The Eleventh Commandment of Software Development
Published September 29th, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | 1 Comment
During my software development career, I have seen many software development approaches or methodologies used in different organizations. When a new and supposedly better approach is promoted, some people tend to adopt it with an attitude that could sometimes be close to a religious zeal. Software companies have noticed this and they now employ “product evangelists”. As a consequence, new believers are often rejecting completely what has been done previously and adopting a “us against them” attitude, especially when the new approach is still a small movement fighting against an established methodology. Read more
October Software Development Conferences
Published September 24th, 2009 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment
Here is a list of software development related conferences that will take place in October and that are partners with Methods & Tools:
* Software & Systems Quality Conference, October 5, London, UK
* STARWEST 2009 Software Testing Analysis & Review Conference, October 5-9 2009, Anaheim, USA
* MedConf, October 13-15 2009, Munich, Germany
* Agile Business Conference 2009, October 13-14 2009, London, UK
* Scandinavian Agile Conference 2009, October 15-16 2009, Helsinki, Finland
* Software Test & Performance Conference, October 19-23 2009, Cambridge, USA
* Agile Tour 2009, October 20 2009, Toronto
* Practical Product Lines 2009, October 20-21 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* QA TEST, 21-23 October 2009, Bilbao, Spain
* SubConf, October 27-29 2009, Munich, Germany
* Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 26-28 2009, Portland, USA
* TheServerSide Java Symposium Europe, October 27-28 2009, Prague, Czech Republic
* expo:QA International Software Testing and Quality Conference 2009, October 27-29, Madrid, Spain
* Software & Systems Quality Conference, October 28-29 2009, Melbourne, Australia
* ApacheCon US 2009, November 2-6 2009, Oakland, USA
* RiskConf, November 3-5 2009, Munich, Germany
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Scrum, Java, Testing and UML in Methods & Tools Fall 2009
Published September 22nd, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | 3 Comments
Methods & Tools Fall 2009 issue has just been published with the following articles:
* Mature Scrum at Systematic: mixing CMMI and Scrum in the same company
* Implementing Automated Software Testing: metrics that help manage the transition to software testing automation
* The Spring Framework: an introduction to this java framework, aspect oriented programming and inversion of control
* The Learning View: how to improve your learning capabilities as a software developer
* Time and Synchronization in Executable UML
75 PDF pages of software development knowledge that you, your colleagues and friends can download freely from
http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?fall09
Finding a Good Agile Coach
Published September 17th, 2009 Under Quotes | Leave a Comment
“Agile is all about teams working together to produce great software. As an Agile coach, you can help your team go from first steps to running with Agile to unleashing their full Agile potential.”
“The art of Agile coaching is understanding the situation, the values underlying Agile software development, and how the two can combine. As an Agile coach, you don’t need to have all the answers; it takes time and a few experiments to hit on the right approach. We’ve worked with teams who’ve come up with great solutions, and we learn from every team we work with.”
“Don’t expect to get recognition for your work as an Agile coach. It’s a supporting role rather than one that delivers direct benefits. A good coach gives credit to the team. When you work on an idea with Frank, it’s Frank’s idea if it succeeds, and if it doesn’t, then commiserate together.”
Some good points to keep in mind the next time you will be looking for some help to transition to Agile.
Source: “Agile Coaching”, Rachel Davies and Liz Sedley, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 250 pages
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350 Java Articles to Improve your Knowledge
Published September 16th, 2009 Under Links | Leave a Comment
The software development articles directory has now more than 1700 references to articles categorized by programming language or software development domain (software testing, database, etc.). The Java category is the most important one with close to 350 articles. The five most popular articles are:
* Application Facades
* Driving On CruiseControl – Part 1
* Examining the Validity of Inversion of Control
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