Planning with #NoEstimates Q&A on InfoQ
I was interviewed by Ben Linders for InfoQ on my upcoming workshop at Agile Testing Days 2015. Check it out!
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You Can’t Build An MVP
MVP is an acronym for Minimum Viable Product. Ever since the Lean Startup book and movement appeared, it has become the staple of “successfully building the right product”. It’s pretty clear, right? Minimum – it contains just the needed features that enable us to make money. Viable – people are willing to give us money for it.
The Speed of TDD
New post on Everyday Unit Testing – “TDD: Speed and Flow“. TDD may slow writing software, but is speeds up working software delivery, which is much more important.
Letting Go Of Technical Debt
The term “technical debt” was first introduced by Ward Cunningham as a metaphor. It was in the early 90s, when the rift between developers and business people was growing wide. The business people would urge developers do release untested, ugly code. The developers tried to explain why this was a bad mistake. (Not like today,
TDD Is Not As Simple As It Looks
A new post on Everyday Unit Testing on the simplicity of the TDD formula. Unfortunately, it’s not a simple as one makes it to be. Check it out!
“Rebooting ALM” Slides from Lean Agile Scotland 2015 (#LAScot15)
Had a great time in Edinburgh, and looking forward to getting back next year. Here are the slides.
TDD: How Can I Write A Test If The Code Is Not There?
New post on Everyday Unit Testing discussing this hard hitting question. Check it out!
How To Create A Systemic View Of An Organization
When on the Scrum Master Podcast, I was asked a very important question: How do I get a systemic view of the organization. This is worth going deeply into. Let’s start with why this view is valuable. The more I work with teams, I find there’s a limit of change I can make. Or, rather, they can
From Legacy Code to Testable Code #8: If-else to Guard Blocks
Yup, another one in the series is up on Everyday Unit Testing. Check it out.
Help Professional Developers Survive
A developer’s life is not simple. Developers need to contend with adding new software features, quickly, from different customers, while keeping up with technology. And do some support work in the middle. And, also meetings. However, the road to improvement through this complex situation can be a strange one. It sometimes starts with these suggestions, heard around