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The leaves are falling gracefully, a slow sonnet that paradoxically represents a grim death with splendid beauty, marking the change in seasons and a hope for rebirth. The winds dance to the music, scattering the leaves as notes on a barren page, messaging to the living that the symphony is nearing its denouement. The living gather to rest, trying to forget the melody that haunts their spirits, awaiting the loving embrace of leaves of green and rays of light from the sun's face. They all come together to speak of the past and the future, but more importantly, they come for each other. In the end, the warmth of human hearts replaces the chilling cold of nature and the seasons become but images of the same reality.
Thanksgiving is upon us; the time to be venerated as one where people come together in peace and love to cherish the truly valuable gifts of life, but most importantly the gift of family. In this essay I wish to talk about my own family; a family that I do not consider one by blood, but one by nature of shared belief.
As a Christian, I am thankful for many within my faith. I consider many of the people that share my faith-- in one way or another--to be brothers and sisters in the very real sense of the terms. But there are those I also consider to be the outcasts of our family. As much as I try to love them, I am angry: angry because they are not angry of themselves. I cannot deny them the title of "Christian" either, no more than I can deny my own blood-line their titles. For these members of the family call themselves "Christian" and follow what they think to be true, so I am left to bear the same name as they, though I do not endorse those things they believe or act on. What I can only really judge are whether or not these individuals are good or bad in light of the things they claim to follow, but even then I am no judge of their ultimate salvation nor if I am the better. So I have a difficulty. Is my anger justified or am I simply being self-righteous? It is vexing to not be able to judge certain things without being labeled the hypocrite. Perhaps, though, I am the hypocrite, and the reason I can judge is because I realize that more than those I am judging. If the reader is willing to accept this criterion for my judgment then I would be appreciative so as to be allowed to explain my anger.
My anger stems from what I see and hear. My anger stems from what I experience. I have felt an animosity towards non-believers for some time because of their skepticism that seems to be riddled more with emotional outrage than actual argument. In a sense, I have always thought them to be simple in their thinking (for the most part), while playing on the immoralities performed by those within my family; all so as to cover up for the shallowness. In a way, I suppose that I merely defended my belief as an older brother does with his younger siblings, no matter who was truly wronged. "It is the nature of loyalty", I was told and had come to believe. Now, I feel as though I have wronged myself by being angry towards those outside of my family, because the true blame lies with my own. While the Faith may be firm and consistent, it is true that the majority of its members are not.
We live in a time where Christianity is being opposed more and more and the blame is being laid at the feet of its followers. For this, I am thankful. For many centuries, individuals that would prefer to uplift themselves rather than the faith have persecuted Christianity from within; they have made a whore out of my Mother, the Church, for far too long. Those I speak of are the anti-intellectuals, the bigots, the fornicators, the greedy, the power hungry, and the lustful for blood. Their greatest sin is not that they commit these thoughts or actions, but that they think these things not to be sins at all. These individuals are those that put a stain to the family name; they are those I do not wish to be represented by.
As I read through history, a feeling of nostalgia comes over me as I desire to have those days once again; the days when Christians were the leading scientists, helping to achieve the enlightenment model of scientific inquiry. I desire to be there when Christians were of one Church, before the great schisms of 1054 and the 1500s. I desire to be there when the Christian Church was the first, before any irreligious enlightenment thinker, to start the abolition of slavery. I desire to be there, when St. Paul first announced that all men were created equal before the writing of the Declaration of Independence. I desire to be there, when the Lord Jesus scolded St. Peter for attacking a guard with a sword and cutting his ear off, only then to mend the wound and revive the lost organ. I desire these times when Christianity was respected with good reason and bad Christians were rejected for good reason. But it seems those days are gone and the few that remain simply do not outweigh those that do the family no favor. The secular idealism of the new world has taken over many Christian minds and hearts and has only led them astray more to the point that now, Christianity is not even noticeable.
