RE: Re: Agile Baby Steps

Robert Martin UncleBob <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:08:24 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Hoover [mailto:[email protected]]

> It didn't work as well as I had hoped due to the QA guy eventually 
> disconnecting from the team until we had our first fully 
> functional version.  His 
> involvement during the Release Planning was helpful to him as 
> he generated 
> his Use Cases and we generated Stories.  But as he drifted away, our 
> conversations with the Customer cleared up some misunderstandings and 
> brought out some new Stories.  Now that he's finally testing, 
> several of the 
> Use Cases are out of date.

Was the QA guy on the hook for writing the acceptance tests?  That should
have kept him engaged in each iteration.

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