Test Obsessed

“Begin with the end in mind.” — Stephen R. Covey

Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) is a practice in which the whole team collaboratively discusses acceptance criteria, with examples, and then distills them into a set of concrete acceptance tests before development begins. It’s the best way I know to ensure that we all have the same . . . → Read More: Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD): an Overview

The team in the WordCount simulation was floundering. We were midway through the third round and it looked to me like the team wasn’t even close to shipping.

Most teams are able to produce a basic system that I’ll accept in my role as the Customer in the third round, or early in the fourth. That’s important . . . → Read More: Beware the Hero