Unified Modeling Language (UML) Still Widely Used

Published May 25th, 2010 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment

In 1997, the Object Management Group (OMG) made the UML a standard modelling language for object-oriented applications. Has the Agile adoption changed the way organizations use UML? Read more

Can Developers and Testers Love Each Other?

Published March 15th, 2010 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment

After the results of a previous poll focused on functional testing automation, I wondered if there was still a great divide between the worlds of development and functional testing. So I did this follow-up question to check who was performing the functional testing. Read more

More Procedures in Software Configuration Management

Published November 23rd, 2009 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment

Our last poll examined how software configuration management (change management / version control) is performed by organisations. Is it an informal activity or performed with formal procedures that are validated by an automated tool?

2009 2006
No formal procedure and no tool 13% 15%
A formal procedure but no tool. 11% 10%
A tool but no formal procedure 17% 26%
A formal procedure and a tool 36% 49%
Continuous integration 23%

Participants: 271 (346 in 2006)

Ending date: November 2009 (April 2006) Read more

No Functional Testing for the Dumb Developer ?

Published August 31st, 2009 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment

A recent Methods & Tools survey tried to evaluate the usage of tools to automate execution of functional software tests. A similar poll was conducted in 2005 and it was interesting to compare the results. Read more

Software Development Training Survey: Between Ugly and Good

Published April 27th, 2009 Under Numbers, Software Development | Leave a Comment

Our question was: How many weeks of training have you followed on average the past 3 years??

None 23%
Less than one week 19%
One week (5 days) 15%
One to two weeks 18%
Two weeks to one month 8%
More than one month 17%

Number of participants: 258
Ending date: April 2009 Read more

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