Agile: Don’t sacrifice on testing

November 25, 2014 by ashlychrstn

I will repeat the title of my post: Don’t sacrifice on testing! Testing is an important practice in Agile, especially in upholding the principle ‘Never compromise on quality‘. When on a project; and the deadline is looming – there is usually only one place to cut resource; the final step before deployment: testing. Especially with large more traditional approaches, if there is an error with the testing stage – this usually means moving the deadline and spending more money; and […]

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Agile: What are some of the myths?

November 25, 2014 by ashlychrstn

There are many myths surrounding Agile, in my opinion most people forget that Agile is a ‘framework’, a model to be tailored to your needs. If you take an Agile guidebook, and try to apply it ‘by the book’, its probably not going to fit your company or needs 100%. Below are some of the main myths about Agile: Agile will solve all your problems Agile is not a silver bullet, and it probably won’t solve all your problems. Alights […]

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