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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - April 2012


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Our last poll was: Does your project use a software tool to plan, estimate and track project activities? The results show a widespread usage of project management tools with suprising numbers for open source tools.


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*** Linkopedia ***

Software Linkopedia April 2012

Web site: Agile Adoption Test

Blog: Splitting user stories: the hamburger method

Blogs: Thoughts on Infrastructure, Technical Debt, and Automated Test Framework

Blogs: Let’s Test prequel with Ilari Henrik Aegerter

Blogs: What is Capability?

Blogs: Sources of Variance

Articles: Acceptance Testing for Node.js

Articles: Metrics in Distributed Product Development

Articles: Can Support and Maintenance Become Agile?

Articles: Business Analysis and Software Requirements Certifications

Articles: Java for Robotics

Tools: FluentLenium, a framework that helps you writing Selenium tests

Tools: Selendion allows non-programmers to develop acceptance criteria/tests

Videos: Context-Based Agile

Videos: Software Architecture: Engineering or Bullshit?

Videos: Stop Mocking, Start Testing

Videos: A Lean Approach to Portfolio Management

Videos: Visual Project Management

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*** Quote of the Month ***

Instead of blindly accepting software requirements as a solution to an unknown problem, successful teams derive scope from goals. They begin with a customer’s business goal. Then they collaborate to define the scope that will achieve that goal.

Reference: "Specification by Example – How successful teams deliver the right software", Gojko Adzic, Manning, 249 pages, IBSN 978-1617290084


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ESE Conference, April 24-25 2012, Zurich, Switzerland

Future Insights Live, April 30 - May 4 2012, Las Vegas, USA

Android DevCon III, May 14-17 2012, San Francisco, USA

Gartner PPM and IT Governance Summit, 21-23 May 2012, National Harbor, USA

GOTO Amsterdam, May 24-26 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Agile Development Conference West, June 10–15 2012, Las Vegas, NV, USA

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JAZOON'12, June 26-28 2012, Zurich, Switzerland

Scrum Days 2012, July 5-6 2012, Walldorf, Germany

SPTechCon, July 22-25 2012, Boston, USA

Agile 2012, August 13-17 2012, Dallas, Texas

The Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC), October 8-10 2012, Portland, USA

WPDevCon October 22-24 2012, San Francisco, USA

Topconf Tallinn, November 1-2 2012, Tallinn, Estonia

Android DevCon IV, December 4-7 2012, San Francisco, USA

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* Evaluation of Open Source Components
* Acceptance Testing in Scrum
* DSDM Methods
* Mikado Method
* Robotium
* Mockito
* Jmeter Plugin

 
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