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Big Agility Requires Little-a agile[presentation] The hardest part of big projects is that they are BIG. Of course “big” means different things to different people. What some measure in cash, others measure in technology. |
David Hussman, DevJam
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Reality Over Rhetoric: Busting Some of the Myths Around Agile[presentation] Many myths surround agile software development: agile has been adopted by the majority of development teams; agile approaches are more effective than waterfall approaches; agile teams don't do up front requirements or architecture; agile team |
Scott Ambler, IBM Rational
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Agile Customer Validation Vision[article] When applying validation, should you limit yourself to the end-of-sprint review or demo—the practice most people associate with agile validation—or should you utilize other validation types where customers provide feedback? Where do the customers who attend validation sessions come from? In this article, you will learn about the importance of the ACVV and how to establish a vision to benefit the product and each project therein. |
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We're Agile[article] I always recommend to teams newly transitioning to agile that they keep every iteration the same length. This helps them learn to manage their time, and after a few iterations they'll start to get a rhythm. Hopefully, they'll learn to work incrementally, doing testing and coding concurrently as part of one development effort, so that user stories are finished throughout the iteration, and testing isn't pushed to the last day. |
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It’s the Goal, Not the Role: The Value of Business Analysis in Scrum[article] “Business analyst” is not a distinct role on Scrum or other agile teams. And yet, the goal for the team—to deliver high-valued product needs—requires strong business analysis skills. Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman describe the vital analysis work needed reach the goal, regardless of role. |
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Software Performance Testing: Beyond Record and Playback[presentation] Predictable software performance is crucial to the success of almost every enterprise system and, in some cases, to the success of the company itself. |
Alim Sharif, Ultimate Software Group
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The Test Manager's Dashboard: Making It Accurate and Relevant[presentation] Gathering and presenting clear information about quality-both product and process-may be the most important part of the test manager's job. |
Lloyd Roden, Grove Consultants
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Multi-level Testing in Agile Development[presentation] Before they could begin automated testing, test teams used to wait on the sidelines for developers to produce a stable user interface. Not anymore. |
Roi Carmel, Hewlett-Packard
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Handling Failures in Automated Acceptance Tests[presentation] One of the aims of automated functional testing is to run many tests and discover multiple errors in one execution of the test suite. |
Alexandra Imrie, BREDEX GmbH
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End-to-End Testing-When the Middle Is Moving[presentation] State-of-the-art development technologies and methods have increased our ability to rapidly implement new systems to support continuously changing business needs. |
Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV
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Developing a Testing Center of Excellence[presentation] In spite of well-established testing processes, many organizations still are struggling to achieve consistent, reliable testing results. Are testing deliverables completed incorrectly? Is your organization slow to react to change? |
Mona Lane, Aetna
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Variations on a Theme: Performance Testing and Functional Unit Testing[presentation] The right types of performance tests can reveal functionality problems that would not usually be detected during unit testing. |
Andre Bondi, Siemens Corporate Research
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A Customer-driven Approach to Software Metrics[presentation] In their drive to delight customers, organizations initiate testing and quality improvement programs and define metrics to measure their success. |
Wenje Lai, Cisco Systems
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Debunking Agile Testing Myths[presentation] What do the Agile Manifesto and various agile development lifecycle implementations really mean for the testing profession? Extremists say they mean “no testers”; others believe it’s just “business as usual” for testers. |
Geoff Horne, iSQA
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Futility-based Test Automation[presentation] Developers and other project stakeholders are paying increased attention to test automation because of its promise to speed development and reduce the costs of systems over their complete lifecycle. |
Clinton Sprauve, Borland (a Micro Focus company)
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