There’s so much swirling around in my brain from a whole week in Chicago at Agile 2009. Let me start with my recollections of the Agile Alliance Functional Test Tools workshop. Jennitta Andrea chairs this effort, and Elisabeth Hendrickson facilitated this meeting. The facility was great, plenty of room and good connectivity, and had a […]
Read MoreA Different Approach to FitNesse “Macros”
My teammates Maykel Suarez, J.P. Erkelens and Eddy Lara ought to be the ones blogging about this as they come up with these cool ideas, but I have the time and the inclination so I will. I hope they’ll read this and correct any errors I make. I’ve used FitNesse since 2003 and obviously have […]
Read MoreSo How’s the Big Agile Working So Far?
I’ve been working in this large agile setting (28 Scrum teams, 2 week sprints, 4 production releases per year) about 6 weeks now. It has confirmed my past experiences that success depends on having good people, and letting them do their best work. In this short time, my 5-person team (3 programmers, 2 testers) has […]
Read MoreReview of _Agile Testing_ from Agile Journal
If you’re wondering whether our book is for you, read this comprehensive review by Brad Appleton in the Agile Journal. Janet and I are so excited that so many readers understand what we have tried to do with the book. We wanted to give pragmatic, practical help for agile testers and teams, and that’s what […]
Read MoreWhat I’d Go Back And Tell Myself – Part 1
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 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 […]
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