Smart checklists make you think
The power of checklists in other disciplines In other mature disciplines like medicine, aviation, construction where the impact of simple defects is enormous, it is smart checklist ...
LEAN: It is not doing more, it is about doing less
So, what should be really happening in Agile context? Lean thinking is what inspired the Agile movement. Lean is about not producing waste in the first place. It is doing things ‘ ...
What is expected of code quality from developers?
Unit testing? Dev testing is a better term The definition of what an unit is most often unclear and therefore unit testing more misunderstood. Martin Fowler in his blog Unit Test ...
Poor quality code is due to compromised “Unit Testing”
The problem at large The quality of early stage code is felt to be a concern by many engineering managers that I talk to. In my numerous consulting assignments, I have noticed tha ...
Is regression hindering your progression?
“It took a few hours to incorporate the change but took a few days to test, upsetting the customer. Why? Well, we found out that our QA team was doing too much regression. Wish we ...
Ideas to regress smartly
The context In the current world of rapid development, a software is constantly updated with new features, incremental additions and bug fixes. While features (new & increment ...
Design checklists to “Do, Sync & Act”
This article is the second one on checklists, the first one being "The power of checklist" Checklists seem to defend everyone, a kind cognitive net designed to catch flaws of memo ...