Workshop description 

In this seminar, Gojko Adzic presents the results of the research conducted for his new book, Specification by Example. Specification by Example is a set of emerging practices in software deåvelopment that affects how teams approach specifications, development and testing. It is the corner-stone of agile testing and delivering high quality software with short iterations or in flow based systems.
It presents the collective knowledge of about fifty projects, ranging from high-traffic web sites to internal back-office systems, implemented by teams as diverse as small startups to groups spread across different continents, working in a range of processes including Extreme Programming, Scrum, Kanban and similar processes often bundled together under the names Agile and Lean.Learn how successful teams all over the world collaborate on specifications and tests in agile/lean environments to produce software genuinely fit for purpose and be inspired to improve your software development processes.

Target audience

This one-day tutorial is for team leaders, managers and senior technical people.

Testamonials

• Great value achieved, specifications with examples and executable specifications will become an important addition to our agile processes.I have already managed to inspire our Test Manager and key team member of our teams — Martin Fredriksson, Technical Architect, Centiro Solutions AB
• It is a good intro to the topic and it is well worth attending. It gives a lot of ‘aha’ thoughts — Stefan Schwartz, Software Configuration Manager, ICA AB
• It supports formal Agile training brilliantly as it gives you insight to real, practical techniques and examples that will help facilitate true collaboration and as a result eliminate waste and raise quality — Jenny Martin, Systems Delivery Manager, Groupe Aeroplan
• Good training to learn about improving requirements process — Jan Van Reusel, Software Factory Manager, Cegeka
• Highly recommend it. Definitely takes quality techniques to a new level — Drew Preston, Development Services Manager, G3 Global
• So much challenging and interesting information on eliminating waste in software development. Everyone should join — Morgan Johnston, Agile Lead/Developer, Digiterre
• It was very helpful to start questioning myself on better ways to get requirements — Benjamin Arroyo, Software Consultant, Bespokia Ltd
• Time well spent. Good food for thought — Juan Gatttey, Test Analyst, LMG
• Thought provoking, inspiring, collaborative. Don’t think about it, just go — Chris Carney, Quality Engineering, UBS

You will learn:

• key benefits that the teams from the research are getting from agile acceptance testing, specification by example and behaviour driven development
• key principles underlying successful process implementations: deriving scope from goals, specifying collaboratively, illustrating using examples, refining specifications, automating validation without changing specifications, validating frequently and evolving a living documentation system
• key practices to support the principles, and how teams from the research use them in different contexts, from investment banking to web development, from small collocated teams to distributed groups of teams
• how specification by example fits into kanban/scrum
• getting started – key steps to take and key things to watch out for

About the trainer

Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant that helps ambitious software  teams improve quality of their products and processes.
He is the author of Specification by Example and Bridging the Communication Gap.

To get in touch:
write to gojko@neuri.co.uk
or visit http://gojko.net