Should a Tester Be Afraid to Hear the Word Refactor?
I used to cringe when I heard developers say they were going to refactor some code. To me, as a tester, that meant they were going to change working code and possibly introduce bugs into the software. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? Why are we refactoring it? Truly, the answer lies in […]
You! Might Be an Agile Tester
You! Might Be an Agile Tester… Here’s my list of 12 reasons you migh be an Agile Tester: If you work in close proximity to Developers, you might be an Agile Tester. If you are test-infected. If you think automated testing is key in software development. If you invite yourself to meetings that you weren’t […]
Maintaining a Healthy Backlog
Our prior post, Evolution of a User Story, provides a better understanding of how a new feature or product transforms from high-level epics to sprint-sized or incremental stories. Let’s zoom out now and focus on how your backlog will be affected while user stories are evolving, grooming sessions are happening, and sprints are in progress. […]
Evolution of a User Story
Many Product Owners we work with find themselves struggling with when and how they should break their epics down into an actionable user story. In this post, we’ll talk more about the “when” portion and how you can get into a regular cadence of evolving your backlog. We will focus mainly on Scrum teams in […]
Infrastructure Agility
Whether your team is agile, lean, or anything else you have likely run into frustrations with your infrastructure See if any of the following strike a chord with you in relation to Infrastructure Agility: You aren’t sure how your servers are configured Your servers, workstations, etc. aren’t configured the same way Nobody is sure who […]