Reading an article about Test-Driven Development

Today I'll read an article about Test-Driven Development "Test-Driven Development:Concepts, Taxonomy, and Future Direction" in IEEE Computer Magazine (September 2005) whose authors are: David Janzen and Hossein Saiedian.

Reading a book about Dogos

Yesterday I have finished to read a book about Argentinian Dogo. The book is called "El nuevo libro del Dogo Argentino".

Workshop

Today I have read chapter 10, 11, 12, 13. I hope I'll finish it tomorrow.

Workshop book

Today I have read chapter 6,7,8,9 of this book. Tomorrow I'll start with chapter 10.

The Workshop Book

Table of Contents
Part1. The Consesus Workshop Method

1. Why Use the Consesus Workshop Method
2. Some Background
3. The Consesus WorkShop as Life Method
4. Two Approches to the Consesus Workshop

Part2 The Finer Points of The Consensus Workshop

5. The Context: Orienting the Group
6. Brainstorming: Harvesting the Group's Ideas
7. Custering Ideas: Order out of Chaos
8. Naming: One Concept from Many Ideas
9. Step 5: Symbolizing the Resolve

Part3 Workshop Leadership

10. Design and Preparation of a Consensus Workshop
11. The Style of the Workshop Facilitator
12. Challenges That Stretch the Facilitator
13. Time Space, Mood and Group

Part 4 Consensus Workshop Applications

14. Using the Consensus Workshop Method with Various Group Sizes
15. Using the Consensus Workshop Method in a Series

The Workshop Book

I have started today the WorkShop book. I'm in chapter 2.

Lean Development

Today I'll continue to read Chapter 7.

Lean Development

Today I'll finish chapter 5 and 6. On page 117 I found the alternate toolkit for lean project management.

• Seeing Waste
• Value Stream Mapping
• Feedback
• Iterations
• Synchronization
• Set-Based Development
• Option Thinking
• Last Responsible Moment
• Making Decisions
• Pull Systems
• Queuing Theory
• Cost of Delay
• Self Determination
• Motivation
• Leadership
• Expertise
• Perceived Integrity
• Conceptual Integrity
• Testing
• Refactoring
• Measurements
• Contracts

Lean Development

Today I have finished the Introduction, Chapter 1, and I'm reading Chapter 2. I hope I'll finish today this last Chapter.
Here is a brief table of content of this book:
Table of Content

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Eliminate waste
• Chapter 2. Amplify Learning
• Chapter 3. Decide as Late as Possible
• Chapter 4. Deliver as Fast as Possible
• Chapter 5. Empower the Team
• Chapter 6. Build Integrity In
• Chapter 7. See the Whole
• Chapter 8. Instructions and Warranty
  

Lean Development

Today I'll start reading the Lean Development book.

focused conversation mantra

"This is the right group of people to wrestle with this issue at this time. This group has the wisdom needed to wrestle with the questions and issues that are facing them. The group is the right place, struggling with the right issues". Pag. 100, Part II Section C.

Finishing the Focus Conversation book

Today I'm going to finish the The Art of Focused Conversation book. A brief Table of contents of this book is the following:
Table of Contents
Introduction. The Origin of the Method
Part I Theory and Practice

1. Why Conversations? and Why the Workplace?
2. The Focused Conversation Method: An Overview
3. The Structure of the Focused Conversation
4. Leading a Focused Conversation: Conversational Hazards
5. Steps for preparing a conversation from scratch

Part II The 100 Conversations

A. Conversations for evaluating and reviewing

B. Conversations for preparations and planning

C. Conversations for coaching and mentoring

D. Conversations for interpreting information

E. Decision-making conversations

F. Managing and supervising conversations

G. Personal and celebrative conversations

Part III Appendices

A. Sets of Reflective and Interpretative Questions

B. The Bohm Dialogical Method

C. Power of the Conversation in Relation to Art

D. Prince 5 Weapons Story

E. Leading an Informal Conversation

F. ICA: Its Mission and Locations

G. Who Will Design These Conversations for Me?

H. Leading a Focused Conversation: A Summary

I. Preparing a Focused Conversation

Reading Focus Conversation

I'll start reading today the ICA book called "The Art of Focus Conversation".

Good to Great

The essence of the book are thw following concepts:

• Level 5 leadership
• First Who...then What
• Confront the brutal facts
• Hedgehog concept
• Culture of discipline
• Technology accelerators
• Flywheel
  

Finishing Good to Great

Today I'll finish to read "Good to Great" book, an excellent book. I'll write down comments tomorrow.