Author Archives: Liz

BDD Training – a bit differently

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Liz

Did you know that there are types of requirements which are so uncertain that talking through them will just end in arguing about them? Or that some requirements are so well understood they’re simply boring? That some requirements are more … Continue reading →

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Learning English

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Liz

Since much of my focus is on getting people to talk and communicate effectively, I thought I would share a couple of sites that might be of use to people wanting to learn the language we tend to communicate in … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Arrogance

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Liz

I’m awesome, and arrogant. I’m awesome, and arrogant, and I know it, and this makes me joyful. I wanted to share that joy with you, and explain why I think arrogance is so important, and humility overrated. For a start, … Continue reading →

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The Deliberate Discovery Workshop

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Liz

This is a pretty simple workshop which I ran at Agile 2011 and have run as part of my BDD tutorial since. It usually gets people thinking differently, so I thought I’d share it with you too. Some teams have … Continue reading →

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Examples in the large

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Liz

A couple of posts ago, I wrote about Feature Injection. Here’s a quick summary of how I do it: Vision: A primary or core stakeholder has a vision which will save money, make money or protect revenue. Goals: As well … Continue reading →

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Beyond Test Driven Development

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Liz

Clarification: this isn’t a post about BDD vs. TDD, it’s a post about Spike and Stabilize. Tagging those now. For love of TDD Dan North and I have been talking about some different ways of writing software that matters. We’ve … Continue reading →

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BDD in the large

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Liz

One of the biggest problems I encounter with BDD is that it was started by developers, for developers, so that we could get a better grip on what it was we were developing. As we began to understand the complexities … Continue reading →

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Showcasing the language of BDD

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Liz

Since there are a few debates going on (again!) about whether BDD is just TDD done well, I thought it might be interesting to showcase some examples where BDD language made a difference to people’s understanding. From StackOverflow, TDD – … Continue reading →

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LSSC 2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Liz

A lot of times when I go to conferences, I’ve already got a slew of half-formed ideas and thoughts from the amazing communities with whom I hang out. The conferences have been fantastic for helping me refine and validate those … Continue reading →

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Upcoming engagements

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Liz

There are a few exciting speaking and training engagements coming up, many of them UK based! First off, two tutorials: I’m running my first Deliberate Discovery, Cynefin and Real Options tutorial at Skills Matter on 29th May. These three ways … Continue reading →

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