0 Is Your Unit Test Isolated?

(Kudos to the great software guru Jeff Foxworthy for the card phrasing.)An effective unit test should follow the FIRST prescriptions in order to verify a small piece of code logic (aka “unit”). But what exactly does it mean for a unit test to be I for

Tim Ottinger

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Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Test Abstraction Smells

In our article Test Abstraction: Eight Techniques to Improve Your Tests (published by PragPub), we whittled down a convoluted, messy test into a few concise and expressive test methods, using this set of smells as a guide. We improved the abstraction of

Jeff Langr

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Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 The 4 Ts of Engaging Management

Teams self-organize and self-direct, so much of the Taylorist views of what a manager can do seem to not apply at all. What is the working arrangement between an agile team and their manager?Time (schedule) - As a steward of the schedule, a manager needs

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Management Theater

Great managers can improve teams in meaningful ways: smoothing the workflow, selecting targets worth hitting, wisely managing budget and schedule, and working to align teams with organizational goals. We have fond memories of great managers, technical or

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Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Worldwide shortage

I'm told that there are shortages of AgileInAFlash, some channels having projected waits of as much as two months for replenishment. You can still get AgileInAFlash physical decks at the Pragmatic Programmers site, and you can also pick up electronic

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-Carrying Agile Team

Top row: Chris Freeman, George Sparks, Sudheer Pinna, Scott Splavec, Sreehari Mogallapalli, Matt Poush.Bottom row: Toran Billups, Ryan Bergman, Andrea de Freitas, and Benoy JohnPhotographer: Vadim SuvorovSay hello to the team from Sum Total. Back before

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Second Printing

Thanks to the demand of our readers, Agile In A Flash is going to its second printing only 8 months after its initial release. Thanks to all of you!

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Mobile Version

Thanks to our hosts at blogger.com, we now have a mobile version, so accessing Agile In A Flash from your mobile device is finally easy and even pleasant.

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Doctor Dan's Prescription

Dr Dan's Prescription: An Agile Flashcard a Day keeps the Fail away...This photo of card #33 was received via twitter from Daniel Thomas (@geekdan) in Brisbane, Australia, complete with the quote above. I like how they have a low-tech "frame" for the

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 A Card-Enriched Workspace

Friend of the blog Brian Kelly offers us a glimpse of his workspace. I notice that the books on organizational change are above the card on overcoming organizational obstinance, and that the rest are values and practices cards.The new website-only card,

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Rules for Distributed Teams

As the Greatest Agile-In-A-Flash Card Wielding Coaches So Far(tm), we're often asked for advice (or drawn into arguments) about how to make agile work with distributed teams. Sometimes it's for more humble reasons, though: We've both been remote members

TimOttinger

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Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Agile in a Flash Card Index

In order to keep Agile in a Flash very low cost and actually make a buck or two, Tim and I were pressured to keep the number of cards to a very minimum. That's why you'll see no author bios, for example, and no index / table of contents. (Of course, if

Jeff Langr

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-Carrying Scrum Master

Dion Nicolaas (not pictured) displays the Agile in a Flash cards on his desk in the TomTom headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Showing a different card each day, he has inspired some colleagues to order their own decks!

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Daily Meditations

On twitter, follow "buildndeploy" (Brian Kelly) for a daily meditation on Agile In A Flash. Well, mostly daily. He has a day job, and we certainly forgive a missed day. Brian is going through a card a day (when possible) and providing an 140char summary

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Getting Better (guest blog post)

Today we have a short article from our guest blogger Johnno Nolan, who caught our attention in twitter when he said:Great 2 hear the team talking soft dev. We go through an Agile in a Flash card every am and critique. Can feel devs caring againJohnno

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-Carrying Network Weaver

A welcome to Patrick Wilson-Welsh, seen enjoying his new deck of Agile In A Flash cards at the Agile And Beyond gathering in Dearborn, Michigan, where I dare say we had the most interesting table full of people in the entire room. Patrick really wanted

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-carrying Agile Tester

This is Lisa Crispin, brilliant Agile tester and author, trainer, and early adopter of Agile In A Flash. Here you see her sharing deep testing insights with Jo, Edgar and Chester.No animals were harmed or insulted in the making of this blog post.

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-carrying Team Effectiveness Amplifier

Say hello to George Dinwiddie. George is a well-known and well-respected software development coach and consultant, software blogger, and a Card-carrying Team Effectiveness Amplifier, and a friend of the Agile In A Flash effort (not to mention the

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Agile On A Desk

Dave Rooney, a card-carrying friend of Agile In A Flash, walked into a manager's office and what do you suppose he saw? The astute observer will see all the cards are marked with either the compass rose ("The Plan" section) or else a waving pennant ("The

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-carrying Professional Scrum Developer Trainer

This is Andreas Ebbert-Karroum who is busy in Germany, leading codecentrics Agile Software Factory. He looks very happy to have his Agile In A Flash deck.

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Restoring The Trust

Make sure you see Uncle Bob Martin's video Restoring The Trust, about the agile balance. A certain deck of cards is prominently featured (thanks, Bob!) in the opening and closing moments. There are a few other cards relating to balance, but clearly

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-carrying Seer of System Dynamics

(in dramatic Black & White, no less!)This is Esther Derby, a management consultant and Agilist who is helping companies to put a more human face on software development. We highly recommend her conference talks and blog. Here Esther has a brand-new

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 What's On Your Wall?

Tim describes how the Agile In A Flash cards help make his workspace more informative.

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 How to use the deck

People have been asking how to best use the cards in their teams.We've had several notes via twitter or email about teams reading and discussing them at retrospectives or standup, and even using them in lightning talks at conferences. We are happy

TimOttinger

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Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Javaranch Event

The Big Moose Saloon welcomes writing team Ottinger and Langr to a special event:This week, we're delighted to have Jeff Langr & Tim Ottinger helping to answer questions about the new book Agile in a Flash. See this page for a description of the book.The

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Sighting Report

From an undisclosed location in Des Moines, Iowa, comes this sighting report. It is likely a book store, judging by intact plastic wrap and "Alphabetical By Author" sticker on shelf. It also looks like they're down to their last copy. Snag it now, before

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-Carrying Mad Railer

David van Leeuwen, Card-carrying Mad Railer, shows off the new deck of Agile In A Flash that he won in a drawing at the Madison, WI conference.

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Lisa Crispin and Courage at Belgium Testing Days

Our deck of cards makes a surprise appearance at Belgium Testing Days 2011 thanks to Lisa Crispin and her experience with the Courage card.It is pleasing to see the cards having a supporting role in the lives of respected professionals, and to see them

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-Carrying agile author

Jeff Langr, programmer geek and computer addict shows off his Agile in a Flash deck in front of a warm fire in Colorado Springs. Look, Ma, no shrink-wrap! Tim, have you opened yours yet???

Jeff Langr

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Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

0 Card-Carrying Embedded Software Engineer

Card-carrying embedded-software engineer James Grenning, fellow-author, fellow-ex-ObjectMentor consultant, owner of Renaissance Software, great guy. Here James shows off his deck of cards at a Starbucks near Mundelein, IL. Doing embedded

TimOttinger

Jan 21 2011 08:49 AM

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