Process

Conference Presentations

Crafting Smaller User Stories: Examples and Exercises
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Agile development techniques generally emphasize frequent iterations. But even after adopting agile values, methods, and ceremonies, many organizations struggle to make such iterations work in practice. These organizations inevitably wrestle with agile rhythms until they learn to break up...
Stephen Frein, Comcast
Better Software Conference East 2014: You Said What? Becoming Aware of the Things We Say
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Most of us take language for granted. We use words without thinking about how they may affect others and then are surprised at the reaction we get. Learn the importance of language in building and maintaining high performing agile teams. Become more aware of the words you choose and the...
Doc List, Doc List Enterprises
Establishing an Agile Testing Culture

Many resources describe how to accelerate performance of your development organization through adoption of agile methodologies, but very few cover testing in a practical manner. And those that do generally focus on technical details, leaving out how to build an agile testing culture while...
Leigh Ishikawa, TripAdvisor
Gamification and Arbejdsglæde (Danish: Work Gladness/Joy)
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You get paid for doing that? Is it possible to both work and have fun in a large corporate setting? Can joy be made part of the workplace? For the past few years Ryan Kleps and his colleagues have been conducting an informal social experiment using gamification (before they knew it had...
Ryan Kleps, Boeing IT
The Future of Agile: Dilution, Calcification, or Evolution?
Video

The agile revolution began more than a dozen years ago. It was started by a small band of rebels who had radical ideas, shared a common vision, and wanted to change the world by challenging the status quo. Where is that agile revolution today? Has it continued the vision of its founders?
Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan
Test Automation in Agile: A Successful Implementation
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Many teams feel that they are forced to make an either/or decision when it comes to investing time to automate tests versus executing them manually. Sometimes a “silver bullet” tool is purchased, and testers are forced to use it when there may be a better option; other times unskilled team...
Melissa Tondi, Denver Automation and Quality Engineering
From Chaos to Order—Leading Software Teams Today
Video

To successfully lead “the nerd herd,” you’re expected to motivate your team to perform, encourage innovation, and produce software solutions that delight the customer. Prioritizing your time for what’s most important can be quite challenging—especially when you’re swamped with a...
Ken Whitaker
The Survey Says: Testers Spend Their Time Doing...
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How can testers contribute more to the success of their project and their company? How can they focus on asking the right questions, improving test planning and design, and finding defects so the business releases a quality product―even though there’s always one more fire to extinguish or...
Al Wagner, IBM
Agile Development Conference & Better Software Conference East 2014: Seven Deadly Habits of Ineffective Software Managers
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As if releasing a quality software project on time were not difficult enough, poor management of planning, people, and process issues can be deadly to a project. Presenting a series of anti-pattern case studies, Ken Whitaker describes the most common deadly habits—along with ways to avoid...
Ken Whitaker, Leading Software Maniacs
Automating End-to-End Business Scenario Testing
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Allstate Insurance had a problem. While thoroughly testing each of their more than thirty business systems, they were still failing to provide good service to their clients, agents, and internal customers. The reason was simple. Implementing end-to-end business processes requires more than...
Sandra Alequin, Allstate Insurance and Monika Mehrotra, Infosys, Ltd.

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