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Methods & Tools - September 2015
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Agile Development, Better Software & DevOps Conference East, November 8–13 2015, Orlando, FL
Bring all aspects of the software lifecycle to the forefront. One registration gets you access to all three industry-leading events, with more than a hundred learning sessions and networking opportunities to choose from. Hear from Keynote speakers, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Jeffery Payne, Andy Hunt, and Sanjiv Augustine. Build your week at the conference with the topics that matter most to you.
*** Quote of the Month ***
Competencies versus Roles: We’ve seen a positive move toward emphasizing competencies in a team rather than roles or titles. As teams make that change, we see fewer “It’s not my job” excuses and more "How can I help?" conversations. Team members will continue to have core competencies in some areas more than others, but they may not identify as strongly with a particular role. For example, saying, "I am a tester" really means, "I perform mainly testing activities because that is my primary passion and strength. I can provide leadership and guidance to others, and I may also help in other areas.".
Source: "More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team", Janet Gregory, Lisa Crispin, Addison-Wesley.
*** News ***
Software Development Industry News
XebiaLabs Releases XL Deploy 5.1
Sauce Labs Expands Mobile Test Automation Cloud with Real Devices
JetBrains Switches to Subscription Model
Embarcadero Launches RAD Studio 10
Get all software development industry news and search for tools on SoftDevTools.com
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DevOps: The Missing Pieces - A Webinar on Continuous Testing & Monitoring
According to a December 2014 IDC Survey, the average cost of DevOps failures are more than $500k with a 25% application development waste. Download this webinar to see common challenges DevOps teams face and learn how to address gaps in your tools and workflows.
*** Linkopedia ***
Software Development Linkopedia September 2015
Web site: Week-end Testing
Blog: Why Self-Organizing is So Hard
Blog: Qualities of Quality
Blog: Managing Development – 5 Things I Learned
Blog: Practical Advice for New Software Engineers
Article: DevOps: A Software Architect Perspective of Overall Architecture
Article: Practical Postmortems at Etsy
Article: Scrum Maturity Assessment
Article: Jenkins Continuous Integration
Tools: Bazel is Google’s own open source build tool
Tools: Quixote is an open source library for unit testing CSS
Video: Transforming the Software Development Industry
Video: The Essential Skill of a Good Product Owner
Video: Web Performance Testing at YouTube
Video: Perfectly Executing the Wrong Plan
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Agile Greece Summit, September 18 2015, Athens, Greece
STARWEST - Software Testing Conference, September 27 - October 2 2015, Anaheim, CA, USA
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Top Conf Bucharest, September 28-29 2015, Bucharest, Romania
AgileByExample, September 28-30 2015, Warsaw, Poland
PM Camp Barcelona, October 2-3 2015, Barcelona, Spain
Manage Agile, October 5-8 2015, Berlin, Germany
Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 12-14, Portland, USA
JAX London, October 12-14, London, UK
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Bosnia Agile Day 2015, October 17, Sarajevo, Bosnia
Agile Tour London, October 23, London, UK
XP Days Ukraine, October 22-23, Kyiv, Ukraine
International PHP Conference, October 25-29, Berlin, Germany
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Big Data TechCon, November 2-4 2015, Chicago, USA
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TopConf Tallinn, November 18-19 2015, Tallinn, Estonia
XP Days Benelux, December 3-4 2015, Mechelen, Belgium
TopConf Linz, February 2-3 2016, Linz, Austria
Embedded Meets Agile, February 16-18 2016, Munich, Germany
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