SPCs Unleashed E7: Reliably meet Customers' needs with Built-in Quality

"You can build a hut on rotten ground, but not a skyscraper"

Niko Kaintantzis 

Ali, Niko, Stephan and Mark are on a quest to help agile change agents and particularly SPCs to grow their skills and impact beyond certification. In this episode they share insights from their personal journeys with the Built-in Quality dimension of the SAFe Team and Technical Agility competency.

Ali hosts as Niko, Stephan and Mark reminisce on their days as developers and how they learnt the importance of built-in quality practices early in their agile journeys with XP. Stephan and Mark explore the criticality of BDD and insights to be gained from the Context Driven Testing movement, while Niko stresses the fact that you need to test that you're building the right thing as well as whether you're building the thing right.

The battle to pick a favourite metric in the Measure and Grow assessment becomes spirited as Stephan, Mark and Ali unite behind "Our team's testing practices catch defects early" while Niko staunchly defends his choice of "Our team gathers feedback from users".

Cast:
Stephan Neck
Ali Hajou  (Moderator)
Niko Kaintantzis
Mark Richards

Book References:

• Specification by Example - Gojko Adzic
• Lessons Learned in Software Testing - Kaner, Bach, Pettichord
• Test-Driven Development - Kent Beck
•  Usability und UX kompakt - Produkte für Menschen: Richter, Flückiger
• User-Centred Engineering - Creating Products for Humans: Richter, Flückiger

Other References:

• BDD in action
• Specification by Example course by Gojko Adzic
• Context-driven-testing.com