10 Lessons Learned from Usability Testing
"Today, after several years of practice, I am just as excited and hopeful for usability testing as I was when I started... The key to... more »
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EIP 'Loan Broker' Reference Implementation (Part 1)
We are pleased to announce the first installment of the 'Loan Broker' Reference Implementation. 'Loan Broker' concept has become a... more »
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Automated Deployment to EC2
This is a great blog post by Grig Gheorghiu on experiences his team has had at OpenX configuring Automated deploys to Amazon's EC2. They... more »
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FitNesse vs. Robot Framework – Agile Testing Tools
From the rather huge amount of – commercially and freely available – tools supporting agile testing I would like to have a closer look at... more »
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How to Speed up Maven
How to use the maven-cli-plugin to increase your maven productivity with maven 2 projects.
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Have you ever heard about the "The Waterfall Manifesto" ?
a funny/sarcastic description why to use waterfall processes
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tinyPM 2.2 Released
We’ve just released the new tinyPM 2.2 version which comes with cool new features. This version introduces tinyPM plugins for new product... more »
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Fix the Small Problems First
My home desk is a mess. When I look around me I see books, magazines, invoices, glasses, a hideous little white Christmas tree from three... more »
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Minimalism, The New Innovative
There’s so much room for observations and analogies in the evolution of production trends. Analogies are not merely a candy for the... more »
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Unit Testing in JavaScript. Introduction.
Introduction to unit testing techniques and unit testing toolkits in JavaScript. General infos about TDD and JS-Testframeworks. Different... more »
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Daily Dose - XML Co-Inventor Joins Android Team; Scorns Apple
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XML co-inventor Tim Bray recently joined the Google Android team. In his blog he had an awful lot to say about Apple though. Microsoft... more »
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The Agile Attitude Part 2: Letting Go
For many of us in the IT industry, the popularity of Agile development has been a freeing experience. When an organization understands... more »
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Can Developers and Testers Love Each Other?
Results of a poll on functional testing responsibility are representative of the mistrust relationships that often exists between... more »
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Process for development outside of IT
I recently finished creating the initial version of a process for developing “applications” by people outside of the IT area. Almost all... more »
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10 reasons to use or not use Scrum
I believe there are cases for using and not using SCRUM. It is not a silver bullet and you need to utilize what is best for different... more »
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Perforce For NetBeans
Until Perforce creates its own VCS client for the NetBeans Platform, Tutuianu Aurelian will continue developing his contribution to the... more »
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Do you care about your code? QCon promotes software craftsmanship
I'm at the QCon conference in London, one that I particularly value for its vendor-neutrality and strong content. Yesterday we heard from... more »
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Acceptance TDD
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I am halfway through reading Growing object-oriented software, guided by tests, a book that teaches Test-Driven Development in a Java... more »
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How to Make Developers Write Performance Tests
This post discusses the seven main reasons how to make developers write performance tests. If you think it is hard to make developers... more »
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What's the role of the Project Manager?
As I teach and coach project managers, I'm struck by how many are stuck in command-and-control thinking: I must monitor all the work. I... more »
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SCRUM "To be CSM, or not to be, but PSM that is the question"
There are now two possibilities to get a certification for a Scrum Master. One at Scrum.org (Ken Schwabers initiative and the other one... more »
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The 7 Software Development Wastes
When one looks at all the wastes, defects has to be the most obvious one. The cost and repercussions of finding defects varies depending... more »
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Introduction to Behaviour-Driven Development with Groovy
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) is an evolution in the thinking behind TestDrivenDevelopment and AcceptanceTestDrivenPlanning. It... more »
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JIRA Studio Now Integrated with Google Apps
Atlassian currently is in the process of migrating their employees from Zimbra to Google Apps to reflect their recent move to integrate ... more »
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ThoughtWorks Studios' ALM Tools and Suggested Best Practices with Chad Wathington
Chad Wathington is the VP of product development at ThoughtWorks Studios (TWS). TWS's Agile ALM tools include Mingle, Twist, and Cruise.... more »
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