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TestRail Test Management Beta

A first beta version of Gurock Software's upcoming web-based test case management tool TestRail is now available. TestRail is intended to help software...

0 replies - 185 views - 10/12/09 by Dennis G. in Announcements

Defining Kanban

There has been a long thread in the kanbandev group at Yahoo about how to define what a kanban system is, and is not. Defining kanban is important because...

5 replies - 3835 views - 06/09/09 by Henrik.Martensson in News

Agile 2009 Developer Jam Preview

Agile 2009 takes place in Chicago from August 24th - 28th. The call for papers is closed, and the agenda has been developed. The conference is composed of 20...

0 replies - 1572 views - 05/14/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

Agile Architecture or Accidental Architecture

Architecture is an overloaded term these days, and one that is not always easy to define. There's also a myth surrounding architecture and agile methods - some...

1 replies - 3551 views - 05/13/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

The Big Agile Practices Survey

Jurgen Appelo has published the results of his agile practices survey. The information he collected was sizeable, valuable, and interesting. There were a few...

0 replies - 2119 views - 05/12/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

So Now You're an Agilist...What's Next

 In this presentation, Jurgen Appelo talks about agility and the 12 laws of software development. Among other topics, he talks about motivation,...

1 replies - 3221 views - 04/21/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in Videos

Certification or Craftsmanship

About 10 years ago I recall studying profusely so that I might pass my Java programmer's certification exam. I purchased a copy of an exam cram book that had...

14 replies - 3657 views - 03/20/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

Agile Methods - Delivering Software Faster

A core tenet of agile methodologies is to help teams deliver software more quickly. But with the plethora of agile practices available to choose from, teams...

1 replies - 3836 views - 03/16/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

Big Teams & Agility - Take 2

In Big Teams & Agility, I talked about a macro process for agile development on large teams (those up to, possibly exceeding, 100 developers).

1 replies - 2328 views - 03/12/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

Clean Code - A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

The chapters of “Clean Code” are grouped into three parts. As it says in the introduction, part one “describes the principles, patterns and practices of writing clean code.” Part two contains...

1 replies - 5459 views - 03/02/09 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

Internal & External Releases

A recent post on InfoQ discusses a two part article by Israel Gat that argues in favor of internal vs external releases by decoupling the engineering aspects...

0 replies - 1467 views - 02/18/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News

LiquidTest - Browser Automation Testing Framework Released

During these testing times, you cannot afford to be inefficient. Correcting problems early in the development process is critical when producing quality...

0 replies - 941 views - 02/06/09 by Anthony Scotney in Announcements

Clean Code - Functions

This is an exercise in how to apply the principles found in Robert C Martins new book Clean Code. We performed it a code review last week on functions I had...

30 replies - 6626 views - 02/03/09 by Tomas Malmsten in Articles

Pulse Continuous Integration Server 2.0

Zutubi is excited to announce the release of Pulse 2.0! This release combines two huge new features: templated configuration and plugins, which we have...

0 replies - 1005 views - 12/17/08 by Jason Sankey in Announcements

Exploring the Deadly Sins of Rich Internet Applications

Let me begin with a story about my friend, a tech lead at a small business company. He was assigned the task of enriching his company's "Expense...

4 replies - 4037 views - 10/15/08 by robbiecheng in Articles