Author Archives: Liz

Testing vs. BDD

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Liz

I’ve found a few places recently where the word “Test” has been used in combination with the words “Behaviour Driven” (with or without the “u”). Normally this makes me wince; the whole origin of BDD was intended to separate the … Continue reading →

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It’s on!

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Liz

Just talked to Olav Maasen who’s been running around all day, getting sound engineers and sponsors excited about Eric “Guitar” Davis and the Troublemakers. Version One and Accelinova have proved themselves truly Agile companies by responding to change quickly enough … Continue reading →

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Chicago Blues

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Liz

The Agile 2009 conference has been an incredible experience. As with last year, I find myself overwhelmed by ideas and lacking in sleep. The workshops have gone well – thanks for the kind and useful feedback! It was a pleasure … Continue reading →

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Agile 2009: BDD Clinic, Feedback Workshop and Programming with the Stars

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Liz

At Agile 2009, Pat Maddox of RSpec will be running a BDD Clinic with me. Between us we have experience with Java, .NET and Ruby code, and we’re willing to look at and learn from anything else. If you bring … Continue reading →

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The Lean software production line

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Liz

Andy, the release manager at my current client, asked, “How can I get the teams to follow a consistent process where readying the release for deployment is concerned? We have different version control systems, different build processes… how do I … Continue reading →

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Agile 2009 and Pat Kua’s Dreyfus session

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Liz

Pat Kua’s running a Dreyfus modelling session at Agile 2009 that you should attend if you’re there and remotely interested in how people learn. Contrary to what it says in the printed program, I won’t be helping to run it. … Continue reading →

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Building experts using the Dreyfus Model

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Liz

I’ve just been reading Alan Skorkin’s and Mark Needham’s posts on the Dreyfus Model. It’s curious to me that Alan says, “it does nothing to help us build experts from the more junior people on the team!” and Mark says … Continue reading →

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Free BDD talk, Monday 17th at Skills Matter

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Liz

Dan North and I will be heading up a free introductory BDD talk at Skills Matter’s headquarters in Clerkenwell near Farringdon, London, next Monday. Drinks will follow. I like working with Skills Matter because they genuinely believe in, and invest … Continue reading →

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The ant and the tree

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Liz

When I first found out about BDD, way back in 2004, I remember TDD being rather like an ant looking for a flower on a tree, and telling all the other ants back at the nest on the ground about … Continue reading →

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We don’t design using mocks

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Liz

I’ve found myself repeating this a few times lately, so maybe it will help some people out there. In BDD, we don’t design using mocks. We design by thinking about context, responsibility, collaboration and delegation, then we use mocks to … Continue reading →

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