Category: Teamwork
Study session difficulties, or the Learning Organisation challenge
January 17, 2007
In the Yahoo group supporting Cem Kaner’s Black Box Software Testing course, Anil Soni has been describing experiences organising and leading internal training, using the BBST course materials. One point in particular caught my attention: > The major challenge is to have all the testers together in the same time > needed for the group […]
Models of software development
January 16, 2007
After an email exchange with Matt Heusser, Matt has posted my comments on how our work tools sometimes influence our behaviour on projects. That’s because these work tools are based on models of how someone believe software should be developed. Perhaps more importantly, the tools that I’ve seen are usually designed to ensure that the […]
Sure, it's a developer's world, but still?
March 14, 2006
One more word on XP as methodology (well, a few more actually). Any methodology seems to me to be a snapshot of a solution to a particular problem that somebody solved at some point, with a particular set of people and skills in a specific context. There are occasional statements flying around the agile-testing group […]
The practice of simplicity (or Methodology perils)
February 13, 2006
Michael Bolton talks about the perils of simplicity in XP, especially when it comes to defining the word ‘work’. I’ve shared some ‘perils of XP’ conversations with Michael of late, so I wanted to consider my experiences on the topic. One thing that strikes me about software methodologies is that like many things which are […]
Valuing early feedback – Why wait until the end?
June 7, 2005
I suspect that my boss has helped focus this thought for me.� I began wondering about why people wait until finishing something before seeking feedback.� Underlying assumptions behind checking something at the end might be – – that you’re going to get it right first time. – that nobody knows better than you do. – […]
Values
January 14, 2005
Jon Eaves was blogging about problems related to development goals not aligning with business objectives and it resounded with some thoughts I had been having on company values. In addition to goal alignment, I’m thinking at the moment that alignment of values is equally important, or at the very least it helps when the true […]