... there are two outcomes. one is tangible - photos of the whiteboard where the examples were, ideally in a form that will be straightforward to clean up and...
... I fully agree with the primary objective of creating a shared vision. I totally disagree with delaying the conversion into acceptance tests more than a...
... that depends on the definition of code quality. if by that you mean "solves the business problem for the clients in a way that they want", then it falls...
... discipline. I only ... say sort ... could ... boring to ... Sorry I snipped so much of this excellent post. When something is "sort of" correct, isn't that...
I think abandoning the engineering metaphor is a good thing. I have used the word 'craftsmanlike' instead. Taking pride in what we do, but understanding each...
+1 on Fearless Change. I used Mary Lynn and Linda's patterns when I was working on a team that couldn't quite seem to embrace agile, although they gave it lip...
Hello, Steven. On Sunday, February 1, 2009, at 1:53:49 AM, you ... I disagree strongly with this and have blogged on the subject: Quality-Speed Tradeoff —...
... Ron, I think we disagree much less than you might think. I think we both agree that delivering fast and consistently enough to discover, evolve and...
Hello, Steven. On Sunday, February 1, 2009, at 6:29:24 PM, you ... You seem to have rants on your mind just now. I do not favor rants as far as I am aware....
Caveat 1: I work for Atlassian Caveat 2: Code coverage is only as meaningful as the tests being measured ... Atlassian's Clover code coverage tool provides a...
quote Good point, I have wondered that myself before - is manufacturing QC similar to software QC? One of my coworkers is an industrial engineer, I will ask...
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Ron Jeffries ... If by "why" you mean exactly how you can tell the code is not up to snuff, I believe you. If by "why", you...
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 10:33:33PM -0000, andrew_prentice_os wrote: -> Caveat 1: I work for Atlassian -> Caveat 2: Code coverage is only as meaningful as the...
First off, there was a related discussion in this group about 7months ago on "Traceability Matrix in an Agile Project" that was nicely summarized at *...
I agree for most projects its a complete waste of effort and money. However, working in the Pharmaceutical industry, we are FDA Regulated and mandated to...
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Andrew McDonagh ... It should not be hard to write a script that extracts the names of the tests that are run for each story,...
That's right, it isn't. But then there's all sorts of other bumph that the corporations Computer System Validation people want/need us to add to it. Keep in...
... that the corporations Computer System Validation people want/need us to add to it. Keep in mind, the corporation is very Waterfall oriented. We have 37...
... similar to software QC? One of my coworkers is an industrial engineer, I will ask him. It seems like quality values would translate from one industry to...
+1 from me too, both of y'all have made enlightening observations. For the record, I did ask my industrial engineer coworker about QC in manufacturing vs....
They'd fail the audit, because the documentation is required but if we can't produce good quality evidence and have faith in it....and then admit its...
... less ... can't produce good quality evidence and have faith in it....and then admit its failing..... game over... Its not the document or process's...
... Andrew, traceability between requirements and tests seems very reasonable, and quite easy to do. It traceability between requirements and lines of code...
... You might look at Cucumber, which allows you to create very readable tests. I think there are similar efforts in Java, but the Ruby makes it quite...
I'm posting this for a friend. If it sounds interesting, let me know ... Responsibilities: Ensure a high level of quality for the Rupture client middleware: ...
Hi guys, Jack Reeves' article was a real eye-opener for me: http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/reeves_design_main.html He argues that software builds...
I like the 'software builds are like manufacturing' idea. In manufatcuring you're driving for a lean , repeatable process. It's the same process every time...
... That's been my experience too (when working as a release engineer rather than as a tester). I wrote an article on by blog suggesting that agile software...
Bob's blog post about standard work practices is prodding me to get our team to focus on capturing more of our processes and activities in checklists or big...