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><channel><title>Software Development Musings from the Editor of Methods &#38; Tools</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.martinig.ch/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.martinig.ch</link> <description>Software Development Musings from the Editor of Methods &#38; Tools</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:03:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>10 Resources for Code Review and Other Peer-based Software Quality Assurance Techniques</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/10-resources-for-code-review-and-other-peer-based-software-quality-assurance-techniques/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/10-resources-for-code-review-and-other-peer-based-software-quality-assurance-techniques/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:01:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software quality]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1273</guid> <description><![CDATA[Code reviews and software inspections have existed for a long time in the software engineering world. They have been however only adopted by a minority of software development projects. Programmers have always been reluctant to submit their code to the criticism of their peer. The pair programming technique promoted by the Agile approaches has faced the same obstacles and is regularly ranked in the bottom of the agile practices adoption surveys.
The situation has a little bit evolved with the development of tools for static code analysis. The automation of the ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/10-resources-for-code-review-and-other-peer-based-software-quality-assurance-techniques/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Scrum Gathering India 2013, Pune, July 26-27</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/scrum-gathering-india-2013-pune-july-26-27/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/scrum-gathering-india-2013-pune-july-26-27/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1270</guid> <description><![CDATA[Methods &#38; Tools is proud to be the media sponsor of the upcoming Scrum Gathering India Regional 2013 that will take place in Pune, July 36 and 27 2013.
For Scrum , Agile and Lean Practitioners, Scrum Gathering India Regional 2013 is a unique opportunity to share and learn from Agile and Scrum community leaders, fellow practitioners and coaches. As a participant, you also get a chance to discuss and deliberate with experts on how to take your organization to next level of maturity using Agile, Scrum, Lean and other new ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/scrum-gathering-india-2013-pune-july-26-27/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The ScrumMaster as a Chess Master</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/the-scrummaster-as-a-chess-master/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/the-scrummaster-as-a-chess-master/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:34:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1265</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the preface of his book Essential Scrum, Kenneth Rubin writes &#8220;giving a new Scrum team just The Scrum Guide and expecting good results would be like giving a new chess player a 15-page description of the rules of chess and expecting her to be able to play a reasonable game of chess after reading it.&#8221;
I like this analogy as the basic rules of Scrum seem simple, but a successful Scrum project, like a good chess game, depends on the ability to use these rules in the game context. ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/the-scrummaster-as-a-chess-master/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Linkopedia April 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-april-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-april-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:34:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[project management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1261</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is our monthly selection of interesting knowledge material on programming, software testing and project management:
Web site: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Java Coding Standard (PDF)
Web site: Guidelines for Unit Testing Python Code
Web site: The Agile Atlas
Article: Basing Earned Value on Technical Performance (PDF)
Article: Ten Tips for Constructing an Agile Database Development Environment that Works
Article: Taking on a Project in Difficulties
Article: Iteration Retrospective Activity: Turn the Tables
Article: QTP Best Practices
Article: Dot NET Assemblies and Strong Name Signature
Tools: Zucchini, a visual iOS testing framework
Tools: cipra, a C++11 unit testing framework
Video: How Good ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-april-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Conferences Forecast April 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-april-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-april-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:43:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Java]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1257</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is a list of software development related conferences and events that will take place in the coming weeks and that have media partnerships with the Methods &#38; Tools software development magazine:
STAREAST, April 28–May 3 2013, Orlando, USA
GeeCON, May 15-18 2013, Krakow, Poland
ICSE 2013, May 18-26 2013, San Francisco, USADevOps Summit Europe: Enabling DevOps, 23 May 2013, London, UK
NxtGenTesting – Next Generation Testing conference, 23 May 2013, London, UK
Android DevCon Spring, May 28-31 2013, Boston, USA
Better Software &#38; Agile Development Conference West, June 2-7 2013, Las ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-april-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Be Strongly Agile: Show Your Weaknesses</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/be-strongly-agile-show-your-weaknesses/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/be-strongly-agile-show-your-weaknesses/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:28:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[headline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1249</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am frequently amused when the same people who believe that it is not possible to get the requirements for a product correct up front, and therefore want to use Scrum for development, will in the next breath explain how they aren’t quite ready to start using Scrum because they haven’t worked out all of the details of their Scrum approach! This type of thinking is poorly aligned with fundamental Scrum principles.
