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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - May 2013
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Software Development Linkopedia May 2013
Blog: Agile Scenarios and Storyboards
Blog: The difference between Test First and Test Driven Development
Blog: Daily Process Thoughts: Agile Coach or Scrum Master
Blog: Daniel Cook on 8 Laws of Productivity
Blog: 5 Things That Will Make Your Agile Development Project FAIL
Article: Transitioning to Agile
Article: Exploratory test adventure: a creative, collaborative learning experience (PDF)
Article: Designing Experiences for Responsive Web Sites
Article: Is Agile Always Appropriate?
Article: SQL Performance Issues: Query Compilation
Article: The Implications of Having a Definition of Done on Fixed-priced Contracts
Article: Testing Android Apps with Robotium and JBehave
Tools: once:radix is a Rapid Application Development system for the Web
Tools: ]project-open[ is a web-based Enterprise Project Management software
Video: How About Learning F***ing Programming?
Video: Why Software Engineering is a Fake Discipline and What to do About It
Video: Mastering Java Deployment Skills
Video: Failing a Software Development Project Fast
Video: Lessons Learned from Managing Software Testing Teams
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*** Books ***
Mastering the Requirements Process
In an era where managing requirements could seem to be limited to writing user stories with a "as a … I want … so that" format on a post-it, it could be strange to publish a 500 pages book on this topic. However, people that want to go a little bit further on the requirements topic will find a very valuable resource in this book by Suzanne and James Robertson that explore in details the relationship between the IT and business part of software development projects.
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Reference: Mastering the Requirements Process (3rd edition), Suzanne Robertson and James Robertson, Addison-Wesley, IBSN 978-0-321-81574-3
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*** Quote of the Month ***
It may appear that the no-goal-altering-change rule is in direct conflict with the core Scrum principle that we should embrace change. We do embrace change, but we want to embrace it in a balanced, economically sensible way.
Source: Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process, Kenneth Rubin, Addison-Wesley,
*** Conferences ***
Android DevCon Spring, May 28-31 2013, Boston, USA
Better Software & Agile Development Conference West, June 2-7 2013, Las Vegas, USA
International PHP Conference, June 2-5 2013, Berlin, Germany
JaxConf, June 3-5 2013, Santa Clara, USA
webinale, June 3-5 2013, Berlin, Germany
Scrum Day, June 11-12 2013, Berlin, Germany
GOTO Amsterdam, June 18-20 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scrum Gathering India Regional, July 26-27 2013, Pune, India
Agile2013, August 5-9 2013, Nashville, USA
SPTechCon, August 11-14 2013, Boston, USA
Agile On The Beach, 5-6 September 2013, Falmouth Cornwall UK
Agile Business Conference, October 9-10 2013, London, UK
Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 14-16 2013, Portland, USA
Jazoon International Conference for the Software Community, October 22-23 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
Android DevCon West, November 12-15 2013, San Francisco
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Methods & Tools Article Pipeline
In our future quarterly PDF issues, you will find articles on:
* Mobile Apps Performance Testing
* Business Patters for Software Developers
* Scrum Spring Length
* Scrum and Risk Management
* Teaching the Value of Acceptance Tests
* Agile Software Architecture Sketches
* Software Craftmanship
* API Design
* Apache Isis
* Zuchinni
* GVM (Groovy enVironment Manager)
* git-TFS
* CodernityDB
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