles and practices, the desire to become efficient, to write quality code which does not end up being thrown away. Tim has a personal perspective on Agile practices and shares from his own experience.
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Annual Update to the Agile Alliance Board of Directors
The Agile Alliance membership recently elected new members to its Board of Directors. Votes were cast via email and in person, and announced during the Agile2008 conference. Johanna Rothman was elected Conference Chair for Agile2009.
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IE8 Beta 2 Released for the Consumer
Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. While Beta 1 was aimed to the developers, Beta 2 is for the consumers. Some of the top features of the browser are: Web Slices, Search Suggestions, Accelerators, Compatibility View, SmartScreen Filter.
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Can ITIL and SOA complement each other?
Despite similarities in approach and goals, ITIL and SOA remain separate initiatives within modern IT organization. Is it the result of the chasm between operations and development organizations? can this chasm be bridged? and can these initiatives help each other to achieve the vision of continuous improvements?
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IntelliJ IDEA 8: Beyond Java
InfoQ had the opportunity to interview Dmitry Jemerov from JetBrains, Inc. regarding the recent release of IntelliJ IDEA 8 Milestone 1. Read on to find out what to expect in the latest version of the <a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/company/press/awards.html">award</a> winning IDE and when it will be ready for prime time.
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A Fresh Look at 'Technical Debt'
A Technical Debt Workshop was recently held to improve our industry's understanding of and approach to "technical debt", resulting in some interesting ideas. Among them, changing our perception of the problem to focus on "assets" rather than "debt", an idea now receiving quite a bit of attention by people such as Michael Feathers and Brian Marick.
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Survey Says ... SOA Failure?!
Assaf Arkin questions a recent report indicating SOA failures and Joe McKendrick of ZDNet examines the meaning of SOA failure in his article.
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Gordon Pask Award 2008 Winners
The Agile Alliance's annual Gordon Pask Award recognizes two persons for their contributions to Agile practice. The award is for potentially new, rather than established, leaders. This year's honorees were Kenji Hiranabe and Arlo Belshee; Bob Payne was also recognized for his philanthropic work. Award program leadership has changed, and community input is solicited to improve the program.
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Setting up COE for SOA
As SOA continues to mature, the importance of SOA governance, helping to improve organizational support for SOA and ensure disciplined approach to SOA implementation, keeps growing. One of the ways to start and implement SOA governance is through establishing a SOA center of excellence.
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Presentation: Future Directions for Agile
In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, David Anderson talks about the history of Agile, the current status of it and his vision for the future. The role of Agile does not stand in just having a practice, but in finding ways to implement the principles contained by the Agile Manifesto.