When employing Scrum, you shouldn’t worry about getting things perfect up front. You can’t! And trying to be perfect ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/be-strongly-agile-show-your-weaknesses/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Conferences Forecast March 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-march-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-march-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:15:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1245</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is a list of software development related conferences and events that will take place in the coming weeks and that have media partnerships with the Methods &#38; Tools software development magazine:
STARCANADA, April 8–12 2013, Toronto, Canada
Big Data TechCon, April 8-10 2013, Boston, USA
GOTO Zurich, April 8-12, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
GOTO Zurich for Leaders, April 8-12, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
JAX, April 22-26 2013, Mainz, Germany
STAREAST, April 28–May 3 2013, Orlando, USA
GeeCON, May 15-18 2013, Krakow, Poland
ICSE 2013, May 18-26 2013, San Francisco, USADevOps Summit Europe: Enabling DevOps, 23 May 2013, ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-march-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Building Agile Teams, Distributed Testing and ACID NoSQL in the in Spring 2013 issue of Methods &amp; Tools</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/building-agile-teams-distributed-testing-and-acid-nosql-in-the-in-spring-2013-issue-of-methods-tools/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/building-agile-teams-distributed-testing-and-acid-nosql-in-the-in-spring-2013-issue-of-methods-tools/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:09:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Methods & Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[database]]></category> <category><![CDATA[featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1242</guid> <description><![CDATA[Methods &#38; Tools – the free e-magazine for software developers, testers and project managers – has just published its Spring 2013 issue with the following articles:
* Immersive Interviewing &#8211; Building Great Agile Software Teams
* Software Testing in Distributed Teams
* The Return of ACID in the Design of NoSQL Databases
* Saga JavaScript Code Coverage Analysis
* Behat: The BDD library for PHP
* LibrePlan Open Source Project Management
* RoboSpock &#8211; Behavior Driven Development (BDD) for Android
50 pages of software development knowledge that you can freely download from http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?spring13
]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/building-agile-teams-distributed-testing-and-acid-nosql-in-the-in-spring-2013-issue-of-methods-tools/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Linkopedia March 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-march-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-march-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:35:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[project management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[requirements]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1238</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is our monthly selection of interesting knowledge material on programming, software testing and project management:
Blog: Supporting Fast-Moving Business Requirements Using Approval Branching
Blog: Cynical Agile and Scrum Dictionary
Blog: Real-time QA: staying confident with code
Blog: Ten Things I Hate About Object-Oriented Programming
Article: The Estimation Net
Article: State of Mobile Testing 2013
Article: Functional-Style Programming in C++
Article: Managing Virtual Software Development Projects
Article: Does Scrum Eliminate Project Risk?
Tools: Metrics &#8211; a Java library giving you insight into production code
Tools: Lumbar &#8211; a modular JavaScript build tool
Video: So You Are Automated… Now Let’s Make it Fast!
Video: ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-march-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Architecture Articles of 2012</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/software-architecture-articles-of-2012-selection/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/software-architecture-articles-of-2012-selection/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:49:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software architecture]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1228</guid> <description><![CDATA[Software architecture is a key factor for the sustainability of software applications. If you are developing software that need to evolve or scale, you will find below some articles published in 2012 and that will provide you with interesting knowledge on various aspects of software architecture like Cloud, SOA, web services, Agile or patterns.
Architecting for Sustainable Software Delivery
With increasing emphasis on avionics system rapid development and reduced cycle times, software architecting practices can be applied with agility to enhance evolving stakeholder concerns while sustaining long-term business goals.
