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From the Mailbox: What Metrics Do You Use in Agile?

February 23, 2012

A reader wrote me to ask: I know what metrics to use to manage a traditional phased project. But what metrics do you use on Agile projects? I started drafting my answer in a private email but I decided that it was time to put my answer on the record. This is a great question. […]

Tagged With: agile, metrics

From the Mailbox: Selecting Test Automation Tools

December 1, 2011

A long time ago, all the way back in 1999, I wrote an article on selecting GUI test automation tools. Someone recently found it and wrote me an email to ask about getting help with evaluating tools. I decided my response might be useful for other people trying to choose tools, so I turned it […]

Tagged With: AMA, test automation

From the Mailbox: Fully Automated GUI Testing?

May 18, 2009

Robert Small wrote me with a question (which he kindly gave me permission to post here, along with my answer): My GUI developers are driving me nuts! They want to “fully automate” all testing for the GUI. I tried to explain that you cannot automate ease of use (usability) or look and feel and the […]

From the Mailbox: TDD and Automated Testing

October 18, 2007

A reader asked: “I am hoping that you can answer my question to clarify something for me and another co-worker. Could you tell me the difference between TDD and Automated Testing? He says that TDD is for unit testing and Automated Testing is for System test. He also says Scrum doesn’t include anything about TDD […]

From the Mailbox: How Much Visibility is Too Much?

October 8, 2007

A long time reader wrote to me asking what I thought of the idea of letting management have full access to an internal bug tracking system. He said that the idea made him nervous, but that others were pushing for it. This person works in a traditional, non-Agile environment, one that has historically practiced information […]

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