I think Boris Beizer has written a couple of articles about related
subjects. One of them was called 'Why software is different.'
One of the issues he...
STEURS Stefan
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Aug 1, 2007 7:26 am
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We've found it convenient to fix bugs immediately when that is possible, and to add them as additional stories to be scheduled by the customer when solutions...
Hello, George. On Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at 12:19:24 AM, you ... Though in Michael's example, the bug is not likely to recur, many kinds of bugs reflect a...
... This shows up that most agile development uses a push process model rather than a pull model. If customers pull value from our system then we should be...
Hubert Matthews
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Aug 1, 2007 11:37 am
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... "As close as possible" probably needs a better definition. Why not use environmental tests to check mechanically that the two environments are the same in...
Hubert Matthews
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Aug 1, 2007 11:41 am
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As I understand of scrum, it depends on the team. I may not bring in new ideas. I agree that "interested in doing certain things and not willing to learn to do...
... I agree. (Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, etc.) ... Brian Marick, independent consultant Mostly on agile methods with a testing slant www.exampler.com,...
On 1 Aug 2007, at 12:34, Ron Jeffries wrote: [snip] ... [snip] Even when you're right - the effort figuring that out is often more expensive than doing the...
That's basically the approach I was trying to describe. Some bugs can be fixed essentially for free, and others take enough time that they customer/product...
... If what's quoted above is the issue you're talking about, I have little to offer. It's common writing advice to put a piece away and reread it later as a...
... Todd, this is off the topic of discussion, but there's a red flag there, to my way of thinking. It doesn't have to be that way. You might want to ...
... I'm lost on the different scenarios. I see three different ones that people might be discussing. Let's suppose that, in all cases, we're working on a story...
Hi Ron, I don't know that anyone said they recommend hiring testers who can't and won't program. I think some of us are saying there are other skills we might...
In all these scenarios, if there is a way to coherently split the story retroactively so that after adding all missing acceptance tests, one or more splits...
... I'd love any pointers you have to articles on ways of changing this. Maybe I mistakenly think this is "just the way it is" and don't give it as much...
... Obviously there are two components to this. One is fixing bugs faster. That's hard to do. A really clean, well-factored, well-understood code base is a...
... 4 ... common ... no ... not ... wait ... to ... I would suggest using continuos build (unless you are already?). Each developer (or pair of devs) has the...
Todd, we've dramatically reduced our defect rate in 3 years by diligently following agile practices such as TDD, refactoring, continuous integration, using...
First, we have to define bug. For bugs defined as cases where the software does something other than the developer's intended, there are discipline processes...
Hi Brian, ... That's not a scenario I was discussing. But it's interesting, so... ... Pushing back means that you're talking to the Customer. And if pushing...
Steve:>If bugs include discrepancies between what the developers intend the software to do and what the customers/users want the software to do, then it is...
... closest is perhaps Actor-Network Theory, which is about how people mobilize resources to cause everyone to attend to a particular problem or buy in to a...
... not only a bug in the code, but a bug in the development process. What caused this bug to be produced? What caused it to not be caught prior to release?...
... That may be, but if we don't try to learn from it, and try to act on that learning in the future, then we may need infinite iterations. -- ... * George...
One key cause of bugs is people. Part of that is communication breakdowns with too many people, and that causes lots of bugs (see "Less is more" by Linda...
Thanks for your advice on my question two days ago. As a result we have reached the point that we want to implement Agile test and release. For this I must...
... I agree. I'd want that to be exceptional, not routine, though. ... Brian Marick, independent consultant Mostly on agile methods with a testing slant ...
... No. It's her money, her property. Unless it's a threat to public safety or welfare, she can do what she wants with it. ... I agree, but the meta-issue here...
There's so much material out there, it's hard to know where to start. I think the Poppendiecks' Lean Development books are the most understandable by...
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