Let’s be brutally honest: TDD isn’t new. It’s been around for decades. It’s praised by some of the most respected minds in software. It’s baked into agile, XP, and even many university courses. So why aren’t more teams doing it? Why is the Red-Green-Refactor cycle...
Story points aren’t evil–but they’re often abused. Here’s how to use them wisely, and how to grow beyond them without losing your mind (or your metrics).
Vastly improve code quality and development speed with the proven red-green-refactor cycle – an extreme programming technique within TDD
Unpack the concept of story points and why measuring them per person is a misguided approach to team effectiveness.
Test-driven development is often confused with automated testing. But having automated tests is a far cry from the benefits of TDD
Learn how to use velocity effectively within your team dynamics. It is a tool for insights, not a vanity metric to chase.
Why do games in coaching work so well? What exactly makes them effective?
Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches get this objection regularly from engineering teams. This week’s article is about how to reply.
What about some laughter? Could this be a better metric than LOC, velocity & co?
Does your product manager do what the customers tell them to do? They need to stop!