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Learn how to do Specification by Example
I’m speaking here:
- Agile Practitioners 2012, Tel Aviv, Israel, 30-31 January 2012
- Software Passion Summit, Göteborg, Sweden, March 19-20, 2012
- Scandinavian Developers conference, Göteborg, Sweden, April 17, 2012
- Dutch Testing Conference, Bussum, NL, 18 April
- Testing and Finance, London, 17 May 2012
Spec by Example workshop in London – March 15-16
The best course I’ve attended in my career. I loved that the instructor challenged us to think for ourselves and did not give us the answers straight away – Trond Svensen, SITS
agile2008 Archive
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FIT without fixtures
Posted on August 12, 2008 | 9 CommentsDuring the Agile 2008 conference, Mike Stockdale organised a mini-session where he and Rick Mugridge presented some new features and ideas that they are working on at the moment. The session led to a very interesting discussion on whether we could produce a variant of domain adapter/domain fixtures that allows... -
Agile 2008: the end
Posted on August 8, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe official programme of Agile 2008 conference just ended. With about 2000 attendees, 400 presenters and about thirty concurrent sessions running at any given time, this was by far the largest software development conference I ever attended. -
Adopting agile from inside: learnings from the BBC
Posted on August 8, 2008 | No CommentsMarcus Evans talked today at Agile 2008 about his experiences with migrating to agile practices at the BBC, during a session titled the FrAgile organisation. He discussed organisational changes, challenges and ideas that really worked for them during that period. -
The fifth element of the Agile Manifesto
Posted on August 8, 2008 | 9 CommentsRobert C. Martin delivered a very powerful speech yesterday at the Agile 2008 conference, titled Quintessence. Criticising software developers for not acting as professionals, he suggested adding a fifth principle to the Agile manifesto. -
Paying programmers: are bonuses bad and what to do about it?
Posted on August 7, 2008 | 8 CommentsMarry Poppendieck talked today at Agile 2008 about compensation schemes, attacking the traditional model of bonuses and appraisals. Pointing out that a traditional bonus system undermines teamwork and implies that most people will not do their best without additional financial incentives, she suggested focusing on more immediate and non-financial motivation...
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