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...we think of requirements of coming in the form of user stories. [...] But what are characteristics of a good story? The acronym "INVEST" can remind you that good stories are...

"This is going to be the first post in a new series that I'm doing on design patterns. [..] So, my idea here is to relate the design patterns in the context of a story rather than a stuffy-sounding taxonomy. Why do people do this? What problem does it solve? Why is my code potentially worse if I don't do this?"

"This is the first of a two-part series that will tell the long story of the C# memory model. The first part explains the guarantees the C# memory model makes and shows the code patterns that motivate the guarantees; the second part will detail how the guarantees are achieved on different hardware architectures in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5."

"While Scrum's primary goal is organization and project management, Lean is more about optimizing processes in order to quickly produce quality products. It can be your first step toward adopting Agile principles, or it may be something that your team evolves to, when Scrum isn't enough. I invite you to read my team's story, and how we evolved from Scrum to a more Lean-ish development process."