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Managing Product Development

Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk.

Webinar for Geographically Distributed Agile Teams on Feb 15, Noon Eastern 1 day 8 hours ago
by Johanna Rothman

Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk.

Geographically Distributed Agile Teams Have Choices for Their Lifecycles 2 days 12 hours ago
by Johanna Rothman

Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk.

Agile Lifecycles for Geographically Distributed Teams, Part 3 5 days 13 hours ago
by Johanna Rothman

The TechWell Blog

Welcome to the TechWell Blog! Created as a way for us to engage with you. Most importantly, we want to hear your thoughts. We welcome your feedback, suggestions, and questions, so we’ve enabled the ability for you to leave comments to our blog posts.

Finding Your Way: The Explorer Tester Merit Badge 1 day 12 hours ago
by Claire Moss

Welcome to the TechWell Blog! Created as a way for us to engage with you. Most importantly, we want to hear your thoughts. We welcome your feedback, suggestions, and questions, so we’ve enabled the ability for you to leave comments to our blog posts.

#TestChat for 1-24-2012 1 week 1 day ago
by TechWell Admin

Welcome to the TechWell Blog! Created as a way for us to engage with you. Most importantly, we want to hear your thoughts. We welcome your feedback, suggestions, and questions, so we’ve enabled the ability for you to leave comments to our blog posts.

Matt Heusser and Company Discuss "Testing is Dead" 2 weeks 6 days ago
by Jonathan Vanian

Naomi Karten's Blog

Naomi Karten has always been fascinated by human behavior. In this blog, she focuses on observations, thoughts, ideas, and the wisdom of others as it concerns people and how they function (or don’t), particularly in organizations.

On Deadline 3 days 10 hours ago
by Naomi Karten

Naomi Karten has always been fascinated by human behavior. In this blog, she focuses on observations, thoughts, ideas, and the wisdom of others as it concerns people and how they function (or don’t), particularly in organizations.

Apologies, or How to Make 1 + 1 = 0 4 weeks 7 hours ago
by Naomi Karten

Naomi Karten has always been fascinated by human behavior. In this blog, she focuses on observations, thoughts, ideas, and the wisdom of others as it concerns people and how they function (or don’t), particularly in organizations.

Reflections on a Moment of Conflict 7 weeks 6 days ago
by Naomi Karten

Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin

Agile testing tips from the co-author of Agile Testing: The Tester Role on an Agile Project

"... talented QA Engineers with automation..." 6 days 14 min ago
by Lisa Crispin

Agile testing tips from the co-author of Agile Testing: The Tester Role on an Agile Project

Helping the Customer Stick to the Purpose of a User Story 13 weeks 6 days ago
by Lisa Crispin

Agile testing tips from the co-author of Agile Testing: The Tester Role on an Agile Project

The Clean Coder (& Tester!) 27 weeks 3 days ago
by Lisa Crispin

Accidental Simplicity

Thoughts about agile software development, software configuration management, and the intersection between them.

Do we care whether it's Software Engineering or Craft? 2 weeks 2 days ago
by Steve Berczuk

Thoughts about agile software development, software configuration management, and the intersection between them.

Agility (and Learning Opportunities) Everywhere 3 weeks 4 days ago
by Steve Berczuk

Thoughts about agile software development, software configuration management, and the intersection between them.

Questioning before Answering 8 weeks 6 days ago
by Steve Berczuk

Tech Speak

Well known as a tester, speaker, and storyteller, Lee Copeland has also been the author of the Better Software magazine Tech Speak column for many years. This blog features some of his wisdom, insight, rants, and curiosities.

The Optimists Don't Make It Out 6 weeks 2 days ago
by Lee Copeland

Well known as a tester, speaker, and storyteller, Lee Copeland has also been the author of the Better Software magazine Tech Speak column for many years. This blog features some of his wisdom, insight, rants, and curiosities.

Goodhart’s Law 7 weeks 2 days ago
by Lee Copeland

Well known as a tester, speaker, and storyteller, Lee Copeland has also been the author of the Better Software magazine Tech Speak column for many years. This blog features some of his wisdom, insight, rants, and curiosities.

Oh, When Will They Ever Learn? 8 weeks 2 days ago
by Lee Copeland

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Why an Agile Project Manager Is Not a ScrumMaster

- Blog Post by Johanna Rothman | Comments ()
 A reader asked why the lifecycle in Agile Lifecycles for Geographically Distributed Teams, Part 1 is not Scrum. It's not Scrum for these reasons: Read More

2012: The Year of DevOps

- Article by Scott W. Ambler | Comments (1)
 I predict that in 2012, DevOps will become the new IT buzzword, joining cloud, web services, Scrum, and many others in the buzzword pantheon. We in the agile community have been bouncing it around a... Read More

Is Test Automation a “Project”?

- Article by Lisa Crispin | Comments (1)
 Recently I read a post on a mailing list about “failed test automation projects.” This expression made me stop and think. Automating different types of tests is an integral part of software... Read More

Management Myth #1: The Myth of 100% Utilization

- Article by Johanna Rothman | Comments (17)
 A manager took me aside at a recent engagement. “You know, Johanna, there’s something I just don’t understand about this agile thing. It sure doesn’t look like everyone is being used at 100 percent... Read More

Edit Those Epics

- Article by Johanna Rothman | Comments (23)
 I've been working with folks making their transition to agile. One of the hardest transitions is for the managers and technical leaders.Managers are accustomed to working in timeboxes. To them, the... Read More

Seven Ways to Make Testing Irrelevant on Your Team

- Article by Marlena Compton | Comments (11)
 Wouldn't it be great if everyone on your team loved testing and working with testers? When developers and testers have a respectful relationship, it's easier for developers to see the value and take... Read More

The Clean Coder (& Tester!)

- Blog Post by Lisa Crispin | Comments (1)
 I just finished reading Bob Martin's The Clean Coder. I understand why he used that title, but I would have preferred something like The Software Professional or How to Really Enjoy Your Software... Read More

Experimenting

- Blog Post by Lisa Crispin | Comments (4)
 If you asked anyone in my team what agile practice is most responsible for our success over the past eight years, I bet they'd answer "retrospectives". At the start of every two-week sprint, we spend... Read More

We're Agile

- Blog Post by Lisa Crispin | Comments (3)
 I always recommend to teams newly transitioning to agile that they keep every iteration the same length. This helps them learn to manage their time, and after a few iterations they'll start to get a... Read More

8 Common Myths About Performance Testing in Production

In today’s web environment, performance matters – a lot. And one of the best ways to ensure that your application will perform as expected is to do production performance testing. Testing your... Read More - Get the content

Automated Testing With Commerical Fuzzing Tools

An examination and review of the 6 most widely used, commercially available fuzzers. Vital information for those considering the purchase of beSTORM, Codenomicon Defensics, Appscan, Burp Suite Pro, N... Read More - Get this content

Outsourcing Software Testing

If you are considering outsourcing software testing or currently outsource development and testing to the same vendor, read this white paper. The Business Case for Outsourcing Software Testing... Read More - Get this Content

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