A couple a months ago I was asked to put together an article for the quarterly AgileTODAY magazine as part of the 2012 Agile Australia conference workshops. After a whiteboard session with Craig Smith, I put together these 8 tips which…
Agile, Quality, Software, Testing
7 Deadly Sins of Automated Software Testing
by Adrian Smith • Tue 3 Jan 2012 • 9 Comments
When Craig Smith and I were planning our presentation for Agile 2011 – we toyed with the idea of listing 7 anti-patterns for automated testing. I’ve taken these patterns and loosely matched them to the classic seven-deadly-sins. This metaphor also allowed me…
Agile, Construction, Uncategorized
Agile and Lean for Construction
by Adrian Smith • Fri 23 Sep 2011 • 0 Comments
Large scale construction projects suffer from cost and time overruns that are typically a symptom of productivity problems and directly affect overall industry profitability. As a result, methodologies have been developed to reduce the risk of overruns and improve project…
Agile, Uncategorized
STANZ 2011 – Future Tester
by Adrian Smith • Mon 5 Sep 2011 • 0 Comments
Craig Smith and I be presented at STANZ 2011 on The Future Tester at Suncorp: A Journey of Building Quality In Through Agile in Melbourne, Australia. Our presentation was based around work that we have been doing at Suncorp to…
Agile, Quality, Software, Uncategorized
Agile 2011 – Building Quality In
by Adrian Smith • Tue 23 Aug 2011 • 0 Comments
Craig Smith and I presented a session called Accelerating the Speed To Cool On The Road To Building Quality In at Agile2011 in Salt Lake City. The talk was based around work that we have been doing at Suncorp to…
Agile, Software, Startups
Agile Australia 2011 – Startups
by Adrian Smith • Thu 23 Jun 2011 • 0 Comments
Startup businesses face significant risk in the search for a sustainable, profitable and scalable business model. Consequently, the success rate for Startups is low, making them a typically high risk investment. Agile methods offer a way of reducing the risk…
Agile, Construction, Kanban
Kanban and Construction Work Packages
by Adrian Smith • Wed 17 Nov 2010 • 0 Comments
Recently I helped facilitate a workshop with a major engineering company focusing on the use of Work Packages to manage the execution of industrial construction projects. Part of the workshop included a team exercise that compared the efficiency of teams…
Agile, Uncategorized
Agile Australia 2010
by Adrian Smith • Mon 20 Sep 2010 • 0 Comments
Agile Australia 2010 was one of the best conferences I’ve been to in a while. The following are my brief notes from the sessions I attended.
Agile, Software
Agile for Startups
by Adrian Smith • Tue 4 May 2010 • 0 Comments
I presented a session at the Brisbane Agile Academy Meetup group on Agile for Startups. I discussed some of the Agile principles and practices relevant to a startup and demonstrated some of the tools used by Ennova. Despite numerous technical…
Software
How Do Scientists Really Use Computers?
by Adrian Smith • Wed 30 Sep 2009 • 0 Comments
Gregory Wilson published an article in the American Scientist discussing the results from a web-based survey of how scientists use computers. Its worth a reading as it highlights the differences between the the scientific community and the IT industry. For…