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Lighter and Faster: Two Strategies for Improved Agile Testing
Designing and maintaining test cases for a fast-paced agile team can be a real challenge. Testers don’t often receive rich requirements for test p...
- 05/11/2019
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- Posted by Fiona
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Continuous Testing Agility 2020 – Which 50% Will You Be in?
Cisco CEO John Chambers recently said the world is going through a new “digital revolution” that could add $19 trillion to the globa...
- 30/10/2018
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- Posted by Nicola
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Agile Coaching – Calibrating the MachTeam
As many know, I encourage test professionals to have a π-shaped profile. Personally, I do a lot of test consultancy, but have Agile Transition Coachi...
- 28/03/2017
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- Posted by Derk-Jan de Grood
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TDD For The Rest Of Us
Any agile methodology today will tell you that you have to use TDD to support it. But as it’s considered a developer’s job, many people with other...
- 21/03/2017
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- Posted by Daragh
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Scaling Agile with LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum)
Discover Tips for Scaling Agile with LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum). Now days, Agile software development has crossed the chasm, and it is time for the “...
- 09/03/2017
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- Posted by Daragh
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G(r)ood testing 24: The need for Agile test strategies
While I am writing this blog I am sitting at Schiphol airport. I am waiting for an early flight to London where I will be speaking on the SIGIST aut...
- 20/09/2016
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- Posted by Derk-Jan de Grood
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G(r)ood testing 23: End-to-End integration in Scaled Agile projects
Working with multiple development teams within a single project introduces integration problems. This is independent of how the teams are organized. I...
- 08/08/2016
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- Posted by Derk-Jan de Grood
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G(r)ood Testing V20 – Applying Agile beyond Software development
In a column written by Mike Cohn last month on the applications of Agile outside of the software development world he presents an anecdotal story sh...
- 09/03/2016
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- Posted by Derk-Jan de Grood
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[eBook] More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team
Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin pioneered the agile testing discipline with their previous work, Agile Testing. Now, in More Agile Testing, they reflec...
- 01/03/2016
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- Posted by Daragh
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G(r)ood testing 18: Scrum and time-to-market, the efficiency of Agile
I get many questions about the effectiveness of SCRUM. "To what extend does an organization benefit from SCRUM?", they ask me, "What are arguments...
- 26/10/2015
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- Posted by Derk-Jan de Grood
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Test Early Part 1: How to integrate automation and agile in performance tests
Is there any way we can seamlessly run performance tests in an agile environment? It only provides a benefit if the tests are automated,fast and valua...
- 02/06/2014
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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How Agile Testing Can Prevent Project Failures
Hoping for a short term public memory when a technology project goes wrong can be just wishful thinking on the developer's part. Many of us tend to be...
- 25/11/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Agile Tester vs. Technical Debt
Below is an abstract from the book "Agile Testing - Der agile Weg zur Qualität" (Agile Testing The agile way to quality) from the authors Manfred Ba...
- 10/10/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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From the webinar: Q&A with Jeroen Mengerink
Below are Jeroen's responses to questions posed at the webinar ' Test Improvement for Agile' which took place on Monday 26th August 2013. Q...
- 11/09/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Invisible disorder when everyone calls it Agile
Every new technology or methodology which is well distributed always goes through same phases. At the beginning it is specified, after that it gets ma...
- 25/07/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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‘Agile Testing: How to Succeed in an Extreme Test Environment’ eBook by John Watkins
This eBook, edited specifically for the EuroSTAR Software Testing Community, provides a series of extracts from my successful book on "Agile Testing" ...
- 19/06/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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From the webinar: Acceptance Testing in Agile – What Does it Mean to You? with Fran O’Hara
Below are Fran's responses to questions posed at the webinar 'Acceptance Testing in Agile - What Does it Mean to You?' which took place on Monday 27th...
- 14/06/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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EBook – Integrate Test Activities in Agile Projects
In traditional testing a tester distinguishes various phases. To be able to effectively test in Agile projects the test activities should be properly ...
- 22/05/2013
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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LiveBlogged! ‘What Agile Teams Can Learn from World of Warcraft’ with Alexandra Schladebeck
Below is a live blog by Mauri Edo which was written during Alexandra Schladebeck's webinar - 'What Agile Teams Can Learn from World of Warcraft' from ...
- 31/01/2013
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- Posted by Laszlo
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The mindset change for an Agile Tester
On traditional projects, testers tend to join the project after coding has started, orsometimes almost finished. Testers and programmers may not commu...
- 21/08/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Janet Gregory: Agile Testing Webinar
EuroSTAR is delighted to present Janet Gregory as speaker for our forthcoming webinar on August 16th. Janet explores the mind-set change facing agile ...
- 09/08/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Upcoming Webinar: Keys for Transitioning from Traditional to Agile Testing
[In this blog post Bob Galen gives an outline of his reasoning for his upcoming webinar topic 'Keys for Transitioning from Traditional to Agile Testin...
- 22/02/2012
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Testing in Agile
The Big Picture Right from the beginning of a project, I think it is important to discuss the testing infrastructure within the project alongside the...
- 26/10/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Hey Tester: Are you still wary of Agile?
Coming from what I like to call the "old school" of testing, agile presented itself somewhat strange to me. While the idea of diluting the roles withi...
- 12/10/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Going Agile? Effective QA Presence is Imperative to Succeed
With the changing market dynamics, emergence of advanced technologies, ever-changing customer preferences, and evolving global standards and complianc...
- 04/10/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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‘Dealing with Testing Gremlins Through Agile Testing’ by Anko Tijman
Through Change Management we know of two reasons why people would want to change: if the old way hurts, or if the new way is very pleasurable. Often t...
- 04/04/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Article: Agile Thinking by Graham Parsons
The Agile Anomaly As an avid advocate of Agile development processes, I am aware of a strange anomaly that surrounds testing within the Agile environ...
- 04/03/2011
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Agile & Process Maturity – Of Course They Mix!
Over the coming days, we will be adding blog reports specific to EuroSTAR 2009 from a variety of different contributors. The article below is from Eam...
- 09/12/2010
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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EuroSTAR eBook “A Lucky Shot at Agile”, reviewed by Shmuel Gershon
Hello all! For this weekend's read, I downloaded and printed the (free!) "A Lucky Shot at Agile" eBookwritten by Zeger Van Hese. It is a best-paper...
- 10/10/2010
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Agile Testing Days – Thursday, Open Space
Just over half of the final day was Open Space, as it also had 3 more keynotes. Isabel Evans had titled her keynote: Becoming Great ...(anything): ...
- 10/10/2010
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Agile Testing Days in Berlin (Wednesday) ; self-certification
I didn't post yet about Tuesday because I had prioritized preparing my presentation for Wednesday. Michael Bolton kicked off the day telling us teste...
- 07/10/2010
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Agile Testing Days in Berlin: Day 1, Tutorials.
This year I hadn't just travelled to Berlin to attend the conference and do a presentation. My colleague Anko Tijman and myself also did a tutorial to...
- 05/10/2010
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The ultimate agile experience by Ard Kramer
I have the pleasure of coaching a new colleague on his first test job. He works hard on his project, where a data warehouse is being build with all ki...
- 03/10/2010
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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The agile waterfall by Ard Kramer
In the computer business we live in an abstract world of zeros and ones. For many of the users it is complicated to understand the landscape and archi...
- 17/09/2010
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
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Moving to Agile – Lessons from Intel
Over the coming days, we will be adding blog reports specific to EuroSTAR 2009 from a variety of different contributors. The article below is from Eam...
- 09/12/2009
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- Posted by EuroSTAR
