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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - December 2010

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*** Linkopedia ***

Linkopedia December 2010

Blog: Seven Deadly Sins of Measurement Programs – Greed

Blog: The Value of Retrospectives for Requirements

Blog: Deployment automation versus release management automation

Blog : Back to Basics: Understanding IoC

Article: An Example ScrumMaster’s Checklist

Article: Just Enough Architecture: The Risk-Driven Model

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Tool: Aubergine - .Net Behavior Driven Development

Video: Real Software Engineering

Video: Testing: Why Don’t We Do It Like This?

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*** Books ***

The Jazz Process – Collaboration, Innovation and Agility by Adrian Cho

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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:
* Non-Functional Requirements: Do User Stories Really Help?
* Process Improvement, the Agile Way
* Testing Dojos
* Solid Configuration Management
* Complexity Theory for Software Developers
* Agile Risk Management
* Persona Driven Development
* Camel Tool
* ArgoUML Tool
* ServiceMix Tool
* Ant Tool
* Maven Tool
* Tellurium Tool
* GiveWenZen Tool
* Apache CXF Tool
* Selenium Tool
* RSpec Tool
* FEST Tool
* Cruise Control.net Tool
* Liquibase Tool