I joined the Pivotal Tracker team as a tester on August 13. I felt so lucky to get on board there, it’s a wonderful team, and Pivotal Labs has an amazing culture. But in spite of having amazing helpful teammates, I struggled to get to a point where I felt like I was contributing. Every […]
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Exploring to Get Specifications & Story Tests
Today was day 2 of a new sprint. We’re working on a big, complex theme. Up to now, our system allowed only one employer or “plan sponsor” account for every 401(k) retirement plan. Many companies want several plan sponsor accounts: one for their accountant who submits the payroll contributions, one for the human resources manager […]
Read MoreStarEast 2010 – Self-Organized CWAC
I have LOTS to write about StarEast, but I’d like to start with the conference-within-a-conference that a group of us planned on our own. Well, I didn’t do much planning, but Matt Heusser took the lead and lots of other folks including Justin Hunter planned a couple of fun and enlightening events. We were self-titled […]
Read MoreThe One Right Thing
During a flurry of tweets and blog posts about whether or not ATDD is a good thing, I posted a blog on Stickyminds with my opinion. I’ve gotten some great comments, please add yours!
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