HOME SCALA & F# JAVA .NET WEB GROOVY & GRAILS ANDROID & IOS NOSQL ARCHITECTURE AGILE & SCRUM AGILE DEVELOPER  
Agile Testing & BDD eXchange 2012: Gojko Adzic & Dan North on Make impact, not software
Make impact, not software
At the recent BDD eXchange event in London, Gojko and Dan North, the originator of BDD, staged an impromptu state-of-the-union discussion about the present and future of BDD. Dan introduced his latest body of work, Accelerated Agile, describing it as accelerating delivery from months to minutes. In an animated discussion, Gojko and Dan argued that the value of software delivery isn't in "delivering value" or even "enabling business capabilities," as useful as these things are. Gojko argued that the risk in using these kinds of terms is that you declare victory too early. Citing examples from Hoover and Nokia, Using the metaphor of a sat-nav, Gojko convinced Dan that the real purpose of software delivery is to create a measurable business impact. So they concluded that the future of BDD is Accelerated Agile: making an impact. Watch their conversation online and find out about Dan's Accelerate Agile courses.

WANT TO LEARN MORE? THEN CHECK OUT OUR EXPERT WORKSHOPS!

Agile Testing & BDD eXchange NEW YORK

Like what Gojko and Dan are doing here? So did we! So much so that the next edition of the Agile Testing & BDD eXchange, taking place in New York on April 30th, does away with traditional presentation style entirely. This 1-day conference will instead feature several meaningful conversations and facilitated discussions between two expert presenters. The audience will be asked to participate and give feedback, true to Agile! Interested? Read more about it the programme here, or get your EARLY BIRD tickets here!

Test Driven Development Workshop

Gojko Adzic's two day TDD workshoped, delivered by Damjan Vujnovic, enables you to experience and learn test driven development by doing it. You will be immersed in a realistic TDD project, allowing you to learn the practices and principles of test driven development and try them out in practice. Through facilitated exercises and discussion, you will experience two days of working on an agile test-driven team. You will use and learn basic Test Driven Development practices including unit testing, refactoring and related agile practices such as continuous integration and pair programming. You will understand the reasons behind TDD and experience its benefits first-hand.

Learn more and book online here

Uncle Bob Martin's Clean Code: Agile Software Craftsmanship

Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organisation to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way?

In this two-day Clean Code Workshop you will learn the principles and practices of Clean Code as described in Robert C. Martin's book: Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship.

Learn more and book online here

Uncle Bob's Advanced Test Driven Development

An intensely hands-on and exercise driven course that focuses on the design of clean, robust, and maintainable unit and acceptance tests. Students will learn the principles of test design, and the practices of keeping tests clean. More importantly, they will learn the principles of designing applications for testability. Exercises include the refactoring of bad tests, the writing of clean tests, and the design and refactoring of applications to make them testable.

This is a three-day hands-on course in which you will learn the principles and practices of test design and described in Robert C. Martin's book: Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices. You will also receive this book as part of the course materials.

Exercises are in Java, but are applicable to C#, C++, and other object oriented languages.

Learn more and book online here

Practical Agile Testing with Janet Gregory

Janet specialises in showing agile teams how testers can add value in areas beyond critiquing the product; for example, guiding development with business-facing tests. Janet Gregory is the co-author of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams and a contributor to 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know.

This three-day Agile Testing course, authored by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, explains how testers can become valued agile team members, how they contribute to delivering a continuous stream of business value and much, much more. Understand how testers contribute on agile teams, learn how agile teams successfully cover all dimensions of software quality in short release cycles, collaborate to deliver the "right" business value at frequent, consistent intervals.

Learn more and book online here

Reducing Technical Debt with Michael Feathers

In this course, Michael Feathers will outline what he has learned about making big changes in large software projects. You'll learn techniques all along the continuum of team coordinated refactoring, rewriting, and advanced team practice which help you maximize the potential of your existing team.

Learn more and book online here


ABOUT GOJKO ADZIC
Gojko has helped numerous teams implement best specification-by-example practices, written two books on the subject and contributed to several open source projects. He frequently speaks at leading industry conferences.
More about Gojko Adzic

ABOUT DAN NORTH
Dan writes software and coaches teams in agile and lean methods. He believes in putting people first and writing simple, pragmatic software. He believes that most problems that teams face are about communication, which is why he puts so much emphasis
More about Dan North
PODCAST MAKE IMPACT, NOT SOFTWARE

