Category Archives: Agile Software Development

Using Agile Principles to Get an “A” With the Customer Every Time

Agile is a frequent topic in process improvement discussions and networking events alike – some going for Agile all the way and others rejecting it as something that won’t work for their projects or customers. In general, I have found … Continue reading

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Communicating Requirements To Testing – You’re Going To Be In Pictures!

How do you know what a system is supposed to do and what it is not supposed to do? Formal requirements are intended to create an easily validated, maintainable and comprehensive set of documents communicating the system’s planned functional scope … Continue reading

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eXtreme Testing – Ramp Up and Keep Up!

eXtreme Programming, or ‘XP’ as it is also known, is a relatively new development methodology (~4 years old), which treats software development as a ‘jigsaw’ puzzle: a product is slowly built by adding small pieces to a larger body of … Continue reading

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