SOA and Cloud Computing
You ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/software-architecture-articles-of-2012-selection/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Conferences Forecast February 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-february-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-february-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:20:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1224</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is a list of software development related conferences and events that will take place in the coming weeks and that have media partnerships with the Methods &#38; Tools software development magazine:
SPTechCon, March 3-6 2013, San Francisco, USA
EclipseCon 2013, March 25-28, 2013, Boston, USA
STARCANADA, April 8–12 2013, Toronto, Canada
Big Data TechCon, April 8-10 2013, Boston, USA
GOTO Zurich, April 8-12, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
GOTO Zurich for Leaders, April 8-12, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
JAX, April 22-26 2013, Mainz, Germany
ICSE 2013, May 18-26 2013, San Francisco, USA
Android DevCon Spring, May 28-31 2013, Boston, USA
International PHP ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-february-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Linkopedia February 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-february-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-february-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:23:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1218</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is our monthly selection of interesting knowledge material on programming, software testing and project management:
Blog: A Scrum Product Owner Checklist
Blog: How to create a User Story Map
Blog: Effective Steps to reduce technical debt: An agile approach
Blog: Top 5 TDD Mistakes
Article: Scaling the Sprint Review: The Fair
Article: Case Study of Customer Input For a Successful Product (PDF)
Article: Choose the best PaaS cloud for your needs
Article: SQL Injection through HTTP Headers
Article: Using Commercial Scrum Tools for Free
Tools: TestMob, a distributed Javascript unit test system
Tools: Cmockery, unit tests for C applications
Video: Software ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-february-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Could be the Least Important Result of a Project</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/books/software-could-be-the-least-important-result-of-a-project/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/books/software-could-be-the-least-important-result-of-a-project/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:34:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[requirements]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1206</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;[Deliverables] is the least important level of an impact map. Don’t try to make it complete from the start. Refine it iteratively as you deliver. Treat deliverables as options, don’t take it for granted that everything listed here will actually be delivered. Don’t go into a lot of details early on, there will be time for that later.&#8221;
This is a quote from the &#8220;Impact Mapping&#8221; book written by Gojko Adzic. This book propose an approach that suggests a good sequence of the questions that should be asked before starting a ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/books/software-could-be-the-least-important-result-of-a-project/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Conferences Forecast January 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-january-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-january-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:56:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1202</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is a list of software development related conferences and events that will take place in the coming weeks and that have media partnerships with the Methods &#38; Tools software development magazine:
Agile India, February 26 &#8211; March 4 2013, Bengaluru, India
SPTechCon, March 3-6 2013, San Francisco, USA
EclipseCon 2013, March 25-28, 2013, Boston, USA
STARCANADA, April 8–12 2013, Toronto, Canada
Big Data TechCon, April 8-10 2013, Boston, USA
GOTO Zurich, April 8-12, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
GOTO Zurich for Leaders, April 8-12, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland
JAX, April 22-26 2013, Mainz, ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/conferences/software-development-conferences-forecast-january-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Methods &amp; Tools 20th Anniversary</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/methods-tools-20th-anniversary/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/methods-tools-20th-anniversary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:36:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Methods & Tools]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1197</guid> <description><![CDATA[The first issue of Methods &#38; Tools was printed in January 1993 as a 16 pages newsletter. This small publication had the goal to spread knowledge about software development methods and tools with a global perspective (Methods &#38; Tools is based in Switzerland and English is a foreign language for me) Today Methods &#38; Tools still has the same objective and wants to thanks all the authors from the five continents that shared their knowledge in our pages in the past 20 years.
