ATDD for team communication
Acceptance Test Driven Development, or ATDD, is a very effective technique for driving and guiding development, that helps enhancing communication between developers and other project stakeholders, document your product, and report on project progress.
Polarization
… when anyone happens to cite a failed experience with Agile, the explanation from Agilists is invariably the cryptic “you weren’t doing it right” Agile, the Good Parts When we are younger, it’s easy to assume we are thinking of new things – talking with some developers and testers, you would think software development only [...]
Choosing a testing path
Firstly, I should say that I am always writing from perspective of someone who works in multiple industry, but majority is within web application development. I am a real fan of Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), which has many similar variants:
Analyst/Developer
The recent web rantings over the “developer/tester” combined role have given me many laughs. The concept is typical of tight-assed project budgetting – and absolutely nothing to do with efficiency. And although it is likely a tester would be prepared to learn development, I seriously doubt whether many developers would be prepared to learn to [...]
Agile Waterfall
It’s only recently I realised how much we tie ourselves in knots over process, and an obsession with adopting processes at a surface high-level, instead of properly analysing what is needed. Processes are generally treated as if it is not possible to integrate them into other methodologies. The classic case is the step-down approaches, which [...]
Rise and fall of Waterfall
The true history of software development methodology called Waterfall… In memory of Winston Royce
I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up
In so many interviews I have heard that a company is working Agile, accompanied by either hollow laugh or slight look of embarrassment. No finger-pointing is necessary, as the way things were did have to change. And the rough ride that Agile took most people is just an unfortunate stepping stone, in hindsight. Without attention [...]
