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Your Job - Requirements = Less Value[magazine] In this issue's Last Word, Dion Johnson calculates your job's worth when requirements are removed from the equation. |
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You Can Teach an Old PMO Agile Tricks[magazine] Every manager has a story to tell. Find out how one management professional tackles a fictional dilemma. The story may be made up, but the solutions are tried and true. In this installment, Michele Sliger tells the tale of the movement of a Program Management Office away from waterfall toward Agile. |
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What Goes Up Must Come Down[magazine] Writing requirements purely top-down or only bottom-up is risky to say the least. The devil's in the details, and those details are likely to be missed when working from a single direction. What if you could tackle your requirements from both directions by incorporating use cases and user centered design? Learn how balancing your approach to writing requirements can result in more detailed, pragmatic documentation. |
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Three You Should Read[magazine] We're pleased to bring you technical editors who are well respected in their fields. Get their take on everything that relates to the industry, technically speaking. In this issue, our newest technical editor, Lee Copeland, discusses three books that have changed his life and encourages others to seek out literary inspiration of their own. |
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Putting a Face on Customer Needs[magazine] So what happens when interaction designers are put to work on an Agile process? Meet "Dan Means," a system administrator persona developed to represent and emphasize customer requirements. Find out how one development team used him and other personas to blend interaction design and Agile development to deliver a product the customer really wanted. |
David Broschinsky
September 29, 2005 |
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If the Shoe Doesn't Fit: Agile Requirements For Stepsister Projects[magazine] Once upon a time there was an Agile requirements process and an ugly stepsister project. This might sound like the beginning of a fractured fairy tale, but it's a reality for many projects that don't fit the criteria for an efficient, effective requirements process. Language barriers, large teams, and tunnel vision are all things that can turn your project from Cinderella to stepsister. Find out how you can overcome these obstacles and get your team back to "happily ever after." |
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Bringing Your Requirements Discussions Down to Earth[magazine] Trying to communicate with businesspeople about requirements can make you feel like you're from another planet. Using concrete examples expressed as storytests to drive the development of a system can help bring you back into the same orbit. Discover ways to introduce this process on your next project. |
Rick Mugridge
September 29, 2005 |
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A Look at PerlClip[magazine] Need to get the scoop on the latest software tests and trends? You've come to the right place. Get one reviewer's opinion of PerlClip. |
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Executor or Engineer[article] Software testers are typically grouped en masse in the world of information technology (IT). Many in the software testing profession, however, know that this should not be the case. In this column, Dion Johnson exposes the dichotomy in testing that has produced two distinct groups—software test engineers and software test executors—and why these groups are embroiled in a struggle to possess the crown as the industry's true software quality professionals. |
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Clean and Green[magazine] All code is not created equal. Learn from a master of the craft how to spot bad code and mold it into good. Mike Clark explains how to clean up your code clutter by removing duplication. |
Mike Clark
September 18, 2005 |
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Staying on the Critical Path[magazine] Connect with an expert to learn how to work smarter and discover new ways to uncover more defects. Michael Bolton leads us further down the path to successful critical thinking by teaching us the kinds of questions we should ask to obtain the most useful information. |
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Unearthing Buried Feedback[article] Most managers realize that giving feedback is an important part of their job. But not all managers are skilled at providing feedback. Some make vague comparisons, mistakenly apply labels as feedback, and others just hint and hope you'll get the message. Esther Derby offers advice on how to probe for the information that will help you understand your manager's concerns when he doesn't state them clearly. |
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Nancy Van Schooenderwoert - Embedded Agile- Agile 2005[article]
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Nancy Van Schooenderwoert talks about her work in the agile embedded software space, the challenges of instrumenting embedded software for automated testing, and the future of a Fit Fixture for the embedded software world. |
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Bridging the Gap Between Disciplines: Software Testing and UX Design[magazine] Two industry experts from very different worlds walk you through a Eureka! moment. Get their thoughts on how to build a strong, successful collaborative effort between two distinct disciplines—software testing and user experience (UX) design. |
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The Power of Predictability[magazine] Turn to The Last Word, where software professionals who care about quality give you their opinions on hot topics. This month, Linda Hayes details why being able to predict the end state of your data at the beginning of a test is vital to achieving accurate results. |
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