Just a quick update on the prototype for our agile project. We’ve dramatically improved test coverage, implemented authentication-restriction for some functionality, and refactored a litte of the code. Read on for the latest stats on coverage and testing.
Agile / Agile Project: Ratings / Software development / Testing
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APR: Infrastructure Setup
This morning I finished up the infrastructure setup for our project. A bunch of under the hood work. Definitely required some propeller-head skills. The goal of this work is to get us to a working prototype as soon as possible. There are a couple links to some good agile testing […]
Agile / Product Management / Software development / Test Automation / Testing
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Is Agile Bad For Software Development?
Last week, Ivan Chalif, a product manager / blogger, tapped into a thread criticising product managers for not adopting and espousing agile, or at least rapid-release techniques. In this article we look at Ivan’s comments and one of the articles that he referenced. We also share our own perspective and an alternative analysis of what may have happened.
Business Analysis / Requirements / Requirements Models / Software development / Testing / Use Cases
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The Difference Between Use Cases and Test Cases
People who are new to software, requirements, or testing often ask “What’s the difference between a use case and a test case?” This article answers that question, by building on earlier articles about use cases and use case scenarios. At the soundbite level, each use case has one or more scenarios, and each use case scenario would lead to the creation of one or more test cases.
Agile / Communication / Process Improvement / Project Management / Software development / Testing
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Crossing The Desert With Bad Project Planning
Johanna Rothman recently wrote an article with a poignant introduction: “A project team focuses on an interim milestone, works like the devil to meet that milestone. They meet the milestone, look up, and realize they’re not at the end of the project–they still have to finish the darn thing. They’re living the Crossing the Desert syndrome.” Fixing it isn’t enough – how do we prevent it from happening?
Software development / Testing
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Rinse, Lather, Repeat – 10 Reasons to Repeat Tests
Why run a test more than once? If it passed the first time, we don’t need to run it again – or do we? James Bach provides ten good reasons to run the same test more than once.
Agile / Process Improvement / Software development / Software requirements specification / Test Automation / Testing
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Insight Into Test Driven Development
James Kovacs shares a great insight on software testing and the software testing process. His epiphany about test driven development makes it obvious to all of us why this technique is so powerful.
Software development / Test Automation / Testing
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John Henry, Manual Tester
There’s a piece of North American folklore about John Henry, who was a manual laborer during the expansion of the railroads in our country. His job was being replaced by steam-driven heavy equipment, as the railroad industry applied technology to become more efficient. The same dynamics are happening today with manual testers. We need to make sure that manual testers avoid John Henry’s fate – read on to see why.
Requirements / Requirements gathering / Software development / Testing
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Quality and Requirements – You Got Chocolate In My Peanut Butter
Quality writers are writing about requirements. Requirements writers are writing about quality. Just like the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup – Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together. You can’t have one without the other.