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	<title>David Farbey&#039;s Marginal Notes &#187; agile programming</title>
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		<title>Be a &#8220;pig&#8221; not a &#8220;chicken&#8221;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In agile software development team members often distinguish between two kinds of participants, &#8221;pigs&#8221; and &#8220;chickens&#8221;. The allusion is to a meal of bacon-and-eggs, in which a chicken may have an interest but to which a pig is &#8220;fully commited&#8221;! At &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/09/be-a-pig-not-a-chicken/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congility conference retrospective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the last two days at the Congility conference, held near London, and chaired by Noz Urbina of Mekon. This event is the successor to the X-Pubs conferences held in previous years, and was all about making your content &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/05/congility-conference-retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing one mistake in agile adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company I work for is very keen on introducing agile methods across its software development department, and this has inevitably caused much discussion. Due to staff shortages I have been working as the technical writer on multiple software projects &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2010/11/addressing-one-mistake-in-agile-adoption/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doc tasks in the sprint &#8211; for the first time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#8217;ve been part of an agile development team for the last few months, until recently my user documentation tasks have not been part of the sprint backlog. But this time, my tasks are on the board! (I realise that &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2010/07/doc-tasks-in-the-sprint-for-the-first-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Agile might be good for technical writers after all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many tech writers find the whole idea of working in an Agile programming environment a bit scary. There are no specs, for heaven&#8217;s sake! However, there are surely some advantages to being a tech writer on an Agile team, if &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2010/04/why-agile-might-be-good-for-technical-writers-after-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>At last, some consideration for users</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I work extensively with companies developing computer software and hardware, I am proud to be a member of the British Computer Society (the BCS). I receive regular emails and magazines and occasionally attend local meetings. This week an email &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2008/04/at-last-some-consideration-for-users/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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