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The widely used "separate team" automation model is destined to fail—except in one case. Here's why, and what you should be doing instead.
Stephen Frein
Oct 2, 2018
Why separate test automation teams don't work
Don't be this A-Team
Here's how to share useful, actionable information during dev team standups so everyone collaborates to achieve the sprint goals.
Stephen Frein
Feb 26, 2018
5 ways to tune up your standup
Defeat the anti-patterns
Here's how to use text classification techniques to predict which user requirements are likely to contain defects.
Stephen Frein
Nov 6, 2017
How to predict and prevent user story defects
Build a crystal ball
Multi-colored beakers
Here's how to use market basket analysis to detect problems with your code check-in process.
Stephen Frein
Mar 2, 2017
Data science for developers: How to identify missed changes in source code
The science of coding
People holding hands on a beach
An agile team's product owner may be the chief steward of business value, but the PO is not a black box. Read how to share the role for better...
Stephen Frein
Jan 11, 2017
Why agile teams need to share the product owner role
Avoid the PO box
Donning the agile camouflage: 5 ways to tell if you're agile in name only
Only teams that are truly agile will benefit from agile practices. Here's how to know if your team merely looks the part.
Stephen Frein
Sep 28, 2016
Donning the agile camouflage: 5 ways to tell if you're agile in name only
Show your stripes
Agile teams need to design work in a way that enables swarming, but it's hard to find guidance on that. This article offers some advice on what...
Stephen Frein
May 12, 2016
The agile swarm: How to design shareable work for software project teams
Sharing is caring
Avoid these 5 common fallacies surrounding agile adoption so your organization can plan and implement agile initiatives more effectively.
Stephen Frein
Feb 17, 2016
5 deadly fallacies that can kill your agile implementation
Reality check
Application fiefdoms create a self-perpetuating endless cycle of waste. Here are four ways to dismantle them and prevent new ones from arising.
Stephen Frein
Dec 10, 2015
Application fiefdoms perpetuate waste. Here's how to dismantle them
Resistance is feudal
Agile testers who work with developers in serial, waterfall fashion are doomed to achieve waterfall results. Here are five ways to work as true...
Stephen Frein
Oct 1, 2015
Agile partnerships: 5 ways to align agile testers and developers
Civil unions
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