Progress…
One little motivating item that I see every day as I stroll down the hall for my daily jump start of bean-juice is a piece of paper taped to the wall outside the office of Tim Del Chiaro, one of the program managers on the DeXter project. On this incredibly low-tech device is some Post-It(r) notes with a digit on each one. They’re arranged in two groups. One group is the current number of defects that are so critical that they need to be fixed, if possible, before the next build and the other group is the number of defects considered “Must Fix“ before the eventual release. It is really cool to see that number make significant drops from day-to-day as we fix/resolve the defects in the tracking system. Tim updates this number throughout the day. Sometimes even low-tech, seemingly insignificant little things can have a profound impact.
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Posted by Allen Bauer on November 2nd, 2005 under Uncategorized |
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:37 am
What about adding a web-cam to this
November 2nd, 2005 at 12:48 pm
Just one thing to say: Delphi rocks, and thanks for doing all in your powers for a rock-solid release!!!
November 2nd, 2005 at 12:53 pm
What about a picture?
November 2nd, 2005 at 1:08 pm
So what are the numbers in each column this afternoon? I’m sure we’ll all check back at least once a day if you made it available! Think about your cult status!
Regards
Chris
November 2nd, 2005 at 1:42 pm
A webcam would be so incredible…
November 2nd, 2005 at 5:05 pm
Great post as always Mr Bauer.
Just wondering, are we talking double digits, triple digits?
Sooooo looking forward to downloading the trial of C++ Builder 2006 (which website says "coming soon") and would really love to know if I should be checking every 12 hours like I am now.
November 2nd, 2005 at 5:15 pm
I like the picture/web cam idea. This would be a sweet little update/indicator for the strong community of Delphi users. This is a great way to solidify the relationship between Borland and its customers.
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:22 pm
Will the same happen with D200*6* in the future? Will Borland continue its quality path?
November 3rd, 2005 at 12:45 am
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oops… sorry I confused your blog with my IDE…
November 3rd, 2005 at 5:18 am
It’s good to hear that you are excited!!!
So we are…
I just wonder why in the world release date is set even if both groups still not cleared?
And this is in the situation when Borland even doesn’t talk about public betas…
Sure there are lots of hidden bugs…
Have talked yesterday to management. They not going to approve upgrade to dexter, because bought 2005… And we cannot use it because of bugs.
So sad to stick with D7…
November 3rd, 2005 at 7:31 am
It is interesting how old fashion analog systems like these still seem to be so effective. Here you guys develop some of the best software development tools on the planet, including tools to do exactly what those post-it notes do, and post-it notes are still an effective tool to really deliver the message.
November 4th, 2005 at 6:11 am
This post should have a disclaimer. Something like "I know it’s on the bottom of every page, but let me repeat it: this post does not express my employers view, solely my own".
What Allen basically is saying: stop buying hi-tech stuff Borland sells, but stick to (pun intended) post-it(tm).
I worked at a company where you could see at your phone that a customer was on hold. Until they put up a big LED display showing how many customers were on hold. From that moment on there were zero complaints from customers about being on hold.
Don’t trust hi-tech. Trust things that work. Post-it(tm) is one of them.
November 6th, 2005 at 3:40 pm
Current Delphi stats:
reported: 1891
opened: 725
closed: 2049
Go, Allen!
November 8th, 2005 at 10:27 am
Maybe not a webcam, but an "anonymous" chart with invisible labels will show a curve going down and down and down… <g>
November 26th, 2005 at 6:28 am
Even though Borland is an american company where money rules…
Quality is a good money maker too on the long run.
Keep up the spirit people at Borland. You have one great product in Delphi.