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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. |
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Agile 2011: Arlo Belshee—Extreme Programming, Agile Engineering, Big Data, and Other Disruptive Behaviors[article]
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Arlo Belshee talks about his work with big data and his penchant for starting with XP as the initial set of agile practices for teams to allow tight feedback and real agility. |
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ADP West 2012 - Sanjiv Augustine - Sensei a retrospective tool for continuous improvement[article]
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Bob Payne speaks with Sanjiv Augustine, principal at LitheSpeed about the new tool, Sensei. |
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Management Myth #7: I Am too Valuable to Take a Vacation[article] There's a common myth among managers—that they are the only drivers and decision makers for their teams and, therefore, can't take time off. In reality, regardless of the team or workgroup you manage, your team makes decisions without you all the time. |
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Visualizing All the Work in Your Project Portfolio[article] Regarding project portfolios, it can be a big problem for clients to see all the work. Some clients have multiple kinds of projects, so they want to show their work in a variety of ways. Johanna Rothman describes some helpful ways to display the work being done. |
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How Much Will This Project Cost - Agile 2012 Conference[article] Johanna Rothman writes that it doesn’t seem to matter what life cycle your project has, someone wants you to predict the cost. Although people want to know the cost so they can use cost to predict the project portfolio, you want to use value for the project portfolio. |
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Do You Need to Write Test Cases?[article] Writing test cases can be a time-consuming activity, and approaches vary from comprehensive test plans to more casual and exploratory cases. What factors should influence your approach? We take a look at a couple of these factors to help you guide your project and team to success. |
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Anger Management[article] Have you ever felt like screaming at a customer, clobbering your manager, or trashing a teammate’s favorite digital device? Occasional anger is normal, but frequent anger can be harmful. |
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Overcome Marketing Analysis Paralysis: Three Steps to Agile Marketing[article] If you’re not actively marketing all the time, you’re letting the parade pass you by. To take advantage of ever-present, ever-changing opportunities, your team can use agile techniques to help with marketing. |
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Selecting the Right Mobile Testing Solution[magazine] The mobile market dynamics are extreme, unpredictable, and fragmented. There are numerous operating systems and a multitude of platform versions, networks, hardware, and form factors making it a challenge to maintain mobile application quality. Find out how to adjust to the shift from traditional to mobile development—which additional elements are a must and which ones can be maintained. |
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Controlled Flight into Terrain[magazine] Entering a holding pattern on a project can give you the opportunity to gather additional information about a problem. But, sometimes, holding consumes valuable resources with disastrous consequences. |
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Problem Solving: Deadlines and Context[article] One of the more difficult challenges people and teams have in the face of deadline pressure is taking time to consider how to approach a problem rather than just diving in with a solution approach that you know will work. |
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The $7 Billion Boo-boo[article] Talk about a costly testing “oops.” Microsoft is facing a potential fine of up to 10 percent of its revenue, or about $7 billion, over failing to verify that one of its Windows upgrades didn’t meet the terms of an antitrust settlement with the European Union. |
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Think of the People First[article] Johanna Rothman tackles the Paterno/Sandusky scandal and notes that the truth has a way of always coming out. Will you still have your integrity when the truth emerges? |
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From One Expert to Another: Markus Gärtner [article] Markus Gärtner is a tester and the author of ATDD by Example. In this interview with Zeger van Hese, Markus talks about his new book, the software craftsmanship movement, and “Beyond Testing,” a workshop he’ll be delivering later this year. |
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