Stories about Distributed Development – Part 1
This article was originally posted on TestHuddle. Introduction Today outsourcing, offshoring and working in globally distributed teams are common for an ever-growing number of people in software...
View ArticleHow to kill your Company using an Agile Transformation
Nowadays you have a number of different possibilities to kill your company or to seriously impact its capability to deliver. As Agile methods and their application in the enterprise context continue to...
View ArticleStories about Distributed Development – Part 2
Introduction In part 1 of this article we looked at the challenges caused by geographical distribution of teams and team members. In this second part we will look into the challenges that are caused by...
View ArticleWhen Agile Methods Fail – Inspired by a Real World Project
Introduction The last weeks have been very busy ones with a number of events and discussions. And while checking in with colleagues and friends, I was also very busy in trying to remediate some parts...
View ArticleWe must get rid of Testers
Introduction Yesterday, when sitting in my hotel room grounded by flu and haze, I saw an interesting tweet linking to an Agile Testing Manifesto. I am somewhat sure that the original link is this one....
View ArticleBusiness Analysis as Quality Enabler
Introduction In today’s software development practices, we have seen the paradigm shift towards agile methods. While effective, in the past years we went through the “trough of disillusionment” of the...
View ArticleThe Product vs. Project Problem
This is the first article since quite some time. The reason for that – being busy with customer’s issues – is not the worst, but the time to reflect about the projects is also important. And this time...
View ArticleMeasuring and Comparing
Introduction The question or “normalizing” story points or comparing story points and team velocities has reached me once again. And once again I struggle. My canonical answer “you cannot compare story...
View ArticleAgile SW Quality – Victim of the Bystander Effect
Introduction This week I had the pleasure of having dinner with one man, who I reckon to be one of the top experts and long term advocates for agile methodologies. While speaking about the necessities...
View ArticleThe Life Cycle Series – Definitions
Introduction When engaging with customers we aim to understand their goals and the situation they are in currently. This is, admittedly, not something one would not expect from good consultants....
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