It would be awful of me to leave on such a sad note, however. It seems that I at least owe the reader some measure of hope and goodness with the coming of Thanksgiving. To this I believe you are correct. But rather than try to glance over the harsh realities, I would prefer to give a much different message that I feel is adequate to fill the void. I feel there is hope in Christianity. I feel that those that stain the family name will soon enough leave the Faith, as they are already doing due to their ignorance and profound lack of intellectual integrity. I would prefer if they would simply come to notice what they have done before leaving, but that is a rarity in itself. I feel that those that are truly part of the faith, hypocrites they may be, will push the faith forward in self-reflection, humility, and a desire to better them selves. I feel that the Church will become more and more persecuted and more disrespected. I feel these things will continue to grow and multiply. The irony is that I am thankful for it, thankful that the salt might one day become salty again and that the light might shine through the cloth.
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, I love you all, but you are the family that I never wanted, which maybe isn't so bad after all.
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The leaves are falling gracefully, a slow sonnet that paradoxically represents a grim death with splendid beauty, marking the change in seasons and a hope for rebirth. The winds dance to the music, scattering the leaves as notes on a barren page, messaging to the living that the symphony is nearing its denouement. The living gather to rest, trying to forget the melody that haunts their spirits, awaiting the loving embrace of leaves of green and rays of light from the sun's face. They all come together to speak of the past and the future, but more importantly, they come for each other. In the end, the warmth of human hearts replaces the chilling cold of nature and the seasons become but images of the same reality.
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- Anonymous said...
Very thoughtful, insightful and nice written.
- Jason Pratt said...
I could quibble with a few of the details; but I won't because I agree with the spirit in which it is offered. {s} Thanks, M.
- M said...
Yeah, I know there are some grammatical errors. I need to edit it later when I have the time :p
- Jason Pratt said...
I was thinking of something other than grammar. {wry g!} But pointing out the context would distract from the gist of the post for no relevant gain, and I don't want to do that. {s!}
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Ahhh, I understand ;)
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Slayer, Interrupted, Part Four was a comic, a story based on the Buffy television series.
Buffy does not know whom she can trust but she tries to save the group of young girls from the demon that feeds off them. Eventually she leaves the hospital, and her parents prepare for some big life changes.
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Today I'm offering for sale two rare postcards from 1907 which feature both Italian and Jewish Neighborhoods in New York City, and a 1905 and 1906 postcard of the Atlantic City Boardwalk in New Jersey.
As immigrants poured into America in the late 18th and 19th centuries they settled in large numbers on the east coast especially in New York City. Often described as The Slums or The Ghetto, these were the homes of very proud immigrants who became the very fabric and the true identity of New York City.
*These two postcards are postmarked April 4th, 1907, and sent to the same person located on Springfield Ave., Irvington, New Jersey. Listed below is each postcard and its condition:
1.) The first postcard features a street scene located in an Italian neighborhood at 88 Mulberry Street, New York City. The photo shows street vendors, horse drawn carts, wash hanging from fire escapes, and vendors selling fruit. There is one gentleman standing by his cart selling fruit. The older postcards have no place to write a message so the sender wrote on the front. This is what they wrote: "Here's another one of the "Slum" streets. I had luncheon in the Bronx Tuesday, saw Mrs. Woods and Mrs. Dorer of Irvington." The postcard is numbered 4733 and has Mulberry Street, N. Y., printed right below the picture.
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**Condition: The front has two rub marks, corner bumps, and some of the postmark ink can be lightly seen on the front. The back is clean, all postmarks are in good condition and the one cent stamp is in very good condition.
