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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - August 2012
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Software Development Linkopedia July-August 2012
Web Site: MoreAgile Manifesto
Blog: Beyond Test Driven Development
Blog: Hours, Velocity, Silo’d Teams, & Gantts
Blog: Requirements Elicitation
Blog: Agile Performance Engineering
Article: Testing the Big Picture on Agile Teams
Article: The RACI+F Matrix
Article: Standardized Dependency Injection in Java
Article: Retrospective Velocity
Article: Web Testing with Selenium in Spring Roo
Tools: Mockstar is a lightweight python library
Tools: Libreplan open source project management
Video: Agile Planning Advanced Topics
Video: PHP Code Smells
Video: 10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation
Video: ASP.NET Single-Page Application
Video: Lean Adaptive Management
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*** Quote of the Month ***
"Our agile adoption would be so much better if only we had management support." We have heard that many times, but be careful what you wish for – you might get it! In one enterprise that got official "everyone do agile" management support after an informal adoption had been going on for several years, we hear the complaint, "I wish we never had management support; now people are doing things for the wrong reasons."
Reference:Practices for Scaling Lean and Agile Development, Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, Addison Wesley, ISBN 978-0-321-63640-9
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Methods & Tools Article Pipeline
In our future quarterly PDF issues, you will find articles on:
* Mikado Method
* Getting Testing Done in the Sprint
* Embedded Testing with eFitness
* Mobile testing performance
* Acceptance Test-Driven Development
* Facilitating meetings
* Distributed testing teams
* Flyway
* PESTT
* Findbugs
* Open Twebst
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