Methods & Tools Software Development Articles

Articles published in the quarterly PDF issues of Methods & Tools: project management, Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, software testing, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), requirements (user stories), user interface (UX), software architecture, databases (NoSQL), software process (CMMI), UML, DSL

• Impact-Driven Scrum Delivery
• Collaborative Development of Domain-specific Languages, Models and Generators
• Analysis on Analysts in Agile
• Self-Selecting Teams - Why You Should Try Self-Selection
• Lean Agile Metrics for Scaled Agile Systems
• The Coding Dojo - a Forum for Improving your Coding Skills
• Something Old, Something New: Requirements and Specifications
• Software Developer Careers Considered Harmful
• Kanban for Skeptics
• Chop Onions Instead of Layers in Software Architecture
• Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives
• The Principles of Done
• Toyota Kata - Habits for Continuous Improvements
• Simple Sketches for Diagramming your Software Architecture
• The UX Runway - Integrating UX, Lean and Scrum Cohesively
• What is the Mikado Method?
• Use the Debugger, Stupid!
• Experiential Learning: What Does it Have to Do with Agile?
• Testing Performance of Mobile Apps - Part 3: The Network
• Agile Scrum Sprint Length: What is Right for You?
• Software Developer Business Patterns
• The Return of ACID in the Design of NoSQL Databases
• Immersive Interviewing - Building Great Agile Software Teams
• Software Testing in Distributed Teams
• Data Management Tools for Embedded Software Development
• Testing Performance of Mobile Apps - Part 2: A Walk on the Wild Server Side
• Agile Facilitation & Neuroscience: Transforming Information into Action
• Test Driven Development (TDD) Traps
• Knowledge Management and Software Development Organizations
• 5 Tips for Getting Software Testing Done in the Scrum Sprint
• Testing Performance of Mobile Apps - Part 1: How Fast Can Angry Birds Run?
• Test-driven Test Code Development - Unit Testing Page Objects
• Introduction to DSDM Atern
• Continuous Delivery Using Maven
• Creating an ATDD Ready Sprint Backlog in Scrum
• Using Erlang for an Open Telecommunications Platform
• MVP Architecture for GWT Application
• A Risk-Driven Model for Agile Software Architecture
• Popular Collaborative Software Specifications Models
• Automated Testing of ASP.NET MVC Applications
• The Psychology of UX - Part 2
• Understanding the Scrum Burndown Chart
• How Software Architecture Learns
• Making Your Culture Work with Agile, Kanban & Software Craftsmanship
• Using Models and Standards
• The Psychology of UX
• HTML5 for Rich Web Enterprise Applications
• Dialogue Sheets for Retrospectives and Beyond
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Software Measurement
• The Art of Mocking
• Continuous Delivery Using Build Pipelines With Jenkins and Ant
• Managing Schedule Flaws using Agile Methods
• Complexity Theory for Software Developers
• Automated Acceptance Tests and Requirements Traceability
• User-Centric Design and the Power of Personas
• Build Patterns to Boost your Continuous Integration
• Process improvement, The Agile Way!
• Software Testing Dojos
• Non-Functional Requirements: Do User Stories Really Help?
• Decomposition of Projects: How to Design Small Incremental Steps
• The Core Protocols, an Experience Report - Part 2
• Delivering Working Code through Automation and Collaboration
• Distributed Teams and Agile
• Test Language -Introduction to Keyword Driven Testing
• Better Requirements Definition Management
• The Core Protocols, an Experience Report - Part 1
• A High Volume Software Product Line
• Aspects of Kanban
• Writing Testable Code
• Model-Based Testing Adds Value
• Five Symptoms of Mechanical Agile
• Using WatiN to Leverage Common Elements in Web Testing
• Understanding Use Case Modeling
• Training and Software Process Quality
• XP Testing Without XP: Taking Advantage of Agile Testing Practices
• Software Configuration Management for the Web
• Refactoring Java Code
• Understanding the Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
• Quantified Objectives: A Fundamental Advance in Managing Software Development Projects
• ASP Tools for Software Development
• Precise Use Cases
• Database Modelling in UML
• Will Pair Programming Really Improve Your Project?
