Author Archives: Katie

About Katie

I am currently working at Seapine Software dividing my time between services and Agile services. I recently graduated with my MSCS from Northern Kentucky University.

Intro to TDD

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Katie

I am working on an Intro to TDD hands-on workshop, so I created a project and started to go through and complete the user stories using Test-Driven Development to make sure there weren’t any major gotchas or anything silly or … Continue reading →

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Doing as Little as Possible to Get the Job Done

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Katie

For the TDD hands-on workshop, participants are going to be coding an actual project in order to practice. One thing that seems to take a different mindset is that your goal should really be to do the absolute minimum possible … Continue reading →

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Agile Essentials Classes

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Katie

Here at Seapine, we are introducing a couple of Agile Essentials classes. The first one, Agile Essentials for Project Teams , goes over Agile basics. It’s a two day course, and includes quite a few fun and enlightening activities. No … Continue reading →

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Agile 2011

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Katie

I’m very excited about Agile 2011. I was a reviewer for the QA and Testing stage so I had access to a sneak peak at the presentations, and it looks like it’s going to be a great week. Seapine will … Continue reading →

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Languages and Refactoring

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Katie

I recently joined Facebook because my 11-year-old daughter wanted to join, and I need a way to keep track of what she’s doing without being so dictatorial that I force her to cough up her password. (I, being a techie, … Continue reading →

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Using Agile Games at Seapine

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Katie

Alan and I were interviewed by SD Times about how we are actually using Agile games here at Seapine. We discussed using the Speed Boat game used in the retrospectives. You can check out the article here: http://www.sdtimes.com/link/35603

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Agile Games for Intro Course

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Katie

We are developing an ‘Intro to Agile’ course here at Seapine, and decided to use our co-workers as guinea pigs for the games. We practiced playing ‘The Ball Point Game’ in two sessions. It was a great opportunity for Seapine … Continue reading →

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Test-Driven Development Webinar Series

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Katie

Now that I’ve been developing using TDD for a while now, I think that it’s a great time to share some of my newfound skills in more detail than just blogging about my trials and tribulations. So, I’ll be presenting … Continue reading →

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May the 4th be with you

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Katie

With a name like ‘Ramblings of an Agile Padawan’, I just had to…my favorite.

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Agile vs Waterfall

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Katie

I find that there’s a lot of discussion to be had about what the difference between Agile and Waterfall really is. According to Wikipedia, Agile is software development based on iterative and incremental design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development). Waterfall is a sequential design … Continue reading →

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