This post will give an overview of how to make a testing team work effectively alongside a development team during an agile sprint. The first step to ensuring the team works collaboratively is to make sure that all functionality that will be developed within the sprint, is well explained in frequent discussions and that everyone … Continue reading Testing Effectively in an Agile Project
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I am running the BUPA London 10km Race on May 30th and I have chosen to raise money for MENCAP. Having grown up with my sister Amy who has Asperger's, and living with my fiancee Heather who is a teacher who has worked with children like Amy, MENCAP has always been a charity close to … Continue reading London BUPA 10km
Once a team has completed all their planning, they will then start collaborating to complete user stories and meet the goal set. The daily scrum should be a short meeting where all members get together and should give responses to 3 simple questions: What did you do since the last meeting? What will you be … Continue reading Focused Stand-Ups – Constructive Daily Meetings
One of the major problems that teams trying to adopt agile tend to suffer from is trying to do too much too soon and expecting results instantly. For teams starting out on the agile journey, it is more important to get the basics right which is especially important for teams of a distributed nature. The … Continue reading Buddying Up to Aid Communication!
I'm not claiming to be an expert here but when kicking off a sprint, it is important that everyone in the team is aware of what is needed to be 'successful' in the sprint. When going into the actual planning meeting, the sprint team needs to have: A fully prioritised backlog User-stories which fit into … Continue reading Pre-Planning for a Sprint Planning Meeting
Following another 5.45 start, I managed to arrive at the venue for around 8.30am for the second day of the conference. I spent the first half hour or so before the second keynote speech talking to some of the guys from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre who were attending the conference in their numbers. Building … Continue reading Lessons Learned from Agile Cambridge 2010 Day 2
Being my first conference for just over 4 years, I was unsure of what to expect. Luckily, the journey was not eventful in anyway and finding the venue was relatively easy. It was great to join other professionals who were working in environments with varied amounts of agile methods being used. I felt that all … Continue reading Lessons Learned from Agile Cambridge 2010 Day 1
Working in an agile environment can be a productive and enjoyable experience, however these experiences always come with challenges. The main challenge that is seen in agile teams in 2010 is surely how to make the process successful with distributed teams. I have been part of Scrum teams with team members in 2 locations in … Continue reading Issues Faced By Distributed Agile Teams
As with everything, we have to start somewhere. I am going to use this platform to discuss my thoughts on a range of technical topics. Whether that be software engineering process or my woes with tools. Ever since I started my career just over 4 years ago as a CyberCrime researcher to the cross roads … Continue reading Hello World!
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