• Collaborative Source Software - Combining the best of open source and proprietary software
• Parallel Development Strategies for Software Configuration Management
• Managing Your Way through the Integration and Test Black Hole
• Going round and round and getting nowhere eXtremely fast?
• Identifying your Organization's Best Practices
• Don't Write Another Process
• Agile, Multidisciplinary Teamwork
• Adaptive Project Management Using Scrum
• Delivering Real Business Value using Feature Driven Development
• Improving Application Quality Using Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• The Agile Unified Process (AUP)
• Agile Development with ICONIX Process
• Using Customer Tests to Drive Development
• Estimating With Use Case Points
• Domain-Specific Modeling for Full Code Generation
• Agile Requirements
• Extreme Programming as Nested Conversations
• Software Inspections
• Choosing and Managing the Ideal Test Team
• Risk Based Testing, Strategies for Prioritizing Tests against Deadlines
• Understanding the Unified Process (UP)
• Practical Experience in Automated Testing
• Uncharted Territory: Introducing QA in a Web Startup
• Assessing Readiness for (Software) Process Improvement
• Configuration Management and ISO 9001
• GUI Testing Checklist
• Modeling the Real World for Load Testing Web Sites
• A Decision Table Based Methodology for the Analysis of Complex Conditional Actions
• Use Cases and Implementing Application Lifecycle Management Systems
• Adopting an Agile Method
• Continuous Integration: the Cornerstone of a Great Shop
• Agile Delivery at British Telecom
• Running an Open Source Software Project
• Introduction to the Emerging Practice of Software Product Line Development
• Making an Incremental Transition to Software Product Line Practice
• Introduction to Web Development Using Ruby on Rails
• Using Stakeholder Analysis in Software Project Management
• Software Product Line Engineering with Feature Models
• Creating a Domain-Specific Modeling Language for an Existing Framework
• Test Automation Strategy Out of the Garage
• Process Improvement - Is it a Lottery?
• Strategic Modeling for Rapid Delivery of Enterprise Architecture
• Fear of Intervention - How Subordinates Grow to be Entrepreneurs
• A Methodology to Support Software Release Decisions
• Project Failure Prevention: 10 Principles for Project Control
• An Agile Tool Selection Strategy for Web Testing Tools
• What's Wrong With Agile Methods
• Mocking the Embedded World
• Personal Quality Management with the Personal Software Process
• Measuring Integrated Progress on Agile Software Development Projects
• Lean Configuration Management
• Refactoring Your Development Process with Retrospectives
• Mass Customizing Solutions
• Exploratory Testing: Finding the Music of Software Investigation
• Four ways to a Practical Code Review
• Requirements for Outsourcing
• Real Reuse for Software Requirements
• OpenUP - The Best of Two Worlds
• Creating an Agile Environment
• UML vs. Domain-Specific Languages
• Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) Explained
• Choosing Candidates for Large Company Agile Initiative
• Outsourced Testing - Friend or Foe?
• Opening Communication within a Scrum Team
• Understanding the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Object-Oriented Analysis in the Real World
• Behavior Driven Database Development (BDDD)
• Fingers in the air: a Gentle Introduction to Software Estimation
• The Enterprise Implementation Framework
• How to Select a QA Collaboration Tool
• Service Components and Compositions
• Database Locking: What it is, Why it Matters and What to do About it
• Finding a Partner to Trust: The Agile RFP
• When Good Architecture Goes Bad
• Code Generation for Dummies
• Work Situation in Software Development
• Coding and Testing: Testers and Programmers Working Together
• TDD - FDD - BDD... Why not PDD?
• Responsibility Driven Design with Mock Objects
• How to Quantify Quality: Finding Scales of Measure
• Scrum Roles - an Unsolvable Puzzle?
• Introduction to The Java Spring Framework
• Metrics for Implementing Automated Software Testing
• Mature Scrum at Systematic
• Agile Coaching Tips
• An Introduction to Domain Driven Design
• Refactoring Large Software Systems
• Does Process Improvement Really Pay Off?

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