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Welcome to the Agile Software Development Web site
This site is a repository for resources concerning agile software development approaches (Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Test Driven Development (TDD), Feature Driven Development (FDD), DSDM, Lean Software) and practices (refactoring, pair programming, continuous integration, user stories, iterative development). The content consists of articles, news, press releases, quotations, books reviews and links to articles, Web sites, tools, blogs, conferences and other elements concerning agile development approaches. Feel free to contribute with your own articles, links or press releases. The administrator keeps the right to delete or edit all submitted content.
Agile Software Development Articles
  • [2008/3/18] Exploratory Testing: Finding the Music of Software Investigation
    My friend Steve is an exceptional classical guitarist. Watching him perform is inspiring – he has a rare mastery over the instrument and has spent years developing his craft. Steve can also explain the techniques he is using while he is playing, to teach and demonstrate how a student can learn and improve their own skills. Steve can make a gu...
  • [2008/1/18] Agile, Multidisciplinary Teamwork
    By not segregating customers and users from the designers and developers, but rather enabling them to work together in a single team, it is possible to use the agile approaches such as DSDM, Turboprototyping, SCRUM to achieve perceptible results. Multidisciplinary teamwork is based on being able to find suitable team members, doing work in workshop...
  • [2007/11/19] Will Pair Programming Really Improve Your Project?
    This article is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the book Extreme Programming Refactored: The Case Against XP [1], by Matt Stephens and Doug Rosenberg. The book provides an entertaining look at some of the flaws behind Extreme Programming (XP), whilst suggesting some alternative strategies and practical techniques to achieve XP's agile goals in a m...
  • [2007/10/24] An Agile Tool Selection Strategy for Web Testing Tools
    Selecting a test automation tool has always been a daunting task. Let’s face it, just the thought of automating tests can be daunting! The selection of tools available today, especially open source tools, is positively dazzling. In the past several years, “test-infected” developers, not finding what they need in the vendor tool se...
  • [2007/10/8] Agile Delivery at British Telecom
    It is becoming clear, not least from the pages of this publication, that agile development methods are being adopted or at least considered by a growing number of software development teams & organisations. Whether you are already an active practitioner agile development, or considering its adoption on your project, you will be aware of the bus...
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