Help me A/B Test Amazon and win a poster
The guys from Popular have designed a nice poster illustrating the effects of Specification by Example on software projects. I will give away large copies of this poster (including free shipping) in return for the help in A/B testing Amazon. (click on the image for a larger version) To get…
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The Mistake at the Heart of Agile
Posted on June 9, 2011 | 7 CommentsMichael Feathers presented yesterday at the Norwegian Developer Conference on “The Mistake at the Heart of Agile.” “We got some things wrong early on,” suggested Feathers. -
SC2011: Lean code solution in awk
Posted on May 26, 2011 | No CommentsBEGIN {RS=",|\n"} /Apples|Pommes|Mele/{total+=100; apples++; if (apples%4==0) total-=100;} /Pommes/{pommes++; if (pommes%3==0) total-=100; } /Mele/{mele++; if (mele%2==0) total-=50;} /Cherries/{total+=75; cherries++; if (cherries%2==0) total-=20;} /Bananas/{total+=150; bananas++; if (bananas%2==0) total-=150;} //{fruit++; if (fruit%5==0) total-=200;} END{print total;} -
Bug statistics are a waste of time
Posted on May 17, 2011 | 40 CommentsLisa Crispin’s talk on defect management techniques for agile teams stirred some emotions at StarEast in early May. The idea that a team might not necessarily need a tool to track defects was, it seems, pure heresy. Luckily there were no calls to burn the witch, but many people at... -
Setting up a build pipeline in a legacy environment
Posted on May 16, 2011 | No CommentsAt the StarEast conference in Orlando earlier this month, Kristan Vingrys, global test practice lead at Thoughtworks, presented an experience report on setting up a build pipeline in an environment with multiple development streams, 3rd party delivery teams and a mix of legacy mainframe and new code. Here are some... -
A fresh perspective on the specification/script problem
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been ranting, writing and teaching about the danger of using scripts as specifications for a while. This is one of the top reasons why teams fail with specification by example. I’m by no means the first or the only one to warn about this. Ward Cunningham and Rick Mugridge...
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