... of ... but ... defining ... and ... PM's ... specifying ... on ... especially ... useful. ... good ... One of the advantages of this format is it enables...
... guidelines) on ... especially ... useful. ... story ... good ... http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/expCardConversationConfirmation.htm ... As a rule of...
Hello, Alan. On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at 6:56:29 AM, you ... I've never seen that happen. I've never seen a team whose stories were too short -- if they...
There is a very interesting observation you can make when you add in the request for an example. The length of the story correlates inversely to the clarity...
Hi All, What is the ratio of Dev. to QA team members? This is for product development scenario were various small projects are executed for the product...
... What is the ratio of Dev. to QA team members? This is for product development scenario were various small projects are executed for the product development...
Biju- Your questions is intriguing for a couple of reasons. As QA people are often fully integrated into the Lean team, and since defect removal is "towards...
Hello, Biju. On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at 10:44:41 AM, you ... I prefer teams where 100 percent are focused on development and 100 percent are focused on...
I have seen it vary from 1:1 to 7:1 depending on the development process adopted. The case where we had 7:1 Dev to QA ratio, I was leading a large product ...
Hi Biju. Unfortunately, the answer is that it depends. It depends on how easy and how costly it is to get good quality testers. It depends on how much...
Jeff's response and Ron's math hold the answer. Keeping a distinction between QA and development is a tell that Agile is not fully in place. Michael F. Dwyer ...
The right ratio is the one that optimizes the metric that matters most to your business. That might be lead time, it might be throughput, it might be cost....
Hi Corey, Great point about using Theory of Constraints (TOC). Inspired by Goldratt¹s and Clarke Ching¹s books I have been working with TOC lately and one...
Yes! I won't answer questions about testers when I train and coach. I talk about the activity of testing and point out that it must be done in order to produce...
... That's exactly where the question stemmed from, initially. I'm aware user stories should be succinct, but not at the cost of clarity. As is the case with...
You know, I've assumed that most (or at least, many) programmers could be more productive if only they had better design skills. Is that a reasonable...
Hello, Clarke. On Thursday, October 2, 2008, at 3:08:18 AM, you ... Everyone who improves on any dimension will improve. However, you said "if only"....
My apologies for the lengthy message, but I want to provide some context first: We've been doing agile/lean software development for a couple years now and it...
A few thoughts... * What successes and problems have they had with their processes in the past? * How do they do process improvement? You cannot take their...
Hi Neil, I have a few suggestions for dealing with this reality. If you have a BDUF, then you can transform it into a product backlog. This will allow you to...
I have a couple of comments, in no particular order. *. Have you looked at executable specifications, FIT/FitNesse or similar? Sometimes this gets past some of...
Hello, nslevineus. On Thursday, October 2, 2008, at 4:02:57 PM, ... I can see two ways one might go. One is to conclude that it is impossible to do the kind...
During choosing the Dev/QA ratio, few things are taken care 1) what is the nature of the project(Complexity/industry)? 2) What is the maturity of the dev/test...
Dear Neil, It sounds like a challenging situation. You have a work style that's comfortable and effective for you, they have a work style that's comfortable ...
I seriously doubt your developers spend much time fixing bugs. But let's see. Think of a time you feel you've spent a lot of time fixing bugs. Now pick one...
Exactly. And it's useful to remember good old inspections, including pair programming and automated tools like standards checkers, bug checkers etc. All of...
Three years ago I did a Rails project for a Swedish furniture company. Shortly after that I went on to head up a mainframe migration to .NET with a young team...
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