Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Agile Test Lyon. CARA session



On Monday the 7th December, an Agile session will take place at the INSA Lyon building.


The central theme will be the software tests treated by the following presentations:
  • CARA Introduction
  • Agile Tests concepts
  • Acceptation Tests with Cucumber
  • Test Driven Development
Links:
INSA LYON, Campus de la DOUA, Laboratoire CITI, Batiment Claude Chappe (Map)
Club Agile Rhône Alpes : Lyon sessions.
Cukes : Cucumber - Making BDD fun

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Introduction to Lean Manufacturing



If you never heard about Lean, have a look at the following video from the Gemba Academy.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

From TED Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't:
  • One: Those 20th century rewards those motivators we think are a natural part of business, do work, but only in a surprisingly narrow band of circumstances.
  • Two: Those if-then rewards often destroy creativity.
  • Three: The secret to high performance isn't rewards and punishments, but that unseen intrinsic drive. The drive to do things for their own sake. The drive to do things cause they matter.