This post about creating the product backlog as a map deserves more attention than I’ve given it so far, but I really like the idea and I’m coming back to it. Wish we’d been able to use it when we were redeveloping our current application in rails.
Another enlightening video from Ken Schwaber.
Particular points I took away from this one.
woo hoo !
A recent post on the Scrum Development list detailed a way of dealing with bugs in scrum. While it’s a bit unconventional, in that the sprint backlog changes mid-sprint, I’ve got say I like it. Might even be adaptable to dealing with other priorities changing mid-sprint (genuine new, urgent, user stories) which is more likely to happen to me.
My entirely arbitrary and prejudiced selection of the best of RejectConf at RailsConf Europe.
list_for a rails plugin to help with displaying sortable lists.
macistrano a native mac application for running capistrano.
braid does for git repositories what piston does for svn repositories.
conductor makes it easier to deal with rails actions that update more than one object.
Most entertaining presentation: Definitely Matthew Rudy with his plugin make_specs_better.
