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If a QA Tech has skills to code should they be allowed to on a project or should they only test?

In theory everyone in an agile team is a 'generalist' - so why not let a tester with the right skills go ahead and code. In practice I've never seen it happen and I don't expect to. Yes a tester coul…

Replied Jul 21

Performance Testing Agile Projects

Hi Shabbir, If your project uses the Continuous Integration approach I would strongly recommend running a minor performance test as part of the build. Perhaps some really simple transactions which w…

Replied Mar 16

Distributed Agile Teams

Hi Kelly I'm working on an agile project distributed over 4 timezones (US, UK, Russia and Singapore) with the UK as the hub. Our use of tools is pretty basic - everyone is on IM, available on phone…

Replied Feb 3

Automated Testing

Should have read: Open (unknown URL) Type 'Hello World' ClickAndWait (unknownSubmit button> VerifyTitle (unknown page title) Developers then fill in the blanks as targets and values become known

Replied Jan 28

 

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John Reber replied to shabbir's discussion 'Performance Testing Agile Projects'
Hi Shabbir, If your project adapts the Continuous Integration approach I would strongly recommend running a minor performance test as part of the build. Perhaps some really simple transactions which will not have too much of a negative impact on th…
March 16
John Reber replied to Kelly Waters's discussion 'Distributed Agile Teams'
Hi Kelly I'm working on an agile project distributed over 4 timezones (US, UK, Russia and Singapore) with the UK as the hub. Our use of tools is pretty basic - everyone is on IM, available on phone, offices remote access into presentations and mee…
February 3
Working on a large distributed agile project...
January 29
John Reber replied to Tam Tran's discussion 'Automated Testing'
Should have read: Open (unknown URL) Type 'Hello World' ClickAndWait (unknownSubmit button> VerifyTitle (unknown page title) Developers then fill in the blanks as targets and values become known
January 28
John Reber replied to Tam Tran's discussion 'Automated Testing'
Hi Tam, Personally I would assign the automated UI testing to a tester but they will need to collaborate very closely with the UI developers if you want to run it as part of TDD. The discipline of TDD involves writing a test(s) that will initially…
January 27
John Reber replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Run them down the pub/bar/cafe/starbucks. Apologies if this sounds like a flippant response but you'll be amazed what a change in environment can bring to your retrospectives.
January 12
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January 11
Preparing to give a short talk on the challenges TDD presents for QAs in an Agile environment..
January 11
John Reber replied to James Owen's discussion 'Pair Programming'
From a practical QA perspective pair programming gives testers (and other project members) greater and easier access to developers time. If I need to discuss anything around a story that a pair have just completed, be it automated tests, details of…
January 11
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January 11
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At 12:05pm on July 9, 2010, Simon Halberstam said…
Hi John

I have just joined AC.

Dare I say it, I specialise in drafting and negotiating IT contracts and am currently working on a model contract for Agile Software Development. Any tips based on problems you have encountered would be gratefully received.
 
 
 

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