My team was lucky in having Brian Marick visit us last week, interviewing some of us for his book “Travels in Software”. He had visited us back in 2004, and I hope it was interesting for him to see that 1) we used a lot of ideas we got from him, such as using examples […]
Read MoreSample Chapter Available in InfoQ
Chapter 21, Key Success Factors, is available on InfoQ. Please read and comment! I look forward to your feedback.
Read MoreTen Principles for Agile Testers
Jeff Langr and Tim Ottinger have added a flash card to their “Agile: In a Flash” project (that will become a book) based on our book’s “Ten Principles for Agile Testers”. They did a nice job of summarizing the information in Chapter 2 of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams. We […]
Read MoreUsing Examples to Drive Development
When Brian Marick came up with his ideas about using examples to drive development (I think that was back in 2003), my team latched on to the concept. We are fortunate in having an expert product owner who is talented at coming up with good examples. People often ask me how this works. Our current […]
Read MoreTop 50 New Software Development Books
I am extremely proud that our book is #28 on Jurgen Koop’s list of the top 50 new software development books! Also flattered to be in such excellent company on this list. There are some titles there that I hadn’t heard about before – time to go order some books! Check out the list and […]
Read MoreAdding Value by Being There
Sometimes I’m the most helpful when I just sit there and mainly keep quiet – assuming I’ve gotten the right people together to talk. Today was a good example. One of our stories this sprint is an algorithm to calculate internal rate of return on a 401(k) account. This is pretty complex (especially for me, […]
Read More