Google ads opinion of agile development
Google ad selection algorithms seem to be getting weirder and weirder. Here is what came out today related to a mail thread on agile development.
specification by example Archive
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Bridging the Communication Gap: now available
Posted on December 29, 2008 | 2 CommentsI just ordered the final print proof copy of my new book, Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing (ISBN: 978-0-9556836-1-9), which means that the paperback will start shipping in a week or so. PDFs are immediately available. The book is about improving communication between customers,... -
Specification workshops: an agile way to get better requirements
Posted on November 12, 2008 | 1 CommentOne of the key things missing from a lot of places where people try to implement agile acceptance testing is working collaboratively on examples. Although this sounds as a minor issue, in fact it is one of the core practices. If it is missing, there is no way to get... -
Specifying with examples
Posted on November 4, 2008 | 1 CommentIn order to get requirements, business analysts often work through a number of realistic examples with the customers, such as existing report forms or examining existing work processes. These examples are then translated to abstract requirements in the first step of the Telephone game. Developers extract knowledge from that and... -
Using Fitnesse pages as templates
Posted on October 21, 2008 | 1 CommentI’m getting this question very often from web site readers, and I’ve decided to put the answer online because it deals with a crucial misconception about FitNesse and signals a really bad usage practice. The question appears in different shapes, mostly around templating or simplifying complex scripts. This is the... -
Fitting agile acceptance testing into the development process
Posted on September 17, 2008 | 8 CommentsThe idea of the example-writing workshop to support acceptance testing seems to cause a lot of confusion and misunderstanding, at least judging from my two most recent talks and the questions during the discussion at the second Alt.NET UK conference. A lot of people seem to somehow contrast that to...
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