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Peripheral Testing: A Type of Systematic Exploratory Testing[magazine] Peripheral testing implements a systematic method that allows exploratory testing while maintaining a balance to traditional test case-driven testing. Faisal Qureshi explains how to test without the drawbacks of exploratory testing and widens test coverage compared to following test cases from a test plan. |
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Making Beautiful Music—The Art of Small Teams[magazine] In a jazz combo, each member of the team has a specialty. As the members play individually, they create a tapestry of music that becomes much greater than the sum of the individual contributions. A small development team also works best this way. |
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Test Automation on an Agile Project: An Interview with Alexander Andelkovic[interview] We recently had the opportunity to speak with Alexander Andelkovic, who works as a test lead for Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden. Alexander is a driving force for implementing agile model-based testing techniques and is an ambassador for session-based test management. |
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Making Agile Work for Government: A Blended Approach[article] As technology development programs represent some of the biggest line items on agency budgets, there should be little surprise that agile development, with its promise of a fast, lightweight, and iterative approach to delivery of value, has caught the attention of officials from across the government space as they seek to improve their programs’ productivity and effectiveness. |
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Management Myth #8: I Can Still Do Significant Technical Work[article] The temptation can be incredibly strong for managers—especially new ones—to step in when a technical problem arises. But, that isn’t a very good show of faith in one’s team members. Johanna Rothman writes that as a manager, you have to delegate a problem and leave it delegated. |
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The Independent Tester[article] Has the agile world’s insistence on collaboration blown away the need for testers to be independent? What do we mean by “independence,” anyway? Consultant Fiona Charles argues that tester independence is essential, but that it is a state of mind that can thrive only when the whole organizational culture supports it. |
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Game On![magazine] A letter from the Better Software magazine editor. |
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Why Is Extrapolation of Results in Performance Testing a Bad Idea?[magazine] In this installment of FAQ, SQE Trainer Dale Perry answers one of the questions students ask him most often. |
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Livestock Improvement Goes Agile[article] Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) is one of the largest integrated herd-improvement organizations in the world. This is the story of how LIC transitioned from a successful, traditional development process to one with hyper-productive agile teams that produce software faster, better, and cheaper. |
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ADPEast 2011: Tom Paider and Dustin Potts—Going Big with Agile, Lean, and CMMI at Nationwide[article]
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Bob Payne speaks with Tom and Dustin regarding the work they have done to roll out agile within Nationwide. |
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Automating Content Creation: An Interview with Clark Malmgren[interview] We recently had a chance to speak with senior engineering manager (applications) for Comcast Video Services, Clark Malmgren, about his role in test automation and how his experience and practices can lead to success in many areas of software testing. |
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A for Agile, A for Aristotle[article] Badri Srinivasan explains the link between Aristotle and agile software development methodologies and how agile allows for a higher probability of successful customer delivery. |
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Arming Advertisers versus Users: Social Media Platforms at Odds`[article] Twitter and App.net both made headlines recently by taking completely different approaches to reach the same goal: dominance in the world of social media. |
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For Programs, Short Is Beautiful[article] Johanna Rothman describes that for programs, since you have many teams, you want shorter iterations and small stories in order to make sure you have as many interconnection points with the rest of the feature teams as possible. |
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Agile 2012: Diana Larsen and James Shore—Agile Fluency[article]
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Diana Larsen and James Shore talk about their recently released agile fluency model. This model looks at team and organizational agile adoption, and provides a framework for looking at where you are and where you want to be. |