Analytical-Mind

Pyxis’ Blog

• Welcome additions in Sonar 2.0 March 11, 2010
  Sonar 2.0 is just out and adds very interesting stuff. It focuses especially on architecture and OO metrics, which were the missing part of the metrics puzzle in previous releases. […]
  marc-andre thibodeau
• Mettre de la pression sur le système pour faire apparaître le gaspillage March 11, 2010
  Afin de faire apparaître les goulots d’étranglement dans le processus de réalisation d’une équipe fonctionnant en Kanban, j’ai proposé de réduire les limites du WIP1 Lors de la mise en place, ... […]
  tremeur balbous
• GeoTools March 11, 2010
  GeoTools developers have released the 2.6.2  version. GeoTools contains an incredible amount of utilities related to GIS and I am totally impressed by the feature set. To give an example of its use, here is some sample code from gisgraphy-java-client ( a simple Java client I am writing for the open source GISgraphy project).  It calculates [...] […]
  sami dalouche
• On Design principles March 11, 2010
  There is a constant about Software Developers : they love debating and arguing about every single aspect of the development process. Moreover, they will most likely debate forever, because there is usually nothing that can serve as a reference to tell good and bad practices apart. Want to know why ? Well.. everyone is making [...] […]
  sami dalouche
• Minyaa Suite 1.8 (for JIRA 3.12.3 to 4.0.1) is released and available for download March 10, 2010
  Minyaa Suite 1.8 is released and available for download Minyaa is compatible from JIRA 3.12.3 to JIRA 4.0.1 (7 distinct builds). News since Minyaa Suite 1.7 … New features : Now, Minyaa’s allows usage of Worklogger Customfield in any Workflow transition, even initial creation. See Log Work as Issue Field, The Time Estimate can be reevaluated when logging wor […]
  vincent thoule
• Nouveau podcast VoxAgile sur le concept de la dette d’entreprise March 10, 2010
  Le dernier podcast Vox Agile vient tout juste de sortir! Avec Éric Mignot et Emmanuel Gaillot, VoxAgile aborde le concept de la dette d’entreprise au niveau des valeurs, de la mission et de l’objectif commun de celles-ci. Entre autres, les sujets suivants sont discutés: Comment déterminer l’actif d’une entreprise au niveau humain; Comment confronter la dette […]
  anne-laure miquel
• Usability reviews in the open source world March 10, 2010
  It is a pleasure to hear that some open source projects are conducting usability reviews : Wikipedia : Usability and Experience Study OpenStreetMap: UX Review any other ? Usability reviews are of uttermost importance if you want to learn how your end users use your product. I initially thought that conducting usability reviews was complex, and involved lots […]
  sami dalouche
• Gartner Predicts 2010: Agile and Cloud Impact Application Development Directions March 9, 2010
  Gartner studied the market and attempt to predict trends in their latest report: Predicts 2010: Agile and Cloud Impact Application Development Directions. As organizations seek to improve productivity and reduce application operating and maintenance costs, we will continue to see an evolution of software development tools, platforms and practices. To take ad […]
  martin proulx
• Make sure your software is continuously specified March 9, 2010
  As you may have noticed in the Executable Specification and build integration post, build system integration is an area where GreenPepper shines. Most teams having good automated build practices also use a continuous integration (CI) server. We provide more comfort to those teams by allowing them to look at their GreenPepper execution results directly from [ […]
  françois beauregard
• Enfin un bouquin au sujet de scrum en français March 9, 2010
  J’ai reçu il y a environ une semaine ma copie du premier bouquin au sujet de scrum en français. Scrum : Le guide pratique de la méthode agile la plus populaire a été écrit par Claude Aubry. Claude nous offre un regard pratique et lucide au sujet de scrum et de sa mise en oeuvre [...] […]
  françois beauregard