http://billhamilton.com/wp Personal opinions of Bill Hamilton and friends Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:42:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In an earlier post, I detailed how I had moved to WordPress as my e-commerce platform, using the WPRemix theme and certain plugins. In the almost six months since, the configuration has changed significantly. Security Concerns Lead To New Forum Plugin I had originally implemented Fredrik Fahlstad’s wp-Forum plugin to manage my ... http://billhamilton.com/wp/wordpress/wordpress-as-an-e-commerce-platform-update-on-plugins/ In a previous post, I explained how I have moved to WordPress as the platform for my commercial products. I have received feedback from others with interest in using WordPress for the same purpose. Many of the inquiries have come from people who have never had an online store. In ... http://billhamilton.com/wp/wordpress/wordpress-as-an-e-commerce-platform-hits/ I have maintained two commercial websites for over a year by using Java Servlets to serve up the pages. I maintained news releases, kept a Frequently Asked Questions section, integrated third-party tools for forums, support tickets and the like and updated the content frequently (i.e. spent a lot of time ... http://billhamilton.com/wp/wordpress/wordpress-as-an-e-commerce-platform/ One of the principles behind The Agile Manifesto states,"The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation." I couldn't agree more! However, for three years, I ran a dispersed team which could not meet face-to-face. Of nine team members, only two ... http://billhamilton.com/wp/scrum/youre-not-agile-if-your-team-is-dispersed-yeah-right/ This Certified ScrumMaster is Still a Grasshopper While I do have experience in what did and did not work for my situation, I was having a difficult time trying to find the right way to employ Scrum. I was looking for the right methodology, the proper technique, the right tools, the ... http://billhamilton.com/wp/scrum/two-days-does-not-a-scrummaster-make/ Binary Estimation Estimating work has always been painful for us. How accurately can you estimate the number of hours you expect something to take before you've had an opportunity to fully investigate what's involved? You don't; you take a SWAG (simple wild assed guess). I've always wondered where the value ... http://billhamilton.com/wp/scrum/using-scrumworks/