Project Management
Conference Presentations
What Do Defects Really Cost? Much More Than You Think
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As software increasingly becomes the face of the business, defects can lead to embarrassment, financial loss, and even business failure. Nevertheless, in response to today's demand for speed and “continuous everything,” the software delivery conveyer belt keeps moving faster and faster... |
Wayne Ariola, Parasoft
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STAREAST 2015: Risk-Based Testing for Agile Projects
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Many projects implicitly use some kind of risk-based approach for prioritizing testing activities. However, critical testing decisions should be based on a product risk assessment process using key business drivers as its foundation. For agile projects, this assessment should be both... |
Erik van Veenendaal, Improve IT Services BV
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Mobile Dev + Test 2015: Mobile Test Automation with Big Data Analytics
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Development and test organizations face major challenges when building robust automated tests around their mobile applications. With limited testing resources and increasingly more complex projects, stakeholders worry about the risk and quality of mobile products. So how do you plan a... |
Tarun Bhatia, Microsoft
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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
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Develop a Defect Prevention Strategy—or Else!
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Defects occurring throughout the development of a software project penalize the project. The effort spent remediating these defects robs the project team of valuable time, resources, and money that could otherwise be used for further innovation and delivering the highest possible quality... |
Scott Aziz, Cognizant
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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
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Applying Courtship Principles: Hiring for the Long Term
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As managers, we tend to focus on improving our processes. But have you considered that good people—not processes—are really the foundation of high-quality software? Competent and skilled people—combined with good process—can consistently produce higher-quality software... |
Philip Lew, XBOSoft
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From Chaos to Order—Leading Software Teams Today
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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
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Requirements Are Requirements—or Maybe Not
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Many people talk about requirements. They use identical terms and think they have a common understanding. Yet, one says user stories are requirements; another claims user stories must be combined with requirements; and yet another has a different approach. These “experts” seem unaware of... |
Robin Goldsmith, Go Pro Management, Inc.
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Agile Development Conference & Better Software Conference East 2014: EARS: The Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax
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One key to specifying effective functional requirements is minimizing misinterpretation and ambiguity. By employing a consistent syntax in your requirements, you can improve readability and help ensure that everyone on the team understands exactly what to develop. John Terzakis provides... |
John Terzakis, Intel
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