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NUnit 2.5 Alpha released
NUnit one of the original .NET Unit Testing frameworks has just released its 2.5 Alpha. Altough there is only a minor version number change there are a significant number of new features, including: Support for Data Driven Tests, a Parallel Test Runner, ...
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Results of Agile Adoption Survey 2008
In February 2008, Dr. Dobb's conducted a survey on Agile adoption and the success rate of Agile software development. The survey revealed some interesting results on various parameters, including: adoption, scalability, iteration length, and team location.
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InfoQ China Colour Scheme Goes Gray in Consideration of Earthquake Victims
As China began a three-day official mourning period from May 19th for victims of the May 12 earthquake that happened in Sichuan Province in southwestern China, InfoQ China joined other tech sites and on Monday and changed the whole site's colour scheme to gray as an act to express its mourning.
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Presentation: Agile Project Lifecycle in User Stories and Release Planning
In this presentation recorded during QCon London 2007, Rachel Davies, director of Agile Alliance, talks about the Agile development cycle starting with user stories and planning the releases.
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What Makes a Good Stand Up Meeting?
One of the most simple and yet most talked-about agile practices is the Daily Stand Up Meeting (a.k.a. Scrum). The most recent round of discussions around the subject is occurring right now on the scrumdevelopment Yahoo! group. This discussion has resulted in suggestions about what is important about a Daily Stand Up, how to perform one correctly, and several links to articles on the subject.
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How Long Should You Sprint For?
What factors influence the length of your sprint? When you're trying to pick a length, between two days and six weeks, what factors should you take into consideration? One coach has taken a stab at identifying shortening and lengthening factors.
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Interview: James Shore on “The Art of Agile Development”
In this interview taken by InfoQ's Deborah Hartmann during the Agile 2007 conference, James Shore, a prominent figure of the Agile community, talks about the book "The Art of Agile Development".
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Adopting Simple Design
A discussion about simple design is taking place on the extremeprogramming Yahoo! group that has already resulted in several useful recommendations. The discussion started off with a request for references concerning incremental design and quickly morphed into one about successfully adopting incremental design.
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Integrating Testers on to the Agile Team
What is the role of testers on an Agile team? What is their day to day experience like? What lessons have they learned
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What Might Happen if You Asked a Powerful Question?
Too often leaders, pressed for time, throw the easiest question at a team. But a moment's reflection, followed by a wise open-ended question can generate new possibilities when a team is stuck. This centuries-old educational technique, sometimes called "Powerful Questions," is a great tool for all team members, to transform "stuck" situations into learning opportunities.
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Article: Distributed Version Control Systems - a guide
Since Linus Torvalds presentation at Google about git in May 2007, the adoption and interest for Distributed Version Control Systems has been constantly rising. In this article, Sebastien Auvray introduces the concept of Distributed Version Control, see when to use it, why it may be better than what you're currently using, and have a look at three actors in the area: git, Mercurial and Bazaar.
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Seniority, Respect, Authority and an Agile Team
Senior members, who have been working in traditional teams, can face issues related to respect and authority when they come to an Agile team. An interesting discussion on Scrum Development group and Agile India group tries to uncover answers that Agile might have for the situation.
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Interview: Segundo Velasquez and Agile as Seen Through the Customer's Eyes
In an interview taken during the Agile 2007 conference, Deborah Hartmann interviewed Segundo Velasquez, co-founder of Mano a Mano Medical Resources, about his experience as customer with an Agile team during the initial phase of software design of a product.
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Are there weaknesses with Collective Code Ownership?
The Agile development community has been practicing Collective Code Ownership for long enough now that we had enough time to find some of the faults.
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Why Traditional Test-Automation Tools Stifle Agility
In recent times, much excitement has circulated about the direction of "next generation functional testing" tools. Alas, many agile organizations still struggle to make their traditional record-and-playback automated testing tools work for them. Elisabeth Hendrickson, aka "test Obsessed", tells them why to stop.