Rails Maturity Models

Eden Development is a leading software development firm based in Winchester, UK. We craft dependable, flexible and beautifully made web applications that meet your business needs. We work closely with our clients to ensure our software is as efficient as possible, saving time and money.

http://edendevelopment.co.uk

Most Endorsed Practices for this firm

• Pair Programming

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    • Chris Parsons at Eden Development
    • Paul Pagel at 8thlight
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• Pairing Workstations

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• Cucumber

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• Everyone Together

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    • Paul Pagel at 8thlight
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• Pair Promiscuity

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    • Paul Pagel at 8thlight
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• Daily Project Standup Meeting

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• Distributed Version Control

  We use git everywhere. I can't remember how we did without it. We once were forced to rebase 140 commits on a totally disconnected version of a project (no shared parent commit), and we did it in 90 minutes!

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• The Story is the Iteration

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• Perpetual Learning Environment

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• Company-Provided Food and Drinks

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• Homogeneous Workstation Environments

  For reference: our pairing machines are 24" iMacs with git, TextMate, Photoshop, standard ruby gems and a host of little utilities we use all the time.

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• Corporate Transparency

  We've got quarterly revenue targets, and everyone knows when we've hit them (means more cash for them :)

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• Scripted Deployments

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• Frequent Releases

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• Story Carding

  We use Pivotal for all our story carding. Clients love it.

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• Onsite Customer

  We've tried this for one or two projects and it works well having customers in our office frequently, especially when the scope of the project is fuzzy.

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• Unobtrusive Javascript Technique

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• Collective Code Ownership

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• One Week Iterations

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• Sustainable Pace

  Overtime is very much discouraged here. Pairing all day is hard work, and people need to rest and recover.

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• Celebrate Success

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• Shared Work Environment (No Cubicles)

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