Software Development Conferences December 2011

Published December 27th, 2011 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment

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 & Tools software development magazine:

SCALE, January 20-22 2012, Los Angeles, USA

EclipseCon 2012 North America, March 26-29 2012, Reston, USA

Agile ALM Connect, March 26-29 2012, Reston, USA

ESE Conference, April 24-25 2012, Zurich, Switzerland

Gartner PPM and IT Governance Summit, 21-23 May 2012, National Harbor, USA

JAZOON’12, June 26-28 2012, Zurich, Switzerland

Find a more complete lis of upcoming software development conferences

Agile Culture, Scrum, User Experience and Software Architecture in the Winter 2011 issue of Methods & Tools

Published December 21st, 2011 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

Methods & Tools – the free magazine for software developers, testers and project managers – has just published its Winter 2011 issue with the following articles that focuses mainly on agile project management, software architecture and user experience. In addition, four open source software development tools are presented, two for software testing and two for project management. Winter 2011 issue content:

* How to Make Your Culture Work with Agile, Kanban & Software Craftsmanship
* How Software Architecture Learns
* Understanding of Burndown Chart
* The Psychology of UX – Part 2
* Cucumber: Behavior Driven Development in Ruby
* Sureassert Exemplars: Java Unit Testing Without Unit Tests
* ChiliProject: Modular Open Source Web-based Project Management
* Scrum-it: Virtual Open Source Scrum Board Application

70 pages of software development knowledge that you can download from http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?winter11

Specification by Example

Published December 15th, 2011 Under Books | Leave a Comment

After “Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing” published in 2009, Gojko Adzic continues to develop the Specification by Example concept. Specification by Example is a set of process patterns that facilitate change in software products to ensure the right product is delivered effectively. In this book, he presents the results of a research that covered 30 teams implementing 50 projects. After discussing the key process patterns, the book proposes six case studies that explain how organizations changed their specification process according to their context and culture. I recommend this practice-oriented book to every software development projects stakeholder, either on the developer or the customer side.

Web Site: http://www.specificationbyexample.com/

Reference: “Specification by Example – How successful teams deliver the right software”, Gojko Adzic, Manning, 249 pages, IBSN 978-1617290084

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Building the Right Product

Published December 8th, 2011 Under Quotes | Leave a Comment

“In the last decade, the software development community has strived to build software the “right” way, focusing on technical practices and ideas to ensure high-quality results. But building the product right and building the right product are two different things. We need to do both in order to succeed. Read more