StoryTestIQ is an automated acceptance testing tool, which was originally a mashup of 2 existing open source projects, Selenium and FitNesse. StoryTestIQ is many times shortened to STIQ (pronounced “stick”) so it rolls off the tongue more easily. STIQ takes the idea of testing inside the browser a la Selenium and enables editing, tagging, and [...]
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Tomorrow at 1:30pm I will be discussing my paper published by the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference 2009 in Portland, OR on “Managing Software Debt: Continued Delivery of High Value as Systems Age”. I have uploaded the slides for this presentation and I hope that some of the new content will help those looking for [...]
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It has been a while since I have blogged. I apologize and have plenty of good excuses (if there are such things) about why (book, traveling, family time, etc…). I am now back and will be blogging on a more frequent basis in the next few months. My first blog entry back is about the [...]
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Earlier this year I did a presentation on Executable Specficiations for AgilePalooza conference. There is information about working with legacy code, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems, and Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD) using automated acceptance testing tools. Also, the presentation lists types of automated acceptance testing tools out there along with actual names of tools and what [...]
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AgilePalooza is a one day Agile conference on Friday May 29th at the San Francisco State University downtown campus. There will be two tracks: Learning Agility and Advancing Agility. “Learning Agility” will be presentation style whereas “Advancing Agility” will use the open space format. Speakers include David Hussman (DevJam), Chris Sterling (SolutionsIQ), Luke Hohmann (Enthiosys), [...]
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I have uploaded the talk I did at SD West 2009 on Yahoo! Video and here it is: Managing Software Debt - Chris Sterling @ SD West 2009 @ Yahoo! Video
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The hopefully-not-anticlimatic second event of the still-pretty-new BeyondAgile is happening on Thursday: “Agile Challenges Clinic/Swap Meet” Thursday, 26 March 2009 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Locations on the Eastside and Seattle! Read on for agenda and location information, or visit our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/beyondagile The Blurb At the first event, everyone (over forty people) created [...]
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I’d like to invite you to join me at … SD West 2009 Conference & Expo March 9–13 Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA http://www.SDExpo.com/ I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be teaching the following session at SD West 2009: “Managing Software Debt: Continuing to Deliver High Value as Systems Age” on Friday, March [...]
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The thought of less documentation is appealing to many in the software industry. Reducing the specificity of our requirements can have tremendous value but some go too far. One of the big myths about Agile software development is that Agile means no more documentation. This was not the purpose of the Agile Manifesto value “Working [...]
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For multiple years now I have thrown around the name “Executable Design” to describe Test-Driven Development (TDD) and how it is used for design rather than a test-centric tool. The name itself causes problems for those who are initially introduced to the technique. As a coach I was looking for a way to introduce it [...]
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