Agile

Improvement as a Developer

I was doing some thinking about areas where I’m lacking as a developer. There are many, but I’ll list a few here.Testing ImprovementsI think I’ve come a...

3 replies - 5254 views - 11/22/08 by Derek Young in Articles

Coverity Architecture Analyzer Improves 'Software DNA'

Coverity, Inc., a provider of static source code analysis tools, today unveiled Coverity Architecture Analyzer, providing development teams with the ability to...

0 replies - 2174 views - 11/17/08 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

Scrum success within the large organization

Agile development practices are continuing to gain increasing attention within organizations looking to improve software quality; however, there are still...

0 replies - 1087 views - 11/10/08 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

Q&A Testing in an Agile Environment

In the past few weeks I’ve been asked about and have been considering exactly how to fit QA and testing into a two week iteration. A primary concern of the...

0 replies - 1340 views - 11/05/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in Articles

Is Code Coverage Really All That Useful?

Test driven development proponents often tend to push code coverage as a useful metric for gauging how well tested an application is. 100% code coverage has...

0 replies - 975 views - 11/04/08 by kpanghmc in Articles

The Agile Project Plan

When we think about a project plan, what do we typically think about? Most people I talk with think a project plan is the schedule…. they think about the...

0 replies - 1632 views - 11/03/08 by mcottmeyer in Articles

Know Your Users

In agile software development, we create user stories as a way to communicate the requirements of our users in an easy to understand format. Usually, they take...

0 replies - 1067 views - 11/03/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in News

Discipline versus Motivation

A lot of organizations I’ve worked with have said that they think adopting agile practices requires a tremendous amount of discipline for teams to be...

1 replies - 957 views - 10/23/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in Articles

What Does A Good Pilot Look Like?

The pilot will be the first time the new life cycle is exposed on a real project with a real team.  In effect it is a marketing event for the new process. ...

0 replies - 912 views - 10/20/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

How To Cross The Chasm

Last week I had the good fortune of meeting and speaking with Geoffrey Moore, author of the widely acclaimed books

0 replies - 886 views - 10/17/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in News

Tools For Distributed Teams

These days, it’s not unusual for development or product teams to be geographically dispersed. It could be that your team members work on different floors, in...

1 replies - 2112 views - 10/16/08 by Chris Spagnuolo in News

Testing Anti-Patterns Potpourri - Quotes, Resources, and Collective Wisdom

While working on the Testing Anti-Patterns series over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of reading some great writing on testing, test-driven...

0 replies - 1322 views - 10/16/08 by Jason Rudolph in News

Meta-Agility

I’ve been a professional software development consultant for 3 years now and I’ve seen agile methodologies become very popular in the company I work for. A...

0 replies - 502 views - 10/16/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Five Reasons Software Developers Hate Software Architects

I remember it well.

0 replies - 8790 views - 10/14/08 by nerdguru in Articles

Creating an Agile Environment

A few months ago I was contacted by a friend with a problem. The year was coming to an end and he had let a compliance project slip through the cracks. The...

0 replies - 902 views - 10/13/08 by Schalk Neethling in News