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Fresh Ink is now delivering the Better Software magazine
digital edition to our subscribers. Click here to read the November/December issue today!
StickyMinds.com Now Featuring Blogs
Join the conversation at StickyMinds.com blogs where you can find blog posts from experts like James Whittaker, Naomi Karten, Daniel Wellman, and others.
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Writer's Block
A user story isn't an ideal user problem description, software
specification,test script, or project management task. It's the
token that allows these communities to think about their own needs
while they collaborate over their mutual concern—the software
they'd all like to see developed.
~Jeff Patton, "Telling Better User Stories"
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Featured Article
Countdown to Agility: Top 10 Characteristics of an Agile Organization
Jean Tabaka
Jean Tabaka believes in the power of an entire agile organization.
These ten characteristics of an agile organization may seem counter
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twenty-first century business success.
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Multimedia Spotlight
James Whittaker at STARWEST 2009
In this video from STARWEST 2009, James Whittaker describes the tourist
metaphor and demonstrates tours taken by test teams from various
companies including Microsoft and Google. He presents results from
numerous projects where the tours were used in critical-path production
environments. Learn about the collection of test tours, test cases, and
bugs from these case studies and recommendations for using tours on
your own products.
View Large-scale Exploratory Testing: Let's Take a Tour.
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Editor's Note
It's Not Just for Software
Fresh off my trip to Anaheim for our STARWEST 2009 conference,
I find myself reflecting on the week with a mixture of pride and
appreciation. We have a fairly small staff at Software Quality
Engineering, so it always amazes me to see the way the company
pulls together to produce such a large event successfully.
Everyone, from the CEO to the newly hired former intern, happily
jumps into the fray and pitches in. It's not unusual to see VPs
running microphones, editors directing lunch traffic, and managers
passing out morning announcements. This level of cooperation and
dedication is indicative of an organization with a strong mission
and core set of values. And, based on what I've learned from this
month's cover story, it's also very agile.
In "Countdown to Agility," Rally's Jean Tabaka reveals the core
values and top ten characteristics that she feels are essential
to building a great agile organization. Included in this list
are ideas to help you deliver your product consistently and still
maintain your staff's work/life balance, hire managers who act as
both servant and leader, and contribute to the community while
remaining profitable.
Also in this issue, find out how to implement user story mapping
as a way to organize, decompose, and prioritize user stories, as
well as hot to keep the conversation about your product alive throughout
its construction.
Don't miss our exclusive digital edition content. The 2009 Better
Software magazine/StickyMinds.com Salary Survey results will only
be published in the digital edition this year, so make sure to check
your inbox or follow the link below.
As always, I hope you enjoy this issue of Better Software magazine.
Email me to let me know how you've put this issue to work for you.
Happy Reading!
Heather Shanholtzer
HShanholtzer.com
Find out what you missed in past issues in the Fresh Ink
archive. Check out the digital edition here.
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