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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - October 2011

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Bug Tracking Tool Usage Survey

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Software Testing Training Survey

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*** Jobs ***

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*** Linkopedia ***

Software Linkopedia October 2011

Web site: The Handbook of Software Architecture

Blog: Metrics for Agile

Blog: Improving our interview process

Blog: Pitfalls of the Stand-up Meeting

Blog: Transforming to Collaborative Agile Teams

Article: Moneyball for Software Engineering

Article: Functional Testing with Arquillian

Article: Tracking Software Projects from a Financial Perspective

Article: Reflections on Virtual Teams

Tool: scrumblr- simple open source scrum board

Tool: Jubula Functional Testing with Eclipse

Video: Overcoming Self-Organization Blocks

Video: Javascript Testing at Google

Video: Compositional CRUD for SOA

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*** Books ***

Lean Integration by John G. Schmid & David Lyle

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*** Conferences ***

Open Agile, November 2 2011, Bucharest, Romania

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 - Part 2
* Make Your Culture Work with Agile and Kanban
* Software Architecture
* UML Best Practices
* Narrative Journey Maps
* Scrum Burndown Charts
* CUBRID Tool
* Scala Build Tool
* Cucumber Tool
* Chili Tool
* Scrum-IT Tool
* Sureassert Tool
* Guarana Tool