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Methods & Tools - April 2016
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*** Quote of the Month ***
Having conversations
is more important than capturing conversations
is more important than automating conversations.
Source: Liz Keogh, "Behavior Driven Development", http://www.slideshare.net/lunivore/behavior-driven-development-11754474
*** News ***
Software Development Industry News
New Node.js Foundation Survey Released
DataStax Launches DataStax Enterprise Graph
ZenHub releases Epics for Project Management Inside GitHub
IntelliJ IDEA Starts the JetBrains Toolbox 2016.1 Update
SmarteSoft and Inflectra Partner to Optimize QA and ALM Portfolios
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*** Books ***
Being Agile in Business
If agile started as a software development movement, the customer has been at the center of its values since its initial statement. The usage of agile and lean has now widespread beyond the IT world. In her book "Being Agile in Business", Belinda Waldock explains the agile and lean approaches from a business perspective.
Read the review and quotes from Being Agile in Business.
Reference: Being Agile in Business, Belinda Waldock, Pearson
*** Linkopedia ***
Software Development Linkopedia April 2016
Web site: Agile Scaling Knowledgebase
Blog: What do you make as a manager?
Blog: Do We Need A New Word For ‘Velocity’?
Blog: TDD and the “6 Do’s and 8 Skills” of Software Development
Blog: Recruiting Software Developers – Initial Contact
Blog: Learn how to manage technical debt from a business perspective
Article: Supporting Distributed Scrum Teams
Article: API Management Introduction and Principles
Article: Unwritten Rules
Article: Integrate Manual and Automated Testing in a Test Plan
Article: Scaling Agile Approaches
Tools: Helios – Open source reactive socket middleware for .NET
Tools: Testopia is a test case management extension for Bugzilla
Video: Adapting Agile to Distributed Teams
Video: Smarter Testing with Smarter Testers
Video: Machine Learning for Software Developers
Video: Agile Metrics Beyond the Burndown Chart
Video: 5 Key Patterns for Test Automation
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