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Collaboration in BDD is not a Given
Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) has provided teams that have adopted it with a number of benefits. But, has BDD delivered on it’s promise of increased collaboration?
Highlights from YOW! West 2016 Perth
Erwin van der Koogh and I ventured over to the west coast to speak at YOW! West last week.
1st Conference 2016
We are excited to announce that we are once again supporting the 1st Conference.
Ben Linders training coming to Australia!
Elabor8 is very excited to announce that Ben Linders will be coming to Australia for the first time in February 2016. He will be running a number of training courses at the Elabor8 office. Based in The Netherlands, Ben is a leading authority on Agile Retrospectives and is the author of “Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives”. Ben is an…
The idiosyncrasies of BDD
It’s been a while since I blogged about writing Acceptance Criteria using Behaviour Driven Development, specifically Gherkin 1, 2 (read my previous blogs: A practical blog on how to write Scenarios using BDD and Requirement Pitfalls with BDD). However, after using BDD to document our Acceptance Criteria with a new client, I thought it was time I revisited the subject to see if I’d learned anything new.
What is an Iteration Manager?
The role of the Iteration Manager has been popping up more frequently in the Australian Agile space. However, I’ve found many don’t fully understand what an Iteration Manager does. And who can blame them? A quick Google search offers very little information apart from training courses or job ads. To add to the confusion, it seems to be a predominantly…
Elabor8 Lunch and Learn
At Elabor8, we’re passionate about sharing and learning about new ideas, and we’re actively involved in the Agile, Product Development, and Innovation community. Meetup groups are a great way to get involved. You get the opportunity to learn from some experienced speakers and meet interesting new people. So we’ve started Elabor8’s Lunch and Learn Meetup group to bring people together. We…
Reflections on Agile Australia 2015
We are living in a complex, unpredictable, and ever changing world. We cannot sit still and do the same things that we’ve always done. Not even some of the Agile practices that we’ve learned. There are new techniques out there and there are new ways of thinking. And they are better! This seemed to be the overarching theme of this…
Different approaches to setting up your Story Wall
When forming your new Agile team, one of the many decisions to make is how to set up your Story Wall. You can try lots of variations – including different columns, techniques, and/or approaches. But how do you decide? Here are some ideas to get you started.
Retrospectives Strike Back! – The blogified version
Following on from a previous blog (Retrospectives: a fresh look) and my recent talk at LAST 2014 – Retrospectives Strike Back!, I thought I’d introduce you to some more new and different Retrospective formats.
Agile Australia 2014: “Impact Mapping: Making an Impact over Shipping Software”
In this final instalment on Agile Australia 2014, I’d like to briefly introduce you to “Impact Mapping” – a great new tool I learned from Em Campbell-Pretty. I’ll start with a high-level understanding of this tool then give you some resources to find out more.