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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
Three user group talks next week
Next week I’m in Oslo and Tallinn and I’ll be doing three user group talks – so this is a nice chance to meet up if you’re in the area. Breaking the TDD mould at XP Meetup, Oslo, Norway, October 24 Busting BDD Myths at NNUG, Oslo, Norway, October 25th…
communication Archive
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How to avoid getting lost in translation
Posted on January 30, 2008 | 1 CommentI am getting more convinced every day that communication is, in fact, what makes or breaks software projects. Programming tools, practices and methods are definitely important, but if the communication fails then the rest is just painting the corpse. From that point of view, getting the language right is one... -
Returning the favour for on-site customers
Posted on January 9, 2008 | 3 CommentsIn November, I attended a workshop on improving the understanding between customers and software development teams. The attendees were split into seven or eight groups, and there was an exercise at the end asking the members of each group to come up with a practice that could significantly improve the... -
Bear programming
Posted on December 26, 2007 | 4 Comments| View | Upload your own Kuniaki Igarashi posted a nice presentation on Omoiyari-Driven Development, with the core idea of programming while keeping in mind how other developers are going to use and understand your code. This practice aims to reduce misunderstandings among team members. I have a strong belief... -
How to sell TDD to non-technical stakeholders?
Posted on December 11, 2007 | 2 CommentsHow do we sell the test-driven approach on a wider scale to business analysts and customers? How do we get them involved in that process? It seems that a lot of the problems and confusion obstructing that effort come out of the misleading name of the term “acceptance tests”. Dan... -
Don’t deal with problems like Gaggia
Posted on June 14, 2007 | 8 CommentsFrom /dev/coffee to modeling transaction processing based on Starbucks shops, the world of coffee has often inspired programmers. Here is a not so bright example from the world of coffee, giving us a hint how problems should not be solved. We recently bought a new coffee machine, and after a...
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