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  • Software Development, Agile Software Development, systems engineering, vibe coding

    Vibe coding and project duration: Micro-efficiency vs. macro-complexity

    Artificial intelligence (AI) has found its way into software development with tools such as GitHub Copilot and concepts such as vibe coding. These AI-powered tools promise significant efficiency gains at the micro level by enabling developers to complete certain ...

    by Jens Wagener
    4 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development

    Unit tests are tests of modularity

    Every once in a while, someone asks me why I focus on unit testing rather than other forms of automated testing. It’s a good question.

    by Michael Feathers
    4 min. reading time
  • itemis products, Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Embedded, Traceability

    Agility and Automotive SPICE: Establishing Traceability in Agile Projects

    Information: YAKINDU Traceability Is Now itemis ANALYZE Agile working is on many companies’ agendas. Sometimes it works well, sometimes less so: this tends to depend on how well agile principles and values are understood and ‘lived’. Whether a company works with ...

    by Katharina Lattenkamp
    9 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability

    What are (good) user stories?

    In an earlier blog post I described how I apply user story mapping in release planning. In this post I want to go back to the beginning, or at least far enough back to explain what I think makes a good user story. But let’s start at the beginning – what is a user ...

    by Katharina Lattenkamp
    6 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Embedded, Scrum

    Managing unrealistic expectations in embedded software development

    According to a number of different studies somewhere between 30 % and 70 % of embedded software projects are unsuccessful. Success can, of course, be measured in a number of different ways, which is probably where the large range in the statistics comes from. ...

    by David Akehurst
    4 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Usability

    Usability Tests in Agile Software Development

    User inclusion is essential in user-centered development. It is the only way to understand the requirements users actually have and where problems could arise when interacting with products. This principle is firmly anchored in DIN EN ISO 9241. Usability testing ...

    by Sandra Schering
    5 min. reading time
  • Usability, Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability

    SPIDR – five simple techniques for a perfectly split user story

    Some time ago I discovered an interesting and helpful method for splitting user stories into more lightweight stories more easily and effectively. Agile coach and co-founder of the Scrum Alliance, Mike Cohn, noted that "almost every story can be split with one of ...

    by Katharina Lattenkamp
    6 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability

    Never Write Unit Tests

    Just kidding. Write unit tests. Always. For everything. Period.

    by Jan Mosig
    7 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability, Scrum

    Does the Scrum Master have to be a subject matter expert?

    More and more companies are agile, or want to be. Many of them choose Scrum as an agile framework and are therefore looking for qualified personnel. In particular, the Scrum Master qualification is increasingly being sought.

    by Gerd Huhn
    3 min. reading time
  • Agile Software Development, Agile & Usability

    How I use User Story Mapping in Release Planning

    In this article, we look at a very specific technique that will make the work of the product owner easier and offers great benefits to the whole team: User Story Mapping. What is that? And how can I adapt the method to my specific project?

    by Katharina Lattenkamp
    6 min. reading time

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