Slicing by Acceptance Criteria Many User Stories contain a number of explicit or implicit Business Rules usually represented as Acceptance Criteria. If a User Story is so large or complex that we could not complete it in a single sprint we can consider slicing the User Story by its Business Rules or Acceptance Criteria. If we use …
To get started with Java Development and follow along with the ProDataMan Agile and DevOps samples and demos using Open Source tools you first need to download and install the Java Development Kit (JDK) You can find the link to download the JDK for you environment here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html Select your operating system and CPU type …
Slice by Test Cases Slicing User Stories by Test Case is useful when it is hard to break down an Epic based on functionality alone. With a large Feature or Epic, it is helpful to look at possible Test Cases as a way to break the Epic down into smaller chunks that can be completed …
Slicing by Workflow Steps Most anything that we would add to a solution and describe in a User Story is a process that has some sort of workflow. In most cases these workflows can be broken down into individual steps. A large User Story with several workflow steps can be broken down into smaller users stories …
First let’s talk about the acronyms CI, CD and CD… This whole CI / CD thing causes all sorts of confusion. First CI is Continuous Integration, for a definition see my previous post here: What is Continuous Integration. CD, now that’s a little trickier… CD is either Continuous Delivery or Continuous Deployment depending on where …
I am a firm believer that everything can and should be Agile! The days of analysis paralysis should be long behind us. Our customers and their attention spans move at internet speeds and you have 3 clicks or less to get their attention. Agile software delivery strives to deliver business value to customers quickly while …
Create a Team Foundation Services Account Link Visual Studio to Team Foundation Services Add User Stories and Delivery Team Tasks
On an early Monday flight I pretty much have the whole United club to myself… If you have ever thought about United Club membership before I offer a little food for thought: If you spend as much time at the airport as I do (or even way less) think of club membership in terms of …
The cost of defects increases exponentially as they slip down the delivery pipeline a shift left in quality, security and stability goes a long way toward reducing costs. We must make a shift left in quality, security and stability by surfacing defects earlier in the Delivery pipeline as defects get exponentially more expensive as they …
What I find most compelling about the DevOps metrics listed below is the fact that control of almost all of the metrics can be gained by mastering the first metric in the list. The metric that seems to tame all others is the Number and Frequency of deployments / software releases. If we strive for …