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - September 26, 1982, New Braunfels, Texas Dallas, Texas #75?- rtlcroplex, Inc. Comp.'S'UsJir1'dalles, rr;Xr>c, 75?/^ Unicorns thrash Eagles — Page 6A Cougars blank Knights — Page 7A Rangers take Comfort — Page 6 A >AV New JdskLs Braunfels Hwald-fritumi I _ M<-» 1 QQ n a n____ a o ___ SUNDAY September 26,1982 50 cents MW** New Braunfels, Texas Vol. 91 - No. 189 64 Pages-4 Sections (USPS 377-880) Parks director resigns his post By DYANNE FRY Staff writer At the close of Friday's business day, the City of New Braunfels found itself minus a parks director. Don Simon, Director of Parks and Recreation, submitted his resignation in the form of a letter to the mayor, city manager and other key personnel. The letter contained just one sentence: "As of 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24,1982,1 resign as director of the parks and recreation department for the City of New Braunfels." Simon joined the parks department some IO years ago, and has been director for more than half that time. Reactions to his letter indicate the resignation was quite unexpected. City Manager E.N. Delashmutt said he found his copy lying on top of his briefcase when he got ready to go home Friday, and that he "couldn't even fathom a guess" as to the reasons behind it. "I had talked to him about 3 o'clock on the matter of this Trashfest that was to be held (Saturday)," Delashmutt said. At that time, Simon said all plans were "go"; that he would have his trucks at Hinman Island Park to haul away the trash. Simon, apparently, had also talked to a representative of the Gulf Coast Council of Diving Clubs, which sponsored the river cleanup. At that time, he said he would meet the divers at 7 a.m. Saturday, Delashmutt said. Neither he nor the Houston man got the impression Simon was about to quit work. Sharon Phair, chairman of the Parks Advisory Board, also received a letter. "Ifs as much a surprise to me as it is to you, and there's no explanation (in the letter,)" she told the Herald Zeitung. Councilwoman Barbara Tieken didn't get a letter, and said she was "shocked" to hear of the resignation. She attended the Sept. 20 parks board meeting, and had the impression that the department was running smoothly. Mrs. Simon, contacted at home Saturday, said her husband was not available for comment. Despite Simon's absence, the red parks department trucks were much in evidence at Trashfest on Saturday. Delashmutt said he would put his administrative assistant, Court Thieleman, in the parks office "until I can get it squared away and find out what the story really is." Israeli outrage Record march protests Beirut massacre TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people jammed the Square of the Kings of Israel Saturday night, expressing outrage over the Beirut massacre in the largest antigovernment demonstration Israeli has ever known. Organizers of the rally said 400,000 people gathered in the square for the protest demonstration. Police refused to estimate the crowd size, but the throng topped the crowd that attended a pro-government rally in July, which government supporters said drew 250,000. Israel has a population of about 4 million. Speakers demanded the resignations of Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, as well as an independent judicial inquiry into the conduct of the army and the government during the slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children in the west Beirut Palestinian refugee camps of Chatilla and Sabra. "Never have we stood before such a string of wretched decisions arousing such doubt, sorrow and distrust among the citizens," opposition I,abor Party leader Shimon Peres said in his address. He claimed Begin had not uttered "a word of sorrow or of condemnation of the killers," and asked the prime minster, "Why do you describe it as a natural disaster instead of a policy disaster? The mass rally climaxed a week of almost daily demonstrations against Begin and Sharon, who is accused of failing to act promptly to stop the slaughter Sept. 17-18. It has been blamed on Christian Phalangist militiamen who were allowed by the Israeli army to enter the Chatilla camp in what was to have See ISRAEL, Page 12A County fair one big reunion By JACQUELINE SMITH Staff writer Ask someone what conies to mind when they think of a county fair. Off the top of their head, most people might mention carnival rides, games and bright lights. Still others might talk about the food, music, handicrafts, livestock, or Aunt Sally's canned pickets (which they hope will win that first place ribbon). But just ask any native Comal Countian what he thinks of his county fair and the answer might be surprising. To most Comal Countians the fair is one thing — a social gathering a time to meet friends who you haven't seen in awhile or to visit with those who you see every day. As one native New Braunfelser put it: "Everyone comes back to the fair. Even those who have gone off to the big city to make their living. It's (the fain a chance to