Chris,
Implementation Patterns will be out in the second quarter of this year.
Regards,
Kent Beck
Three Rivers Institute
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[mailto:extremeprogramming (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com] Behalf Chris Gardner
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:31 PM
To: extremeprogramming (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: Re: [XP] Advice on Submitting Paper
Kent,
When is Implementation Patterns scheduled for release? Amazon insists
it was November 3, 2006.
In extremeprogramming@ <mailto:extremeprogramming%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, "Kent Beck" <kentb@wrote:
Dear Greg,
As Bill Wake said, reviewers often have an A pile and a B pile and to
maximize your chances of getting your paper accepted, you want it to
go into
the A pile. The most important tool for that is a clear abstract. An
abstract should clearly state the problem being solved, why the
problem is
important, the conclusion of the paper, and the consequences of that
conclusion.
Another important factor for getting a paper accepted is focus. I'd much
rather read a paper that talked clearly about one aspect of a large
project
than talked vaguely about all aspects. It pains me to leave topics
uncovered
(after all, I want you to know just how very smart I am), but my
papers are
better if I choose the most interesting topic out of a whole set.
An exercise I find effective is to formulate one startling
sentence an
audience and think of what is going to get them to blink their eyes
and sit
back. This isn't an excuse to overstate your case is a
paper-killer. The goal of the exercise is to be able to clearly
answer the
reviewer's question, "Why do I care?" So, for example, the startling
sentence for the Implementation Patterns book is something like,
"Focus on
communicating with other people through your code."
Regards,
Kent Beck
Three Rivers Institute
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 4:57 AM
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Subject: [XP] Advice on Submitting Paper
Since there are many people on this list who have presented at
conferences before, I'm hoping I can get some advice.
I'm hoping to submit a presentation for consideration at Agile2007.
I've been accumulating some research that I've done for the last year,
or so. I've got an outline and an abstract.
What else is useful to the "evaluators"? What kind of information
might be included to make my presentation more likely to be
considered?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!