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Methods & Tools - March 2015

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*** 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, Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin, Addison-Wesley,

*** News ***

Software Development Industry News

RoboVM Allows Cross-Platform Mobile App Development

Software Testing in the Cloud using Rapise Cloud Edition

Jenkins Reaches Than 100,000 Active Installations

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More Agile Testing

More Agile Testing is the sequel wrote by Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin to their book Agile Testing published in 2009. The book continues to explore the topic of software testing in an Agile context and provides more than 500 pages of knowledge to the Agile testing community, building on the foundations of the first book.