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Misconceptions with Test Driven Development

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

import Figure from '@/components/global/figure.astro'; import TestXs from 'src/content/blog/misconceptions-with-test-driven-development/images/test-xs.jpg'; In the past few weeks I've heard several misconceptions raised about Test Driven Development: Does TDD really work?

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Don't Measure Unit Test Code Coverage

James Shore

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. Instead, use coaching and discipline-enhancing practices such as pairing or mobbing. To add tests to legacy code. To build up tests in legacy code, don't worry about overall progress.

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AoAD2 Chapter: Scaling Agility

James Shore

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. A system of interdependent Agile teams is called large-scale Agile. Each coach will need resources, such as this book, to help them learn.

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Don't Measure Unit Test Code Coverage

James Shore

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. Instead, use coaching and discipline-enhancing practices such as pairing or mobbing. To add tests to legacy code. To build up tests in legacy code, don't worry about overall progress.

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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Not just spending money—that’s comparatively easy—but making real, meaningful changes to organizational structures, systems, and behaviors.

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AoAD2 Practice: No Bugs

James Shore

Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. How about a real-time embedded system? Take a coach interested in trying Agile, assemble a team of novices, shake well, and bake for three years.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. The back-end systems never quite work the way you thought they would, either, and it takes forever for Ops to update the development environment with new builds. This might be a product manager or senior developer. Development Skills. Whole Team.