In this first issue, the editorial was about ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/methods-tools-20th-anniversary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Linkopedia January 2013</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-january-2013/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-january-2013/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:15:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1192</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is our monthly selection of interesting knowledge material on programming, software testing and project management:
Web site: Practical API Design
Web site: Impact Mapping
Web site: Source Code Analysis Tools
Web site: Coding the Architecture
Blog: Transitioning from time estimation to relative estimation
Blog: Test Driven Retrospectives
Article: Your Client Isn&#8217;t Your Product Owner
Article: The Transaction Manifesto: A Direction for NoSQL Database Technology
Article: Java Secure Random Number Generation
Article: The Business Analyst Role in Agile Software Development
Tools: CMocka, a unit testing framework for C
Tools: Saga, a code coverage tool for JavaScript
Video: Intelligent Mistakes in Test Automation
Video: People: ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/links/software-development-linkopedia-january-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ten 2012 Software Architecture Videos to Watch</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/videos/ten-2012-software-architecture-videos-to-watch/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/videos/ten-2012-software-architecture-videos-to-watch/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:35:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software architecture]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1181</guid> <description><![CDATA[Even if the current Agile approach consider software architecture more like a deliverable that will emerge during the Scrum iterations than a foundation that must be completely defined before starting your software development project, the architecture of your application remains one of the key factor for its capacity to evolve and survive.
Here are ten presentations on software architecture from last year software development conferences that available on videos and that can help you understand the current trends in software architecture:
Service Oriented Architecture at Square: Learn how Square is approach SOA ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/videos/ten-2012-software-architecture-videos-to-watch/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Development Checklists: What to Do or What Should Have Been Done?</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/software-development-checklists-what-to-do-or-what-should-have-been-done/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/software-development-checklists-what-to-do-or-what-should-have-been-done/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:46:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[headline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software process]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1172</guid> <description><![CDATA[At the end of the past century, the approaches and methodologies (Information Engineering, RUP, CMMI) that were trying to improve software development processes and projects had a huge documentation on how to do things, initially on large documents sets and then on CDs. Checklists were often used as gateways between project phases and you had to confirm that every goal of the phase has been addressed. Then came the Agile Manifesto that proposed a new approach preferring &#8220;Individuals and interactions over processes and tools&#8221;.
This switched the software development process ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/software-development/software-development-checklists-what-to-do-or-what-should-have-been-done/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Testing, Agile Facilitation and JavaScript Quality in Winter 2012 issue of Methods &amp; Tools</title><link>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/software-testing-agile-facilitation-and-javascript-quality-in-winter-2012-issue-of-methods-tools/</link> <comments>http://blog.martinig.ch/methods-tools/software-testing-agile-facilitation-and-javascript-quality-in-winter-2012-issue-of-methods-tools/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:58:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Methods & Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nosql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[software testing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1164</guid> <description><![CDATA[Methods &#38; Tools &#8211; the free e-magazine for software developers, testers and project managers &#8211; has just published its Winter 2012 issue with the following articles:
* Testing Performance of Mobile Apps &#8211; Part 2: A Walk on the Server Side
* Agile Facilitation &#38; Neuroscience: Transforming Information into Action
* Test Driven Development Traps
* Data Management Tools for Embedded Application Development
* JSHint &#8211; a JavaScript Code Quality Tool
* No More Mocks in NoSQL Applications with NoSQLUnit
60 pages of software development knowledge that you can freely download from http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?winter12
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isPermaLink="false">http://blog.martinig.ch/?p=1158</guid> <description><![CDATA[Software maintenance is an important, but rarely discussed, activity in software development. In its last poll, Methods &#38; Tools asked the question: &#8220;What part of your software development budget is devoted to maintenance (enhancing deployed software)?&#8221;
The results were:
Participants: 192 / 433
Ending date: December 2012 / October 2007
Source: Methods &#38; Tools Software Development Magazine
This survey shows that the share of maintenance in the software development budgets is increasing, even if software development budgets are also supposed to get bigger. A similar poll on the same topic was performed by Methods ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.martinig.ch/numbers/increased-software-development-maintenance-costs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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