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Agile Development and Software Metrics[article] Dan Horvath explores useful metrics that utilize function point analysis (FPA) that you can apply to agile projects. Dan shows how to measure productivity and quality as well as how to estimate for agile projects. |
Dan Horvath
January 9, 2013 |
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I’ve Got a Feeling: Emotions in Testing[magazine] There are people who believe that emotions have no place in software testing when, in fact, the opposite is true. Decisions about quality are always emotional. If you want to be a better tester, get in touch with your feelings. |
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Did You Know That Your Product Portfolio Is in Trouble?[article] Based on his own work experiences, Anupam Kundu has found some patterns (or anti-patterns) that explain why product managers and product teams have a hard time managing their portfolios. |
Anupam Kundu
January 7, 2013 |
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Breaking the Testing Norms: An Interview with Fiona Charles[interview]
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We had the chance to sit down with Fiona Charles ahead of her session titled "Using Mindmaps to Develop a Test Strategy" that she'll be giving on April 11 at STARCANADA. Fiona shares with us some of the ways that mindmaps are able to break up the monotony and help create an organized strategy. |
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It's All a Matter of Perspective[magazine] Everyone has a unique perspective on problems at work. Help your problems make it to the top of the queue by expressing them in terms of business value. |
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Season Cycle Moving Round and Round[magazine] A letter from the Better Software magazine editor. |
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Software Testing Is a Game[magazine] Skilled testing—an important part of creating valuable technology—is under attack. We need to rethink the problem, analyze why people resist testing, and create approaches to make it more engaging. Gamification provides one model to help us improve our approach. |
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How Can I Become a Test Automation Entrepreneur?[magazine] In Better Software's FAQ, SQE trainers answer the questions they are asked most frequently. In this issue, Linda Hayes talks leveraging your automation expertise. |
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The Four Horsemen of the Testing Apocalypse[magazine] Much like the biblical horsemen of Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death, the "Four Horsemen of the Testing Apocalypse" ride into our lives and work bearing great challenges. If the software of tomorrow is to be better than the software of today, we must face these foes directly. |
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Reports of the Death of Testing Have Been Greatly Exaggerated[magazine] Some say testing is dead. Others argue that it's indispensable. Lee Copeland says that both sides are valid—if you keep their contexts in mind. |
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From One Expert to Another: Dan Wellman[interview] Steve Berczuk speaks with Dan Wellman about the agile practice of test-driven development (TDD), including prerequisites to instituting TDD, the technical and cultural challenges to using it, and some ideal (and not-so-ideal) contexts for it. |
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AgileDC 2012 - Jim Highsmith - Organizational Agility and Adaptive Leadership[article]
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We're proud to offer this podcast of a conversation between Bob Payne and Jim Highsmith, co-author of the Agile Manifesto. As one of the true pioneers of the agile practice, Jim brings with him an abundance of agile knowledge for teams who are just beginning, and those who have been at it for years. |
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From Agile Journal to Agile Connection: A Look Back at 2012[article] Johanna Rothman shares some of her highlights of the past year, which has been her first full year as the technical editor for the Agile Journal, now called Agile Connection. |
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New Skills for Software Testers and Software QA Engineers: 2013 … and Beyond![article] Let's take a look into the future—all the way to the year 2013! As a software tester or software quality engineer, are you planning to learn a new skill in the new year. If you are, make sure you approach it in a way that will make that skill stick. |
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Function Point Analysis Example: Hands on with Agile Development[article] In an earlier article, Dan Horvath explored some history and definitions of agile and how Function Point Analysis (FPA) can be used in the measurement of agile projects. Dan emphasizes that the definition of the project is critical to this process. In this article, Dan demonstrates the use of FPA in agile development through a hands-on example. |
Dan Horvath
December 18, 2012 |
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