QA Chaos Management
A lot of developers would prefer to be out-of-range of testers – if you want to get into testing, then be prepared to justify your existence by any means necessary. Developers are awash with different types, from geniuses with Aspergers, to self-taught amateur with insecure chip on their shoulders. It’s not your job to judge, [...]
Introduction to Test Driven Development
Test Driven Development (TDD) is a very simple method of development, in which you design unit tests before the coding. For example, you take a user story scenario and design pseudo code for unit test in your IDE of choice. This, of course will fail when run, and it needs additional code to translate the [...]
From Scrum to Kanban
You can add more flexibility to Scrum Sprint planning process, but introducing a kanban appraoch to development. Many feel that Sprints are artificial points, and to a degree that is right. BUT business expects markers for review and reporting, so amore practical approach is to apply kanban within Scrum framework. More team availability required, and [...]
The Agile Pretence
I recently did a session at a UKTMF event (UK Test Managers Forum) on modern practical Agile, and the dangers of following the misleading buzzwords and explanations around it. I didn’t use this document in the end, though my research was great learning curve and challenged my own assumptions. Feel free to read and download [...]
Agile Business
There are some good articles around at the moment about Agile and Business. The business approach to risk needs to change, avoiding Waterfall type check-points (milestones) to measure risk. An Agile project will stress under pressure of differing objectives between the Agile project and the business, if the old ways are not changed.
Web identity dictators
Christopher Poole (founder of 4chan, the anonymous image board site) argues case against the current behaviour of Google and Facebook around web identity. I have never thought that the idea of one identity is practical OR safe. The only reason to do this is control – and as funky as those web corporations appear, they [...]
Flexible, bendy, lovable Agile
This was an older ad for Twix in the late 70′s/early 80′s who main selling point was that there are two bars in a Twix, whereas most have one. A lofty ad concept in those days obviously, as when watched in hindsight, I just think “So what?”. Two doesn’t necessarily mean more or better. Anyway, [...]
