SoftEd launches a brand new Agile Test Automation program.  We talk with SoftEd trainer, Colin Garlick about all things automation.   How has this course changed?  This course provides more hands-on training on the techniques of test automation and the use of some of the most popular tools.   These…
There is a lot of confusion about the role of business analysis in agile development – some people say we don’t need analysts, others tell us “analysis is so important we do it all the time”, others say the Product Owner does all the work of analysis, others suggest that business analysts are part…
In the nearly fifteen years since the Agile Manifesto was written, Agile software development has slowly and steadily become the most prevalent approach to building software. The values and principles of the Agile manifesto have been an inspiration to software development teams across a multitude…
We caught up with Jenny Saunders, SoftEd’s Practice Lead for Business Analysis to talk key trends, hot topics and the future of Business Analysis.   1. What’s the most pervasive trend in the BA space at the moment?  The most important is User Centred Design or Design Thinking.   UCD promotes five key…
If you are lucky enough to have specifications to base your testing on there’s always a strong possibility that the author hasn’t captured the requirement as well as they could have.   Can you spot anything wrong with the following statements?  March planned for Next August Quarter of a Million…
Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of the Masterclass presented by the internationally-recognised requirements specialists James and Suzanne Robertson who wrote the book on the subject.    Learn the complete process for uncovering the real requirements, testing them for correctness, and…
The term “Agile” gets bandied around a lot today, many organisations are “doing Agile” in their software development and it is rapidly spreading into the lexicon beyond IT and software into many other aspects of the business world.   There is an attractiveness to the term which makes it almost…
Independent director at SoftEd, Martie-Louise Verreynne was recognised at the Partners in Research Excellence Awards last week for outstanding industry-UQ collaborations that have benefited industry and the community. Verreynne is the Associate Professor in Innovation at the University of…
Earlier this month I was fortunate to be able to join 2300 fellow agilists for the Agile 2015 conference, held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, DC. The Agile 20XX conference is the Agile Alliance‘s flagship event every year and this year the event was a huge…
The annual Agile Alliance conference was held in Washington D. C. this year and attracted more than 2,000 attendees from over 40 countries.  The Agile 2015 conference was dedicated to furthering Agile principles and providing a venue for people and ideas to flourish. A number of our trainers were…
As architects, we can take the blue pill and live in a fantasy world where we are doing a bang-up job. Or we can take the red pill, recognising that there is always room for improvement and wanting to get better at what we do. This is the basis of the practice of retrospectives – look at what we…
The belief in the magical power of silver, especially of weapons made from silver, is ancient.   A silver bullet was believed to be the only way of killing werewolves or other supernatural beings.   Today, we use the silver bullet to depict an action that cuts through complexity and provides an…
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