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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - August 2011

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*** News ***

Efficient UML: From Anti-Patterns to Best Practices

This session at the Jazoon Conference discussed some UML modeling anti-patterns. They then serve as a basis for discussing Unified Modeling Language best practices that could correct them. Read More...

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Platforms in the Cloud

During the first day at the Jazoon Conference, David Chappell gave an interesting keynote about the opportunities brought by the Cloud that he defines as a new available platform for software developers. His presentation was good, mixing both general overview information and more technical considerations that could interest software developers. Read More...

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*** Linkopedia ***

Software Linkopedia August 2011

Blog: What if your first cycle ends up with zero story points completed?

Blog: Performance Testing Basic’s – What is Throughput?

Blog: The Chaos Addiction

Article: 5 Common Mistakes We Make Writing User Stories

Article: Use Selenium Grid to enhance testing of web applications

Article: Dancing with Pigs

Tool: FunkLoad- Functional and Load Web Testing

Tool: Chrysalis- XML Refactoring

Video: What is Enough Design for Agile?

Video: Writing Reliable Selenium Tests

Video: Web Architecture versus Enterprise IT

Video: Writing Maintainable Code

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*** Books ***

Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust with Scrum by Watts S. Humphrey and James W. Over

The title of his last book is a little bit misleading as it is mainly focused on the Team Software Process (TSP) than presenting a broader perspective on software development management or leadership. The information in the book is well structured and the mix between the theory and practice parts is fairly balanced. I will recommend this book to every software development manager and project manager who is interested in getting an additional perspective on how to improve its projects results.

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Reference: Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust, Watts S. Humphrey and James W. Over, Addison-Wesley, IBSN 978-0-321-62450-5

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*** Conferences ***

Verify/ATI 2011 Conference, September 26-28 2011, Arlington, VA, USA

Scrum Day 2011, 27-28 September 2011, Darmstadt, Germany

STARWEST 2011, October 2-7 2011, Anaheim, USA

GOTO Aarhus, October 9-14 2011, Aarhus, Denmark

Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, Octobre 10-12 2011, Portland, USA

GOTO Amsterdam , October 13-14 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

iqnite 2011 South Africa, October 19 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa

Android DevCon, November 6-9 2011, San Francisco, USA
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Better Software Conference East, November 6–11 2011, Orlando, USA

Agile Development Practices East, November 6–11 2011, Orlando, USA

GOTO Prague, November 22-24 2011, Prague, Czech Republic

XP Day Benelux, December 1-2 2011, Mechelen, Belgium

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Methods & Tools is looking for open source tools articles

Methods & Tools has introduced this year a tool section in its PDF issues. I am therefore looking for short (3-4 pages, screenshots included) presentations articles of open source software development tools (JUnit for instance). If you are commiter to an open source project or working with such a tool and willing to present it to the readers of Methods & Tools, do not hesitate to contact me.

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Methods & Tools Article Pipeline

In future issues, you will find articles on:
* Psychology of UX
* Retrospective Dialogue Sheets
* HTML5
* Make Your Culture Work with Agile and Kanban
* Software Architecture
* UML Best Practices
* Narrative Journey Maps
* Gradle Tool
* Saros Tool
* Cucumber Tool
* Chili Tool
* Guarana Tool