My last job, for nine months, was with a company which used agile/scrum. It was sort of thrust upon us from above and I don't think we were doing it right. We did work in short cycles of 2-4 weeks but it was more a matter of dropping things to hit the deadline than the other way around. It was a fairly traditional arrangement in which our manager was the scrum master, conducted daily meetings, etc.

I like the concept of short development cycles. Done right, you're not going to have a runaway project that way. But you have to be committed to it.

I will not say any of this if it comes up in an interview <g>. In an interview it will have been a great success.


>Another popular interview question with larger businesses is "How familiar are you with agile development?"
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>Have you done any SCRUM training with any of your previous employers and actually put it into practice?
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>>Thank you. I will read all of them.
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>>It's funny that you sussed out part of the reason I asked the question. For some reason the thought came to me that I would be asked this exact question in an interview. Now all I need is an interview ;-) I am working on a .NET demo app that I am hoping can offset my lack of work experience.
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>>>I'll stick with some references that make it clear (diagrams and examples help when looking at patterns):
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>>>http://geekswithblogs.net/dlussier/archive/2009/11/21/136454.aspx
>>>http://nirajrules.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/mvc-vs-mvp-vs-mvvm/
>>>http://www.apexa.net/Blog/web_design_Blog_20090112.aspx
>>>http://amirrajan.net/Blog/mvc-vs-mvp-vs-mvvm
>>>http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article830-comparison-of-architecture-presentation-patterns-mvpscmvppvpmmvvm-an-.aspx
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>>>And in case you are concerned about being questioned about it all:
>>>http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/292867-design-pattern-mvc-mvp-and-mvvm-interview-questions
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>>>>To be honest I do not find that answer, which is short enough to fit in a tweet, particularly helpful. For starters MVVM has been around longer than WPF or Silverlight and MVC has been around longer than the web, at least as most of us know it. Early 70s, right? In any case it does not explain the difference between the two.
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>>>>Would anyone more knowledgeable like to give it a try? I am not looking to pick holes in replies, just a general understanding. Thanks.
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>>>>>MVC is used most often for web apps. MVVM came out of WPF/Silverlight and is generally used there.
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>>>>>>What is the difference between them? Should we have a preference? It would be easy to guess MVC, which dates from the 1970s, is out of it, but that might not be accurate. Is one on the rise and one on the wane or is it more complex than that?
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>>>>>>I am hoping for an intelligent discussion among geeks.
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>>>>>>Mike