come back and see all your old friends." The Comal County Fair, which this week is celebrating its 89th anniversary, is one — if not the number one — social event of the county. This year's Fair Association president made this observation shortly before noon just as the fairgrounds began bustling for that day's events. "Mainly it's a tune to meet old friends," retired U.S. Air Force Col. James Wilson, said leaning back in a folding chair in the Fair Association's office. Throughout the years, the fair has been able to sustain its "quaint country-feeling" which prompts the community to become more involved in it, said Wilson. "More than 90 percent" of those who attend the fair yearly "come from a 70-mile radius," Wilson estimated. And most See WU.SON, Page 12A .ivestock judge must be a cut above'at fair By DEBBIE TURNER Staff writer He stands in the middle of the corral, probably the only man at the Comal County Fair sporting a tie and dress shirt. He's not wearing a cowboy hat either, even though the hair's a bit thin on top. But maybe that's part of the hazards of being a cattle judge. It's a tough job that goes to some poor soul, who, this year, is James Rathmann — an Elgin school teacher living in Bastrop. Rathmann has been judging since 1973, and was on the Texas A&M Livestock and Meat Evaluation Team in 1974. He judges five or six fair shows a year, arid that's a lot of bull (or heifer, as the case may be). That's also a lot of sometimes "eould-go-either-way" decisions that Rathmann has to live with. "At this show, I've tried to stick with what I think the industry is paying attention to in cattle this year, and make decisions accordingly," Rathmann said Saturday during a 15-minute break between the Showmanship competition and Reserve European Champion judging. See FAIR, Page 12A County Fair Forecast Comal County forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm today and Monday, with southeasterly winds at 10-15 mph today. BUSINESS..........................6B CLASSIFIED.......................7 10B COMICS...........................11B CROSSWORD......................12A DEAR ABBY.........................4B DEATHS............................5A ENTERTAINMENT....................5B HOROSCOPE.......................11B KALEIDOSCOPE....................1-4B OPINIONS..........................4A SPORTS........................6-8.10A WEATHER..........................5A County seeks tax rate data The new county tax rate may be one step closer to being set after Monday's Commissioners Court meeting. Glenn Brucks, chief appraiser of the Central Tax Appraisal Office, is scheduled to be in the court's spotlight Monday as commissioners have asked him to speak on the "availability of property evaluations." A final roll of the county's property evaluations is needed by the court before it can set the new tax rate. Monday's meeting will begin at IO a.m. in Commissioners Courtroom on the first floor of the Courthouse. Brucks is listed fourth on the court's morning agenda. I^ast week the court issued a statement to clear up confusion county taxpayers might have concerning this year's taxes since the new tax rate hasn't been set. "The statement recently received by Comal County property owners contains intial calculations and is not final," the court's statement read. Due to a "delay in receiving an official dollar amount of the expected property evaluations made by the Central Tax Appraisal Office," the court noted that it could not set the county tax rate. I .ast year this time, the court had already set the tax rate and had gone through a series of financial workshops. This year's budget, which went into effect Jan. 1,1982 had also already been adopted. This year, however, commissioners have has not yet begun their budget workshops, although they've received preliminary copies of the new budget. Commissioners have held off working on the new budget until more final property evalutions are available. But they still have plenty of time to adopt the See COUNTY, Page 12A Staff photo by John Senter Yes we can It was called Trashfest 82/ and it was aptly named, as volunteers from the Texas Gulf Coast Council of Diving Clubs pulled a mountain of beer cans and other assorted junk from the Comal River Saturday. You see all types of concentration at the Comal County fair, although some have more at stake than others Top, these kiddos concentrate on Fridays parade, although the noise seems to be getting to one of them. Left, livestock exhibitors put their animals through their paces for the judges. Fair results, pictures, pages 2. 5A. Staff photos by Cindy Richardson Fair faces ;
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Take inspiration with these fuss-free recipes to enjoy over the Bank Holiday weekend. Why not try Mary Berry's ultimate Easter Sunday roast shoulder of lamb with a zingy lemon and olive stuffing, served with all the trimmings, followed by Rachel Khoo's pistachio and pomegranate cake? There's even a delicious recipe for crispy chocolate eggs - a treat for adults and children alike.


