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It's time to revisit the topic of Big Visible Charts. Display
important project information not in some formal way, not on the web, not
in PowerPoint, but in charts on the wall that no one can miss. [Updated:
Velocity Charts]
Nearly every metric can be perverted, since up- and down-ticks in the
metric can come from good or bad causes. Teams driven by metrics often
game the metrics rather than deliver useful software. Ask the team to
deliver and measure Running Tested Features, week in and week out, over
the course of the entire project. Keeping this single metric looking
good demands that a team become both agile and productive.
Some of the XP practices may be things we want to do all
the time. Some we may wish to do only part of the time. When we are
really skilled in use of a technique, we're best equipped to decide when
to use it. Here are some exercises that may help build skill. And make up
your own exercises. Let us know about how they work. Added: Planning
Etudes.
The XP Circle of Life helps keep projects alive. A key
aspect of this cycle is the Acceptance Test. Acceptance Tests are
critical to communication among team members, especially between customer
and programmer.
Non-Testing Software of Interest
AgileTrack - Development planning
and iteration tracking tool. Assists in the life-cycle of iterations,
projects, stories, tasks, and bugs. Simple, usable, flexible, and
practical. NEW 2005/12/13
Avignon an
acceptance testing system using an extensible XML based testing language.
Now supports integration of handlers written in .NET languages to test .NET
GUI applications.
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Additional Smalltalk,
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