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Episode 21: The Ruby Freelancer’s Show 021 – Can You be “Agile” as a Freelancer?
July 30, 2012
1:14:04
88.88 MB
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Panel
Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Summer Camp)
Eric Davis (twitter github blog)
Evan Light (twitter github blog)
Jeff Schoolcraft (twitter github blog)
Discussion
Working in teams
Client interaction
Trying new techniques
"Hurry up and wait"
Freelance development is an experiment.
Influence on/working parallel with development teams.
"Agile is not really defined"
Adaptation to change
Pivotal Tracker
Showing regular progress
Use a staging server
Be more agile than "Agile"
"Picture of two people shaking hands"
How much of the Agile process do you expose to the client?
Try to adapt to the client's process and tools.
Point vs. Time Based Estimation
Keep features under control
Discovery Process
Basecamp
ChiliProject
Campfire
Propane for Campfire
Skype
Google+ Hangouts
Skitch
Jing
Cloudapp
Dropbox
Picks
Mr. Reader - iPad (Jeff)
Instapaper (Eric)
Vimux (Evan)
Sinjimoru Sync and Charge Dock for iPhone (Eric)
Agile Ruined My Life (Eric)
The Chaos Model (Eric)
Salesforce (Chuck)
P90X Workout Plan (Chuck)
Foam Roller (Eric)