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11-13 October 2011
1. Dedicated Delivery Improver
2. Foster Continuous Improvement
3. Help Continuous Improvement
4. Empower Coach Deliver
5. Nurtures The Team
6. Transparent Team Helper
7. Commitment To Excellence
8. Empathetic Evangelistic Guide
9. Resistant Persistent Dedicated
10. Help the Team
11. Awareness Then Improvement
12. Agile Driving Force
1. Redefining career paths and goals to be more scrum focussed
2. Missing Product Backlog items
3. Team issues aren't being discussed because they are too uncomfortable
4. Appropriate balance between end-to-end system test and unit tests
5. Playing back the team's progress against the proposed release plan
6. All tests roll up into the continuous integration results
7. Team members realise the benefits of refactoring
8. Code is regularly peer reviewed
9. Pair programming is being utilised
10. Definition of done is being expanded
a.k.a. The Pigs
Product Owner, Strategic Thinking, Voice of business, Responsibilities, Owns, Owns the Product Backlog as she has to maximize the ROI of the Product, Creates and maintains the Product Backlog, Chooses what and when to release, Represents stakeholders and customers to the Development Team, Determines requirements priorities, Recommended skills, Tolerate and manage change effectively, Shift gears/change course quickly and easily, Decide and act without having the total picture, Tolerate situations where things are up in the air, Tolerate and be comfortable with risk and uncertainty, May be, A Product Manager, An executive, A personnel manager, A customer, May NOT be, A committee, The Scrum Master, This is a direct conflict of interest
Development Team, Responsibilities, Owns, Owns the Sprint Backlog and uses it to selforganize and deliver a potentially shippable product at the end of every Sprint, Creates the product Increment, Operates in a series of Sprints, Organizes itself and its work, Collaborates with Product Owner to optimize value, Characteristics, self-organizing / self-managing, "Engaged Teams Outperform Manipulated Teams", cross-functional, autonomical, intensely collaborative, ideally static, most successful with long-term, full-time membership, minimal to zero variations in team, ideally coolocated, most successful when located in one team room (particularly for the first few Sprints), recommended size 7 +/- 2 (commnication reasons), May be, Software Developer, Engineer, Tester / QA, Architect, Graphic Designer, Technical Writer, May also be, Business Analyst, Database Specialist, User Interaction Designer, Requirements Engineer
Scrum Master, Responsibilities, Owns, Owns the Scrum Framework and coaches every participant in the correct usage of the Scrum Ceremonies and Artifacts, as well as the role responsibilities, Enacts Scrum values, practices, and rules throughout the organization, Removing the barriers between the development Team and the Product Owner so that the Product Owner directly drives development., Teach the Product Owner how to maximize return on investment (ROI), and meet his/her objectives through Scrum., Improve the lives of the development Team by facilitating creativity and empowerment., Improve the productivity of the development Team in any way possible., Ensures the Scrum Team is functional and productive, Improve the engineering practices and tools so that each increment of functionality is potentially shippable., Provides guidance and support for the Scrum Team, Keep information about the Team's progress up to date and visible to all parties., Recommended skills, Empathy, Inclusive, Trustworthy, Examine personal ethics, May be, A manager with appropriate servant-leader skills, A member of the Development Team, Selected by the Development Team, May NOT be, A Product Owner, This is a direct conflict of interest
a.k.a. The Chickens
Business Owner / CEO
Rooster, a chicken how struts around offering very loud and useless, uninformed opinions / information / input
Any other ...
Sprint Planning Meeting, Watch: Sprint Planning Meeting
Dailiy Scrum, Watch: Sprint Planning Meeting
Sprint Review Meeting / Demo, Watch: Sprint Planning Meeting
Sprint Retrospective Meeting, Watch: Sprint Planning Meeting
What is it?, An ordered list of desirements, Potential features of the product, The single source of truth for what is planned in the product, Public and available, Has opportunities not commitments
a.k.a. Team Backlog
Created by the Development Team during Sprint Planning
Often derived by examining and decomposing Product Backlog items (PBIs)
Might be a simple To Do list
What is it?, The Increment is the sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and all previous Sprints
Is usable and it works
Is potentially shippable
Must be DONE, As per Scrum Team standards, With no work remaining
Stories (type of PBIs), User Stories, by Client / User, Technical Stories, by Scrum Team, Spike Stories, by Scrum Team for research, All stories should in line with:, INVEST, 3C
Product Backlog Item (PBI), What is it?, Transparent unit of deliverable work, Contains clear acceptance criteria, May reference other artifacts like, Specifications, Mockups, Architecture Models, Sized appropriately, Valid Product Backlog Items, Behaviors, Bugs / Defects, Chores, Constraints, Desirements, Epics, Features definitions, Non-functional requirements, Prototypes, Use Cases, User actions or stories
Program Backlog, Multiple products, high level, Used only in bigger projects
Product / Release Burndown Chart
Sprint Burnup Chart
Sprint Burndown Chart
Sprint Task
Scrum is dedicated for product management not project management
One of the agile approaches
Extremely simple to understand
Extremely difficult to master
Each person is committed to the project's goals
Team members respect each other
Everyone is focused on the work
A team that's truly focused is not asked to multitask.
