Last week I went to a presentation about Scaled Agile Framework – SAFe. I’ve read a bit about it before, but this was a more broad introduction to the topic. It’s going to be a success. When I talk about why scrum succeeded in crossing the chasms from developer world to business world, the main
In March I’m going to Belgium Testing Days. I’m sure it’s going to be awesome. To make it more awesome, I made this video, the sequel to my Spaceship prequel. By the way, if you want a discount, my personal invitation (and personal discount code) to meet me below the movie. Enjoy! BTD 2014: Where’s
Writing end-to-end automated tests. They are important, but I don’t like to write them. Just thinking about setting up a system all ready for testing just a single test case, then cleaning up after it. Trying to think about all the things that can go wrong and can stop the build, because some environmental god
New year! So where can you find me next?Well, I’ll tell you.In the end of January, I’m going once again to the Agile Practitioners conference in Israel. The theme this year is “Learn from the best”, but since the best was busy, they got me instead. I’m going to talk about “Unit testing: the Prequel”
Recently posted on the Typemock blog: why our builds should be evergreen. Go check it out.
A recent comment on (the now legacy) “4 signs that agile is declining”: “Let me be clear: Every single failing or failed project I have seen in the last 35 years, regardless of development process, has had self-inflicted mortal wounds from execrable language skills and the resulting breakdown of communication. People nod their heads up
Because we know what it is like to read and debug a 500 lines method . And we don’t want to go through it again. Because we’re sure the other guys’ code can use improvement. Even if they thought otherwise. Because we can’t think at the same time about both the solution and its readability.
It’s been two months already, and Agile Eastern Europe is long past. Which is why it is a good opportunity to put my talk there “Not the agile I used to know” front and center.
Since this is my blog, I get to showcase things I’ve also written outside it. Don’t worry, it doesn’t mind. Of course, I’m keeping a list of (almost) everything I’ve written under the Publications page. But here are my latest. On the Typemock blog: My first TDD experience A brief history of continuous integration Icy
