Hey All, Hope this message finds you great! I want to ask about the best tool for testcases tracking and defects tracking that mainly integrate with Basecamp. ...
Mohinder, have you blogged about this or written any articles? I'd love to hear more about your experiences. -- Lisa ... -- Lisa Crispin Co-author with Janet...
... I have written the specifications and designed the database for it. More often than not - knowing the specifications and having created something impedes...
Over the decades or two - testers (and developers) are constantly discovering ways (metaphors) to describe their work and how their work impacts the end...
... The miagi-do school of software testing offers belts. The school is non-commercial, instructors give up their own time, and entry is competitive. regards, ...
I still don't believe in certifications because these things can't be certified. If you want to be good at something and improve your skills in it, it takes a...
Good morning, Actually my interest is the training material, I am Brazilian and in my workplace we are in the transition phase from the waterfall model to the ...
Débora, In Brazil we have some companies that are good examples in transition from traditional to agile methods. One example of training testing companies are...
Débora, ... I think you'll find the same problem with certifications. Many are confusing or superficial, leaving the purchaser with the same dilemma trying to...
Débora, ... I think you'll find the same problem with certifications. Many are confusing or superficial, leaving the purchaser with the same dilemma trying to...
... Agreed. My point is that this metaphor is harmful. It leads to a misunderstanding of why testing is important, and this confusion blocks opportunities for...
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:47 AM, kerrykimbrough ... Kerry When talking with business owners about the value of testing, it would be nice to have words-of-power...
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... And I would reply "How do you know that they are testing what you want them to do?". "Is is possible that you will get a perfectly engineered but useless...
... I would say to them "Programmers will give you code. Testers will give you confidence. You just spent a lot of money on that code. No doubt you're...
I'm trying to influence my agile project teams to allow for enough time in their sprint planning for creating automated tests for new functionality. I've been...
Don't estimate is really the easiest answer. But if you must, just add a small percentage ~ 10%. The teams estimates will be automatically readjusted through...
So this is only for automated tests above the unit level? We try to keep our task cards small, no more than one day. Sometimes we'll write a placeholder with...
Avoid rules like "testing = X% * coding" -- they are hopelessly superstituous and ineffectual. The approach Lisa described is far more useful. There is no...
You're missing the point. By estimating testing as a separate item, you're driving a mindset that testing is a negotiable part of a story with the customer. ...
+1. Trying to make estimation more accurate is the slippery slope to BDUF. The extra effort adds no value at all. It increases the amount of time it takes to...
All, As Andrew pointed out you don’t need estimates for individual activities within the sprint. You just need estimate how long it will take you to finish...
Lets give Iceprincess (name?) the benefit of the doubt. Her team are trying to adopt test automation and it sounds like they're trying to do the right thing....
You are exactly right, stories should have one estimate. I've gotten value out of just taking the "developer estimate" and adding the "tester estimate"...
We do one estimate, using planning poker. If testers have a higher #, they explain why - testing may be more difficult than coding, or we need some ...
Hi all In my current job we integrate a lot of open source software. I found it pretty hard to get a strategy how to tackle it. We like to use Fitnesse for...
+2, this is how my teams manage this as well. ... +2, this is how my teams manage this as well. On 2/7/12 3:14 PM, Andrew McDonagh wrote: Â +1 Andrew Likes...
Hi Pascal, I'm trying to understand your question better, it's not something I've done, I don't think. You're saying that for example, you have some kind of...