Each team member is aware of the work everyone else is doing
The Daily Scrum is all about openness
Team members have the courage to stand up for the project
It's easy to talk about courage, but it's a lot harder to show it when it means saying no to your boss about an important feature.
17 It industry veterans met at Snowbird Resort on February 11-13 2001 and created Agile Manifesto, Introduced 4 Values and 12 Principles defining Agile for Software Development
disciplines that gave rise to the Agile Manifesto, Extreme Programming, SCRUM, Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM®), Adaptive Software Development, Crystal, Feature-Driven Development, Pragmatic Programming.
Agile is like any other newly introduced popular concept. "… Everybody is talking about it. Very few are doing it and those who are, are doing it badly" (James O. Coplien)
Agile as a word by it's own simply means - nothing more than merketing term., there are so many Agile methodologies, Agile standards, Agile techniques, Agile tools, Agile good / best agile practices, Agile frameworks etc., that 'Agile' word itself is to general, see Agile World mind map
Agile is a generic description of a "Style of Working" and Philosophy., Not only style of working on project but rather culture in ENTIRE organization including also it's management level, clients and partners, 'Agile Project Management' is perhaps an oxymoron
4 Agile Value, 1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools, 2. Working software over comprehensive documentation, 3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation, 4. Responding to change over following a plan
12 Agile Principles, 1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software., 2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage., 3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale., 4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project., 5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done., 6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation., 7. Working software is the primary measure of progress., 8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely., 9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility., 10. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential., 11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams., 12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.
The unlimited number of Agile Practices, The 'forest' of Agile Methods, Frameworks, Standards ..., see Agile World mind map, Being Agile vs Doing Agile
In Agile community umbrella symbolizes different approaches in implementing Agile Manifesto but yet all from them are "Agilelish"
SCRUM, Lean, KANBAN, XP are not 'Agile Project Management' practices but rather team level practices, No Project Manager role, No project definition and etablished project / programme governance, ...
see Agile World mind map
Traditional (waterfall or sequential) Project Management metaphor, Railway metaphor, Moving forward, based on delivering predicted upfront requirements in accepted tolerances with limited tolerance to change, destination (final product specification) is known upfront and it will hardly change to any other destination, Big Design Up Front (BDUF), We are expecting from customer to know everything and precisely what he wants (and needs) at the very beginning in project lifecycle, Which is very often not possible, "People don't know what they want until you show it to them" (Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011), Changing course of train based on requirements, Change is under strict control, change management process / procedure, a.k.a. Plan-driven, build around paradigm of process, defined process control model, All work is understood before execution, Given a well-defined set of inputs, the same outputs are generated every time, Follow the pre-determined steps to get known results
Agile (iterative + incremental + adaptive) Project Management metaphor, Sailing metaphor, Embracing change of requirements, finding TRUE value for stakeholders by experimenting, testing, changing status quo., Enough Design Up Front (EDUF), Customers often does not now what they want and by changes in project we will better understand customer needs and deliver valuable solution, Adapting / changing course of sailing based on business TRUE business needs and priorities, which could be different than requirements, Change is natural and recommended, it a part of our lives and projects as well, a.k.a. Change-driven, build around paradigm of change / adaptation, empirical (adaptive) process control model, Frequent inspection and adaptation occurs as work proceeds, Processes are accepted as imperfectly defined, Outputs are often unpredictable and unrepeatable
Simple (straightforward), Everything is known and predicatable
Complicated, More is known than unknown
Complex, More is unknown than known
Chaotic (unpredictable), Very little is known
See also Cynefin framework (by Dan Snowden), different view on Cynefin Framework, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz366X0-8
VALUE is NOT the same as BENEFIT, Benefits, Benefit is about outputs, what describes a product, features, characteristics, requirements, Benefit is a objective, Benefits are derived from change initiatives (formally constituted projects and programmes), Benefits must contribute to an objective, Benefit is an advantage to stakeholders (internal or external to the organization), Benefit can be same for each stakeholder, Benefit can be financial and non financial, Benefit can be ..., tangible (easy to measure), non tangible (not so easy to measure), Benefit MUST be measurable and observable, Benefits are identifiable and quantifiable, Benefits SHOULD have baselines, Benefits SHOULD have priorities, Benefits types:, Emergent benefits, Unplanned benefits, Intermediate benefits, Mostly chain of intermediate benefits is linked to the end benefits, but in many cases intermediate benefits don't automatically lead to the end benefits, End benefits, in general benefit = delivered requirements on time, on budget, within scope etc., WHAT is a product?, Value, Value is about outcomes, how products are used, what it does, functions, ways of using it, Value is subjective, Value is different for each stakeholder, Value can be measurable (if required but not natural to use such techniques in any Agile approach), e.g., Value Drivers, Value Profiles, Value Trees, Function Analysis System Technique (FAST), Value can be ..., tangible (easy to measure), non tangible (not so easy to measure), Values SHOULD have priorities, in general value = designed fit for purpose, as small as possible solution, WHY such product is needed?, HOW products are used?, WHO will be using product?
