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COLUMN: Secrets to Automated Acceptance Tests
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Has your team been on the search for a fully automated acceptance test? Before you set out on that adventure, check out some of the accomplishments and perils behind the quest for complete automation, as explained by Jeff Patton in this week's column. Fully automated acceptance tests may seem like the solution to many problems, but you should know that it comes with a few problems of its own.
COLUMN: An Uncomfortable Truth about Agile Testing
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: For the past eight years, Jeff Patton has been practicing agile software development. One characteristic of agile development is continuous involvement from testers throughout the process. Testers have a hard and busy job. And in the last year, Jeff has finally starting to understand why testing in agile development is fundamentally different.
COLUMN: The Neglected Practice of Iteration
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: In this week's column, Jeff Patton sends a reminder that software developers who neglect the practice of iteration will get caught either delivering poor quality software or delaying schedules in order to make time to iterate. We kick ourselves, or others, for not "getting [software] right up front" when we all know that the hardest part of software development is figuring out what to build. But there's hope, and it comes in the form of prototypes and frequent iterations.
COLUMN: The Forgotten Side of Quality
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Our perception of quality includes objective and subjective factors. In this week's column, Jeff Patton explains the difference between the two and proposes we forget those differences so we can start viewing the two as equals.
COLUMN: Get Back on Track
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Jeff Patton will admit that he's easily sidetracked. In a meeting or simply working on a problem with a small group, a cool idea or puzzling problem can send Jeff sideways. His head spins off track, and his mouth goes with it. He's not alone in this behavior; Jeff suspects everyone reading this week's column has been confined in a meeting called to resolve an important problem while someone—and it may have been you—burned up critical time to take the meeting off on a tangent. While not a completely curable condition, there are a few useful techniques Jeff explains in his column that will help keep a collaborating group on track.
COLUMN: Collaborative Card Play
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Ever find yourself spinning in a conversation where the discussion of ideas gets stuck in a circuitous route? In the world of software development, where the need to effectively communicate elaborate and complex ideas is most important, such conversations end up being counter-productive. In this week's column, Jeff Patton shares a technique that keeps such conversations on a straight and productive path. Find out how he channels different ideas and categorizes them—all within one very fun and productive meeting.
COLUMN: The Whole Product
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: It's easy to split user-experience experts and software architects into different categories and still grant them equal importance; the former deals with the façade of the software while the latter deals with the workings beneath the surface. This separate, but equal attitude changed for Jeff Patton after attending a workshop in which his eyes opened to an epiphany of holism in software development. From this enlightened moment, Jeff realized a way software development could change for the better.
COLUMN: Test Software Before You Code
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Testing doesn't have to begin after the code has been written. In this week's column, Jeff Patton resurrects the oldest and most overlooked development technique, which can be used to test a product before any piece of it materializes.
COLUMN: Write a Blockbuster Using User Scenarios
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: Big projects require many little user stories. But if these scenarios don't add up to one good story, then you're probably missing out on the big picture. In this week's column, Jeff Patton describes how his team weaves many small tales into a single strong report by identifying key characters and themes.
COLUMN: Finish on Time by Managing Scale
Author(s): Jeff Patton
Summary: When deciding how a user's task is to be supported in our software, we often look at possible design solutions and select one that's best for the product and the user. As the project deadline approaches, however, we might choose to dismiss some features outright. In this column, Jeff Patton suggests we try keeping more features by adjusting their scale.
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