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Avoiding the Pitfalls of False Employee Engagement
05
Nov
Category: Agile Leadership Avoiding the Pitfalls of False Employee Engagement Date of Release: November 5th, 2023 Reading Time: 04 mins Written by Stephen Otterstrom Around the world, employers struggle to increase the level of engagement. At a company that I worked with, engagement was considered an element of a success trifecta, consisting of customer satisfaction, [...]
3 Factors to Consider for Objective Evaluation of SAFe Implementation
03
Aug
Category: Agile Leadership 3 Factors to Consider for Objective Evaluation of SAFe Implementation Date of Release: August 1st, 2023 Reading Time: 03 mins Written by Harsha Kondapalli SAFe Practice Consultants endeavor to assist clients on their SAFe transformation journey within the dynamic agility consulting landscape. In my observation over the recent years, I identified three [...]
Creating a Culture of Accountability within your Agile Team
13
Jul
Category: Agile Leadership Creating a Culture of Accountability within your Agile Team Date of Release: July 13th, 2023 Reading Time: 03 mins Written by Stephen Otterstrom Accountability serves as the vital link connecting tasks to objectives and aligning individuals across an organization. It plays a crucial role in the product development process within, and without, [...]
Do You Want to Save $50,000 per Developer per Year?
22
Jun
Category: Agile Leadership Do You Want to Save $50,000 per Developer per Year? Date of Release: October 11th, 2021 Reading Time: 04 mins Written by Leslie Brooks A number of case studies have shown that a typical developer spends 30% to 40% of their time fixing bugs. Specification by Example/BDD is designed to prevent those [...]
Never Google BDD Tutorial
22
Jun
Category: Agile Leadership Never Google BDD Tutorial Date of Release: October 11th, 2021 Reading Time: 04 mins Written by Leslie Brooks Never Google ‘BDD Tutorial’ Leave a Comment / By Leslie Brooks You should never, ever Google ‘BDD Tutorial’ or ‘Gherkin Tutorial’. Why? Once when I was teaching a BDD class I was walking around listening to [...]
The QA Team Should NEVER Find a Bug!
22
Jun
Category: Agile Leadership The QA Team Should NEVER Find a Bug! Date of Release: May 14th, 2023 Reading Time: 02 mins Written by Leslie Brooks Many companies use metrics to measure the performance of the Sales Team, the Developers, the QA Team, etc. For QA the metrics frequently include: The number of bugs that escape [...]
Pytest-BDD vs. Behave
22
Jun
Category: Agile Leadership Pytest-BDD vs. Behave Date of Release: October 11th, 2021 Reading Time: 02 mins Written by Leslie Brooks Love it or loath it, Python is the language of choice for most Data Scientists – so if the work is done in Python and you are writing the requirements in Gherkin, what tool should [...]
SBE BDD for Data Science
22
Jun
Category: Agile Leadership SBE BDD for Data Science Date of Release: November 8th, 2021 Reading Time: 02 mins Written by Leslie Brooks Data Science and Big Data are hot topics, and rightly so – companies can save huge sums, or dramatically increase sales, by analyzing the data that they already collect. Specification by Example is [...]
Does Your Test Automation Arrive Too Late?
21
Jun
Category: Agile Leadership Does Your Test Automation Arrive Too Late? Date of Release: January 29th, 2022 Reading Time: 02 mins Written by Leslie Brooks Traditional test automation arrives one release behind the new features – after the manual QA team has spent at least two weeks testing the new features, and long after the developers [...]
Leading Agile Transformation through Emotional Intelligence
20
Jun
Category: Agile Leadership Leading Agile Transformation through Emotional Intelligence Date of Release: June 20th, 2023 Reading Time: 04 mins Written by Farrah Koudsi In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, achieving agility is a top priority for organizations aiming to stay competitive. While technical skills and processes are crucial, emotional intelligence (EQ) has emerged as a [...]