Focusing on value delivery not on fixed product definition or strict adherence to plan, That's why most Agile approaches define Project Vision
"People don't know what they want until you show it to them" (Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011)
"You have to learn to manage in situations where you don't have command authority, where you are neither controlled nor controlling. That is the fundamental change." (Peter F. Drucker)
"Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an email" (Eliot Spitzer)
"If a process is too unpredictable or too complicated for the planned, (predictive) approach, then the empirical approach (measure and adapt) is the method of choice" (Ken Schwaber)
"Move Fast and Break Things" Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
"Change is the only constant." Heraclitus, Greek philosopher
Not every organization is ready for that change!
"It is quite difficult for a highly structured and seniority-based organization to mobilize itself for change, especially under noncrisis conditions. this effort collapses somewhere in the hierarchy" (K. Imai, I. Nonaka, H. Takeuchi)
"Scrum exposes every cultural dysfunction that impedes developing software [...] It is not an approach or process that can be modified to fit the existing organizational culture; the culture must change to enable Scrum" (K. Schwaber, J. Sutherland)
"We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are." (John C. Maxwell)
1. The customer's representative is in the driver's seat
2. Quick reaction to the changing market and needs
3. More visibility
4. Ideal environment for development
5. Self-manged teams
6. Removes confusion and distraction
7. No fortune tellers; Plan as you go
8. Issues are less disruptive
9. Continuous improvement


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Sydney has been grouped alongside the struggling markets of Darwin and Perth for the amount of stock that has come into the market.
Darwin has experienced the biggest increase in residential property listings over the past year, according to SQM Research.
Listings increased from 1,851 in October 2014 to 2,114 in October 2015, an increase of 14.2 per cent.
Sydney had the second-highest jump in listings, with the number of properties on the market jumping 11.6 per cent to 28,827.
The struggling Perth market also experienced a surge of listings, which increased 9.8 per cent to 25,043.
Listings increased in three other capitals – Brisbane rose 2.1 per cent to 28,954, Adelaide rose 2 per cent to 17,340 and Canberra rose 0.7 per cent to 3,675.
The other two capitals experienced a drop in listings – Hobart fell 8.1 per cent to 3,886 and Melbourne fell 9.6 per cent to 39,909.
In month-on-month terms, listings increased in all capitals as part of the normal spring selling season.
Four capitals experienced double-digit gains – Sydney by 22.5 per cent, Canberra by 14.5 per cent, Melbourne by 11.6 per cent and Adelaide by 10 per cent.
In the rest of the country, Brisbane and Adelaide each increased 7.8 per cent, Perth increased 5.5 per cent and Darwin increased 0.6 per cent.
[Related: House price growth slow to a crawl in Sydney]


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I have haxxored into the Japan Times' system (why else do you think it is down right now?) and obtained the secrets on how they generate stories:
Code based on the Daily Mail-o-matic.
I have haxxored into the Japan Times' system (why else do you think it is down right now?) and obtained the secrets on how they generate stories:
Code based on the Daily Mail-o-matic.
Or, doctoring Debito Arudou.
