Agile walls Part 3 – testing walls

My last post was about Architecture Walls, this one is a distillation of the architecture into the testing world. In this post, I describe how testing can be displayed, tracked and managed on a wall for an Agile Team  Testing walls.   Testing walls are similar to architecture walls but take a…
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Agile walls part 2 – architecture walls

This is part 2 of my 4 part series on Agile walls and the uses we can have for them. The premise of the wall is big visible charts, constant and accessible updates and clarity for the entire team on what is happening.   Architecture Walls.  Architecture walls are very different yet strangely similar…
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Agile walls part 1 - planning walls

BVCs, TOWs and POWs are very important tools in the Agile world but what exactly are they? BVCs are Big Visible Charts, TOWs are Things on Walls and POWs are Plain Old Whiteboards. Why are they valuable tools?  Because everyone can see them, study them, understand them, and ideally update them…
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Fail well – not just fast – for team and organisational learning

In August this year, I had the absolute pleasure of travelling to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend Agile 2013, the world’s largest gathering of Agile nerds enthusiasts and those well on their way!  Spanning a total of 4. 5 days and 17 exciting tracks it’s needless to say that there were many…
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Scaling Agile – it’s all about the context

One of the common misconceptions we come across when discussing an Agile transition is “Agile doesn’t scale”.   Needless to say, at Software Education we firmly disagree and we have experience helping large organisations implement “scaled Agile” using a number of approaches.   Our courses discuss the…
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Reflections on attending The Agile Mindset Masterclass

Last week I sat on the other side of the classroom for a pleasant change, I attended the Masterclass by Ahmed Sidky “CHANGING THE MINDSET: Achieving Organisational Agility” in Melbourne.   It was a great two days, with a fantastic group of participants. Together we examined what it means to really…
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Test Automation Pyramid expanded

I was recently at Nashville attending Agile 2013 and had the great pleasure of finally meeting Janet Gregory. I have been tweeting with Lisa Crispin for years and it was fabulous to meet the Janet part of the “dynamic duo” that I had not met before. Why the dynamic duo? Lisa and Janet wrote a book…
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Reflections on Agile 2013

I’m flying across the USA as I write this, having just spent a busy, tiring, exciting, inspiring, awesome week at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville where I joined 1785 like-minded people from 38 countries at the Agile 2013 conference.   This post is a way to get my thoughts in some sort of order and…
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Software Testing essentials is accredited!

We got the wonderful news a short while ago that the new Software Testing Essentials course that we wrote to change the face of software testing training, has been accredited by the Australia New Zealand Testing Board (ANZTB). What does this mean? Well…. it means that ANZTB has assessed (and…
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Take 5 with Ahmed Sidky

An interview conducted by Shane Hastie, Agile Practice Lead, Software Education.      Q.   Welcome Ahmed! We are very pleased that you will soon be in Australia to deliver your 2-day Agile MasterClass ‘Changing the Mindset: Achieving Organisational Agility’.  For those of us who are being introduced…
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With freedom comes great responsibility

Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: “With great power comes great responsibility. ” This is my gift, my curse. Who am I?  I’m Spiderman.   As with Peter Parker, I see the same holding true with Agile testing. I was recently delivered a course on Agile testing and I…
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What’s an Agile Coach?

I’ve been asked the question above a couple of times lately, along with “why should we engage one?” – here’s my answer in a nutshell.   An Agile Coach is akin to the coach of a sports team.   They don’t play on the field (generally the coach is not a member of the delivery team) but need to…
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