Spec by Example mentoring programme
Specification by example mentoring is aimed at individuals who know the basics, want to improve and need support, knowledge and ideas not available online or through training courses. First group starts 1 June.
xpday08 Archive
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Doing the wrong thing right is better than doing the right thing wrong
Posted on December 19, 2008 | 2 CommentsDuring his lightning talk on the requirements trap at XP Day 08, Allan Kelly presented the results of a Bain Consulting research which looked into the effectiveness of IT, alignment with business goals and the effects of those two factors on sales and IT spending. -
Building a successful agile team
Posted on December 12, 2008 | 1 CommentJohn Rae and James Shiell presented tips and tricks for hiring the right people for an agile team yesterday during their session titled “Building a successful agile team” at XPDay 08 yesterday. Their startup grew rapidly last year, and was almost constantly hiring. The traditional hiring techniques and practices did... -
How do you decide when to pair program?
Posted on December 12, 2008 | 5 CommentsAt the XpDay 08 conference today, I participated in a workshop on pair programming organised by Matt Wynne and Laura Plonka. The participants were spit into several groups, discussing various challenges for the adoption and implementation of pair programming. I was in a group which was given a task to... -
Quality comes from cooperation
Posted on December 11, 2008 | 1 CommentChris Ambler, European test manager for Microsoft games, spoke about how games companies are testing software during his keynote Testing games is not a game – it’s serious stuff at XPDay 2008 today in London. Ambler said that the game industry is from a technology perspective doing much more bleeding... -
XpDay 08 open
Posted on December 11, 2008 | No CommentsXPDay 08 started today in London. XPDay is an insiders’ conference on agile development, held yearly in London and organised by the Extreme Tuesday club. Last year, there were quite a few interesting new ideas presented so I’m really looking forward to the sessions today and tomorrow. This year, most...
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