First, I actually do think that the current Wikipedia article is pretty awful, but converting it to his CV, as the not-at-all sock puppets are trying to do, is not the way to go and is certainly not going to fly. I'd kill most of the Early Life and Divorce sections, make the publications into a bullet list and trash the academic papers section – from what I understand, publishing three papers on almost identical topics within a short period ("Embedded Racism …fill in the blank… Critical Race Theory") is frowned upon – and the criticism section could do with pruning. Indeed, for such a minor figure, I think the Simple English entry is enough.
So, let us go back in time to 2008, where the first attempt at editing his own article resulted in this:
I'm just supposed to shut up and take it by people who won't take any personal responsibility for what they say or reveal who they are, even when there is a potential conflict of interest with an editor and a source (in other words, the COI is perpetually placed on me, never you). The process here is neither fair nor professional. And I'll have no part of it since it will have no part of me.
(My highlighting)
Fast forward to August of this year, when Sweetandloveable and Mister_Mtzplk appear and start favourably editing various pages relating to Dr Arudo – notably, despite having lots of detailed information about him at their fingertips, somehow both manage to spell his name without the final "u", and despite both having lots to say about him, their editing trails never cross.
Now, things heat up on the 30th of September when Mr Googles adds a little about the then Mr Arudou getting fired instead of quitting so he could get unemployment insurance. After this entry, by some strange quirk of fate, Dr Arudou (or someone else with the keys to Debito.org) decides to edit the source of this text, and by an even more quirky quirk of fate, Mister_Mtzplk reports this change just five minutes after Eido says Firefox reports the last edit time as. I have also double-checked this with Chrome, one of the HTTP Response headers is "Last-Modified: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:08:13 GMT".
Thus I am led to conclude that even if we assume that S&L and MM were previously operating independently of Dr Arudou, he must surely have been made aware of the Wikipedia edit war at this point in time, and I would expect him to recall issues of Conflict of Interest and be aware that S&L and MM were potentially breaking these guidelines.
Next, the page "gatekeeper" or whatever it is called in Wiki-world manages to rub S&L up the wrong way:
These wikipedia edit disputes really get on my nerves. I'm not used to them (I know, I'm new here, which Oddexit keeps pointing out) I'm trying to assume good faith in editors, but I'm having a lot of trouble.
I felt the appeals to "good faith" were a bit out of place, as S&L is not declaring their COI.
So, Eido decides to take things to the next level by calling for a sock-puppet investigation on MM, which seems a reasonable step to me – let's wait and see how that turns out. This appears to annoy the good Doctor, as he calls in a retaliatory Request for Arbitration against Eido and Oddexit, reactivating his account after a six-year hiatus. However, a cursory reading of Wikipedia rules is that an RFA is a last resort after other resolution means fail, so not surprisingly a third party tells him to start from the beginning:
Maybe WP:DRN or WP:ANI should be tried first before arbitration.
Now, the interesting thing about Dr A's RFA is that he somehow omits to mention S&L and MM's roles (who co-incidentally have fallen silent) in the dispute or his awareness of a potential COI since, as I indicated above, it appears he made an edit to Debito.org in direct response to an edit on Wikipedia. I also await with bated breath his promised "Mr Googles is a big meanie":
Will discuss Eido Inoue's WP:COI based upon published personal animus towards BLP subject later.
UPDATE 16th October:
After going strangely quiet, and after a not-too-surprising rejection of Dr A's arbitration request, he now posts this epic to the Biographies of Living Persons Noticeboard. The post includes mentions of both Japologism and Tepido, with the Tepido link being prefixed with:
the forums that [Eido] contributes to engage in cyberbullying and cyberstalking
The destination of the link, however, is an article where I unmask James Grey (now Jim Di Griz, one of Dr A's favoured commenters) as a troll. Furthermore, there is a second link that leads to a dead page on a rather strange site.
There is also perhaps an unintentional revelation of motivations that further suggest Mister_Mtzplk is a sock-/meat-puppet:
Even after I removed the section in question from my website, in order to see how Wikipedia would enforce its own rules, Eido decided to use the Wayback machine as a source, which violates WP:SELFPUB. For if Wayback becomes the template for citing internet-archived self-published sources when current sources exist, issues will arise. This has been raised on the Talk page by Mister Mtzplk
Eido also suggested to me privately that perhaps Dr A is unaware of the sock-puppet investigation. We still haven't got the bottom of the popcorn bucket, folks!