This session took part at the Agile Testing & BDD eXchange 2012. You can view the other 14 podcasts here.
AGILE LEADERSHIP PODCASTS
 :Predictability, planning and release planning in Kanban, Predictability, planning and release pla
: 13th Jun 2013
View Podcast: Predictability, planning and release planning in Kanban,
Alberto Brandolini:Pissing against the wind, Pissing against the wind
Alberto Brandolini : 11th Jun 2013
View Podcast: Pissing against the wind,
Martine Devos:Agile Clinic - June, Agile Clinic - June
Martine Devos : 3rd Jun 2013
Podcast Coming Soon: Agile Clinic - June,
Nader Talai:Building your first Kanban board - workshop, Building your first Kanban board - works
Nader Talai : 30th May 2013
Podcast Coming Soon: Building your first Kanban board - workshop,
Steve Smith:The Strangler Pipeline: Winning over Hearts and Minds, Winning over Hearts and Minds
Steve Smith : 21st May 2013
View Podcast: The Strangler Pipeline: Winning over Hearts and Minds,
Linda Rising:Agile: Placebo or Real Solution?, Agile: Placebo or Real Solution?...
Linda Rising : 20th May 2013
View Podcast: Agile: Placebo or Real Solution?,
Janet Gregory:“Just” Enough Process, “Just” Enough Process
Janet Gregory : 16th May 2013
View Podcast: “Just” Enough Process,
Michael Chik:Villified Managers - Agile & Management = Antonyms?, Villified Managers - Agile & Management
Michael Chik : 9th May 2013
View Podcast: Villified Managers - Agile & Management = Antonyms?,
Sandro Mancuso:Hands-on Session: Object Calisthenics and ATDD, Hands-on Session: Object Calisthenics an
Sandro Mancuso : 24th Apr 2013
Podcast Coming Soon: Hands-on Session: Object Calisthenics and ATDD,
Allan Kelly:Business Analyst, Product Owner, Product Manager, Spy!, Business Analyst, Product Owner, Pr...
Allan Kelly : 17th Apr 2013
View Podcast: Business Analyst, Product Owner, Product Manager, Spy!,
Alberto Brandolini:It’s not simple at all! , It’s not simple at all!
Alberto Brandolini : 16th Apr 2013
View Podcast: It’s not simple at all! ,
Nader Talai:Kanban System Design, Kanban System Design
Nader Talai : 28th Mar 2013
Podcast Coming Soon: Kanban System Design,
Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin):Object Oriented Design.  What is it really?, OO Design. What is it really?
Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin) : 21st Mar 2013
View Podcast: Object Oriented Design.  What is it really?,
 :Case Study, Case Study
: 28th Feb 2013
Podcast Coming Soon: Case Study,
 :Iain McKenna speaks at the London Scrum User Group, Iain McKenna speaks at the London Scrum
: 26th Feb 2013
View Podcast: Iain McKenna speaks at the London Scrum User Group,
OTHER AGILE LEADERSHIP EVENTS
SPA 2013, SPA 2013
CONFERENCE (4 DAYS)
London, Sunday, June 23rd BOOK NOW!
Martine Devos:Martine Devos' Certified Scrum Product Owner,  Martine Devos Certified Scrum Product Owner
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Martine Devos
London, Monday, June 24th
Allan Kelly Is there a role for Project Managers and Business Analysts on Agile?,  Is there a role for Project Managers and Business Analysts on Agile?
FREE EVENT: In The Brain of Allan Kelly
London, Monday, June 24th
Martine Devos:Martine Devos' Certified ScrumMaster, Estimation & Planning Class,  Martine Devos' Certified ScrumMaster Estimation
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Martine Devos
London, Thursday, June 27th
Michael C. Feathers:Masterclass: Reducing Technical Debt with Michael C. Feathers,  Reducing Technical Debt with Michael C. Feathers
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Michael C. Feathers
London, Thursday, June 27th
Martine Devos:Martine Devos' Coaching kanban for Teams,  Martine Devos' Coaching kanban for Teams
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Martine Devos
London, Monday, July 1st
Martine's Agile Clinic:Agile Clinic - July, Martine's Agile Clinic
FREE EVENT: Agile Clinic - July
London, Monday, July 1st
Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin):Uncle Bob Martin's Clean Code: Agile Software Craftsmanship,  Uncle Bob Martin's Clean Code
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Uncle Bob (Robert C. Martin)
London, Monday, July 8th
© Copyright 2003-2013, Skills Matter Ltd
About Us  Jobs  Find Us  Meeting & Training Rooms  Newsletter  Jobs: Sales Executive  Jobs: Student SkillsCaster  jobs - junior event coordinator  Open Source Journal  Jobs: Sponsorship Development  jobs: Marketing & Sales Graduate Internship  Jobs: HR Manager  jobs-Join Our Dev Team  DevOps Engineer  Front-End Engineer  Test Engineer