OK, so you’ve read the books, been to some conferences, talked to some experts, and now you’re ready to start migrating. If you are migrating one team you may be able to identify a scrum master, toss a book into the team room, put up a cardboard story board, and check back in a month. Larger enterprise […]
The decision on what types of tests to run within a sprint is the subject of much debate within the Agile community and organizations implementing Scrum. The methodology supports writing acceptance criteria for each unit of work (story) that defines when that item is “done”. That criteria is used to create a validation plan that […]
DevOps and test automation are important elements of an effective software development organization. Some organizations are having difficulty justifying the investment in test automation, particularly for legacy systems that were not automated from the beginning. This article describes some benefits and a financial model that has been used to justify investment in test automation. I […]
Implementing Kanban for a large development organization has unique challenges that must be overcome. While at Siemens Health Services, I was part of a steering team that had the responsibility of transforming an organization of three business units and approximately 50 Scrum teams from Scrum/Agile to Kanban. Fortunately we were successful and achieved […]
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