People often think agile entails too many meetings. I’ve even heard product owners say sprint kickoffs are a waste of time because they “take away from doing real work.” Teams should stop talking and start coding, right? This complaint has nothing to do with the number of meetings, but rather the way meetings are run. […]
Figuring out the most optimal way to enable agility and rapidly deliver services to customers—without compromising quality—continues to be one of our industry’s biggest challenges. Many IT leaders agree that implementing DevOps practices can significantly accelerate software releases while still assuring our applications meet quality objectives. If you’re considering a move to a DevOps delivery […]
In the agile world, it’s important to remember that planning and documentation are still important and serve a purpose. While agile promotes “working software over comprehensive documentation,” it doesn’t say ignore documentation as much as we’d all often like to think. When developing a working DevOps pipeline, it is important to understand what your quality […]
In my latest Ignite Talk, I (quickly) discuss some lightweight text editors. There are appearances from Visual Studio Code, of course Vim, and some others. Given this is an Ignite Talk, I don’t get to cover any one editor in depth. An Ignite Talk consists of 20 slides auto-advancing every 15 seconds. This was given […]
Do you want to get started with performance testing, but think that it is unimportant or that it won’t fit into your process? This 5-minute ignite talk provides an introduction to performance testing and some of the potential negative consequences of releasing a system with poor performance. In it, I provide an overview of six […]
For decades, software security organizations and those that assure security have built processes and procedures around waterfall software development practices. This has often led to security testing being “bolted on” at the end of the process. In addition, many organizations have seen the rise of mindless information security assurance, whereby engineers avoid assessing, understanding, or […]
Jacksonville, FL (May 26, 2017) — TechWell Corporation, an industry leader in software improvement conferences, training, and online communities, has announced that Jeffery Payne will be the new technical editor of the AgileConnection online community. AgileConnection is growing in popularity and in members as one of the largest online sources for articles, interviews, and a […]
In my previous post, I covered the initial installation of Sonatype LifeCycle (aka IQ Server). In this post, I will show you how to integrate it into Eclipse IDE, but first a quick background on the benefits of this integration and the value it adds to your software development process. As I mentioned previously, IQ […]
On my current project, my team is using FreeIPA to implement Single Sign-On (SSO) for all the employees at Coveros. FreeIPA is an open-source security solution for the Linux operating system which provides account management and centralized authentication, similar to Microsoft’s Active Directory. It is built on top of multiple open source projects such as […]
I frequently talk about best practices when writing test cases in the Mobile Application Testing Course that I teach. I recently ran into an issue on a project and figured it was worth throwing this information out for all to share. Test cases are great; obviously, they’re important to have, whether they’re automated or manual, as […]
