Agile Resources

Where siloed culture puts up barriers, DevOps steps in with a different understanding of team interaction and streamlines processes with automation.

January 18, 2018

by John Vester

CORE

· 73,520 Views · 6 Likes

The Secrets of JQL Everyone Wished They Knew

JIRA's querying language, JQL, can be extremely useful. Look at some secrets when it comes to JQL that can help you make more effective use of your own JIRA instance.

January 12, 2018

by Maarten Cautreels

· 11,816 Views · 3 Likes

Using Operations on Variables in JMeter

This blog post will show you how to use comparison operations, relational operations, and logical operations, in your Apache JMeter™ test scripts.

January 8, 2018

by Sergey Horban

· 9,413 Views · 1 Like

Code Refactoring Techniques

Time to redress your code for a little more simplicity? Here's some techniques on how to improve your code's look without sacrificing functionality.

January 3, 2018

by Ekaterina Novoseltseva

CORE

· 47,586 Views · 36 Likes

The Keys to Performance Tuning and Testing

According to experts and executives from across the industry, performance and scalability are the key benefits to improving testing and tuning.

December 30, 2017

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 12,043 Views · 4 Likes

15 Software Development Influencers You Should Follow in 2018

From Agile advocates and engineering experts, to growth gurus and Scrum specialists, this is a Who's Who guide for development in 2018.

December 27, 2017

by Ekaterina Novoseltseva

CORE

· 19,479 Views · 15 Likes

Requirements (Epic, Feature, User Story), Task Size, and Estimation in Agile/Scrum

Planning out your work for an Epic or Sprint can be a complicated matter. Read on to see the various ways Scrum allows teams to plan.

December 25, 2017

by Mohamed Radwan

· 134,974 Views · 3 Likes

The Death of the Architect

What's the use of all the superfluous, vague titling, anyway? Author/writer/blogger/essayist Yogeshwar Srikrishnan makes a case for simplicity.

December 24, 2017

by Yogeshwar Srikrishnan

· 32,605 Views · 72 Likes

Is There Any Value in Estimating if You're Using Kanban?

A Scrum practitioner talks about using estimation in both Scrum and Kanban, how estimation differs between these Agile techniques, and more!

December 18, 2017

by Khalid Karrar

· 38,355 Views · 3 Likes

Streamlined Microservice Design in Practice

Learn about the concept of the Microservice Design Canvas and how it is used to design microservice architecture at Capital One.

December 13, 2017

by Matt McLarty

· 44,276 Views · 39 Likes

Scrum Master Anti-Patterns: 20 Signs Your Scrum Master Needs Help

Including stakeholders in the retrospective, taking the Scrum Guide as scripture, and raising hands during a meeting - to name just a few.

December 12, 2017

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 14,306 Views · 6 Likes

Best Automation Testing Tools for 2018

Software development is still evolving, so your testing tools should be as well. Upgrade your toolset by checking out the features of these popular frameworks.

December 10, 2017

by Brian Anderson

· 56,415 Views · 22 Likes

Types of Meetings in Scrum and Agile

In this post, we take a look at the various ways in which Scrum teams work together to create a working piece of software at the end of a Sprint.

December 9, 2017

by Mohamed Radwan

· 78,388 Views · 1 Like

Acceptance Criteria in Scrum: Explanation, Examples, and Template

In this post, we explore the Scrum concept of Acceptance Criteria, and how they help dev teams create better code and products.

December 5, 2017

by Victor Osetskyi

· 163,700 Views · 16 Likes

The Best Team Structures for DevOps Success

These three team structures are the most advantageous in the real world for achieving DevOps adoption and continued success.

December 3, 2017

by Andy Cureton

· 18,642 Views · 9 Likes

Save Time on Project Planning: 4 Tools for Product Managers

Do you find visualization helpful when trying to crack a difficult problem? Then read on for a review of these helpful tools.

November 30, 2017

by Andrew Stepanov

· 6,791 Views · 2 Likes

How to Measure Defect Escape Rate to Keep Bugs out of Production

A useful metric to track to help keep bugs out of production is the defect escape rate. Learn about it and how to track it to help you reduce the bugs in your own system.

November 29, 2017

by Matt Watson

· 16,062 Views · 2 Likes