{"id":2763,"date":"2009-02-03T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/the-publishing-maul\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T12:54:00","slug":"the-publishing-maul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/blogs\/the-publishing-maul\/","title":{"rendered":"The Publishing Maul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over recent years, Agile development and Scrum have been championed by some developers, and various consulting firms, with a quasi-religious fervour. Initially, I was sceptical but Scrum has taken hold among the Red Gate development and testing teams and, as I started to witness their “daily scrum downs”, I was moved to act. Why should Simple-Talk be left out? Dismissed as the couch potatoes of the new Agile World? In no time, I had persuaded the Simple-Talk team to form a Scrum and get ready for the next newsletter sprint<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scrum Master<\/em><\/td>\nSo come on team, where’s the SQL server indexing article?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew<\/em><\/td>\nI passed that ball onto Tony 2 days ago. He stuffed it down the back of his jersey and I’ve not seen it since. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scrum Master<\/em><\/td>\nOk Flyboy Davis, so what have you done since yesterday on this ‘product backlog’ item? <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony<\/em><\/td>\nWell, Andrew undercooked the pass a bit I’m afraid. I’ve moved pages 1 to 4 on to the flankers for a copy edit but still need to finish juggling pages 5 and 6. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scrum<\/em> Master<\/em><\/td>\nOK then, what about the LINQ-to-SQL piece? Have you achieved your sprint goal? <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony<\/em><\/td>\nWell it’s done, if that’s what you mean. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew<\/em><\/td>\nDONE?! It’s a lot more than done. I finished the technical edit yesterday. That article is DONE-done. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production gaffer:<\/em><\/td>\nIf it’s DONE-done, why don’t I have it for the newsletter? <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony<\/em><\/td>\nWell, unfortunately, Microsoft has suddenly had a bit of a “change of heart” on this particular technology. We’ll have to put it on the burn down chart, I’m afraid. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scrum<\/em> Master<\/em><\/td>\nNo, no! This is just normal ‘Requirements Churn’. An agile team must think on their feet and adapt! Why don’t we chuck this ball to our fleet-footed winger, Phil Factor, and let him run with it? <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony<\/em><\/td>\nWell, if you insist, but I think you’ll find that he’ll just try to sell you a dummy and end up impaling himself on the corner flag. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scrum<\/em> Master<\/em><\/td>\nOk, OK, people, let’s try and prevent a complete scrum collapse here. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production gaffer:<\/em><\/td>\nCluck! Cluck! Cluck! <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

OK, so maybe for publishing, a “maul” is more appropriate than a Scrum. And not just any maul but a proper rolling maul, with boots, fists, shouting for blood subs and orange wedges, making agonising, inch-by-inch progress towards the greasy touchline; Phil Factor at the centre of it, holding fiercely onto the ball and Richard Morris blowing madly on his shiny Acme whistle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And at the end of the match, a total of 15 tries, but just the one conversion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Tony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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