For questions relating to the process of developing software.
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I have a huge problem [migrated]
I have a huge problem! The problem is that I cannot post a question on this site which does not automatically get put on hold!
My problem began when I tried to ask which tool I should use to develop ...
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Quality Assurance (Testing) in Scrum
I just had a Release Retrospective for my scrum team. We talked a lot about our release process.
I pointed out that because our company is not able to tolerate bugs in our production environment ...
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Tips for tools to use in app development [on hold]
I have previously developed applications using Delphi, which is now embarcadero Rad Studio as far as I understand. Im looking to take a stab at making apps for mobile phones, which is the most common ...
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Does anyone have experience with a difficult customer?
We have a reoccurring conflict with one of our larger and strategically important customers.
The company (let's call them "C" for now) sells and distributes technical articles, everything from ...
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Which tools should I use to create android apps? [closed]
I have previously developed applications using Delphi, which is now embarcadero Rad Studio as far as I understand. Im looking to take a stab at making apps for mobile phones, which is the most common ...
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Can someone explain the V Model process? Why is it different than the Waterfall model?
It seems the V Model is just the Waterfall Model with the bottom half of the Waterfall bent upwards to form a V. I don't see how it adds anything new.
From the diagrams, I also don't understand the ...
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Good idea to put bug numbers in a comment in the beginning of the source file?
Is it a good practice to put bug numbers in the file itself inside a comment right after copyright message? What does the greater developer community think of this practice?
MODIFIED (MM/DD/YY)
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What development process encourages frequent releases (rolling code to a live site), as well as developer individuality
Some quick background - we don't have PMs or upper management breathing down our necks about status of features, etc, as we almost always deliver ahead of time and have built up a high level of trust ...
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Valve-style management for all consumer software projects
Valve is one of the more successful software companies in the world and one can argue that a major part of their success is due to their lack of management structure. So why is it then agile, kanban, ...
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Deploying Database Schema changes in a patching process [duplicate]
I am facing a conceptual development methodology problem that I was hoping you could help me with. Firstly, a little bit of background.
Background
The project I am developing is a niche application ...
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How to integrate unit testing process into legacy software development process?
I'd like you to share your insights of how have you successfully turned the direction of rotting legacy code base to modular application design where it's easy and useful to add unit tests?
What I'm ...
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Software process of small company [closed]
I'm wondering how should testing take place in small teams (or start-up teams).
I'm talking 5-10 developers that are assigned to multiple development tasks.
From my experience there is little to ...
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Debugging checklists: How much it's necessary to have? [closed]
Should making debug-checklists be an essential part of development process? How it can be integrated with unit-tests?
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Debugging checklist: Think about it as your troubleshooting checklist -- ...
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What do you deliver in the first couple of iterations in Agile?
As I understand, the idea with Agile methodologies is that you deliver something functional and you deliver it often. The application gets into its final shape increment after increment.
But in the ...
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I cant get myself to sit down and start coding [closed]
I spent the last 5 months working my regular job (qa) and developing an android application in the evenings. Now we were in two week vacation for Christmas and I spent the whole time developing my ...
