Test driven development or test driven design is a programming approach where before the developer writes any code, she first writes an automated test. This test will fail at first because no code exists. Then she write enough code to make the test pass. After that she might want to clean up or refactor her approach,…
Checkout the video below of Donovan Brown presenting on "Microsoft DevOps Transformation" at deliver:Agile 2019. Donovan explains how Microsoft's Azure DevOps (formerly Visual Studio Team System) went from a three-year waterfall delivery cycle to three-week iterations and open sourced the Azure DevOps task library and the Git Virtual File System. https://vimeo.com/334369858 Microsofts DevOps Transformation by Donovan…
Join us for the August 05 - August 06 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) training class in Washington DC. This course is a 2 day immersive training and learning experience that covers Agile values and Agile principles, the fundamentals of Scrum, the intricacies of the Scrum framework, Scrum roles and responsibilities, and the keys to a successful Scrum…
Agile2019 is being held in Washington DC this year. This is the Agile Alliance's main North America conference with over 2000 attendees that gather from around the word to learn, share and collaborate on all things Agile. Join us in DC on August 5th through August 9th. Find out more here.
Check out the video below of Michael Hamman presenting on "The Inner Game of Agility" at Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Michael explores the nature of inner agility, which refers to the sensemaking, communication, and relationship intelligence of an organization’s people. How might we concretely define the realm of inner agility? Why is it important…
Starting new teams and scaling up innovation is more important than ever. The key to success is applying different practices in different stages of the innovation lifecycle. What works for a new business does not work for a mature one, and vice versa. Join Jurgen Appelo and the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG) in this…
Testing is everyone’s responsibility. The entire team works collectively to develop a quality product. Most of the automation is done by the people writing the code using an approach known as Test Driven Development or Test Driven Design (TDD). This includes unit, integration, component, and system tests. These tests verify that the application works as intended.…
What does your task board say about your team? Many teams have a separate testing column. This indicates that we are still doing hand-offs from development to testing and that testing is an afterthought. Testing is not a phase that happens at the end of a project and it’s not a phase that happens at the…
Join Michael Sahota and the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG) in a hands-on workshop where we will co-create a working definition of the Agile Mindset that can guide our leadership behavior. We will explore the common pitfalls of leading organizational change and developing leaders around us. You will learn how to identify and overcome resistance…
Most teams today use an inverted pyramid where most of the tests are manual User Acceptance Tests and System tests and are manually executed via the UI. Unit tests are non-existent or are too few to be beneficial. In order to have a maintainable test suite, as explained in this post, the base of our pyramid…