Weblog for the AMIS Technology corner
Robbrecht van Amerongen
Robbrecht is a Certified Scrum Master and agile project manager experienced in Scrum, DSDM and Scrum. I am a strong proponent of agile principles. With AMIS I am responsible for implementing the AMIS Software factory based uppon Scrum, Hudson, Jira and Subversion.
Homepage: http://www.amis.nl
Posts by Robbrecht van Amerongen
Compliments; Instant productivity improvement for software teams, with a small effort….
25/4/2010 - 6:38 pm
Tags: Agile, compliments, compoliment, fee, feedback, giving feedback, planning, positive, productivity, team, teams
Posted in Analysis and Design, General, KC IT Architecture, Oracle, Project Management, Software Development | No comments
Hello, you project manager/team leader. I expected this title to grasp your attention. Would you like to know how to improve the performance of your team members? This can be done without massive statistics or an expensive performance improvement program. This magic pill is called positive feedback. Just give your team members the credits for [...]
Automatic testing Oracle Service Bus using Hudson, maven and SoapUI
23/2/2010 - 11:53 pm
Tags: Agile, automation, ci, maven, Oracle, osb, Scrum, service, soa, soa suite 11g, soap, soapui, test automation, testing, weblogic, webservice
Posted in AMIS, General, Java, JEE, OAS and WebLogic Server, KC IT Architecture, KC Oracle Development Tools, KC Software Engineering, KC Web/Java, Oracle, Oracle E-Business Suite, Project Management, SOA & Oracle Fusion Middleware, Software Development, Tools, Web | No comments
A lot of current projects are implementing some sort of service based architecture. Testing in this architecture becomes more complex. When implementing an OSB project with Scrum you test-automation is imperative. Scrum will require more frequent testing of your system. This is only feasible (in time and money) when you automate as much as possible.
Using [...]
Agile software development, the principles. Principle 11: The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
14/12/2009 - 10:48 pm
Tags: Agile, analysis, architecture, design, designs, emerge, Principles, project, retrospective, Scrum, success, team
Posted in Analysis and Design, General, J(2)EE/Java, KC IT Architecture, KC Software Engineering, KC Technical Architecture, KC Web/Java, Project Management, Software Development, Tools | 1 comment
This is the eleventh of 12 posts about the principles of agile software development. Purpose is to go back to the start of the agile manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) and discuss the implementation of the 12 principles in real life software engineering. Goals of agility are to go deliver software of higher quality, faster, with a higher [...]
Agile software development, the principles. Principle 10: Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential
3/8/2009 - 9:42 pm
Tags: Agile, Developer, lean, Principles, simple, simplicity, Software engineering, speed, srum, value, Work not done
Posted in AMIS, General, KC Software Engineering, Project Management, Software Development | 1 comment
This is the tenth of 12 posts about the principles of agile software development. Purpose is to go back to the start of the agile manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) and discuss the implementation of the 12 principles in real life software engineering. Goals of agility are to go deliver software of higher quality, faster, with a higher [...]
(Dutch) AMIS kennissessie Scrum
26/2/2009 - 4:13 pm
Tags: Agile, AMIS Kennissessie Scrum, just in time, KC, methodiek, Principles, Scrum, Software engineering
Posted in AMIS, General, Project Management, Software Development | No comments
Komende dinsdag is er bij AMIS een kennissessie over Scrum. Aanmelden kan via deze link.
Datum: dinsdag 3 maart 2009
Tijd: 16:30 tot 21:00, incl. diner
Locatie: AMIS, Edisonbaan 15 in Nieuwegein
Doelgroep: Deze sessie is interessant voor zowel developers, projectmanagers, consultants als sales medewerkers.
Coördinator: Robbrecht van Amerongen
Scrum, Just enough, just in time…
Scrum is een methodiek die ons in staat stelt om [...]
Agile software development, the principles. Principle 9 : Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility
28/12/2008 - 2:48 pm
Tags: Add new tag, Agile, architecture, design, excellence, Principles, Scrum, technical, xp
Posted in AMIS, Analysis and Design, General, KC Software Engineering, Project Management, Software Development, Tools | No comments
This is the ninth of 12 posts about the principles of agile software development. Purpose is to go back to the start of the agile manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) and discuss the implementation of the 12 principles in real life software engineering. Goals of agility are to go deliver software of higher quality, faster, with a higher [...]
Agile software development, the principles. Principle 8: Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
3/10/2008 - 3:51 pm
Tags: Agile, constant pace, developers, examples, productivity, Scrum
Posted in AMIS, General, J(2)EE/Java, KC Software Engineering, Project Management, Software Development | 1 comment
This is the eight of 12 posts about the principles of agile software development. Purpose is to go back to the start of the agile manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) and discuss the implementation of the 12 principles in real life software engineering. Goals of agility are to go deliver software of higher quality, faster, with a higher [...]
Agile software development, the principles. Principle 7: Working software is the primary measure of progress.
1/7/2008 - 1:08 pm
Tags: Agile, burn down chart, Continuous build, Principles, Progress, Project Management, regression testing, reporting, Scrum, Sprint, working software
Posted in AMIS, General, KC Software Engineering, Project Management, Software Development | 2 comments
This is the seventh of 12 posts about the principles of agile software development. Purpose is to go back to the start of the agile manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) and discuss the implementation of the 12 principles in real life software engineering. Goals of agility are to go deliver software of higher quality, faster, with a higher [...]
Agile software development, the principles. Principle 6: The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
23/4/2008 - 8:51 am
Tags: Agile, communication, face to face, multisite, Scrum, team, teams
Posted in AMIS, General, KC Software Engineering, Project Management, Software Development | 5 comments
Agile software development, the principles. Principle 6: The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
This is the sixth of 12 posts about the principles of agile software development. Purpose is to go back to the start of the agile manifesto (http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) and discuss the implementation [...]
Automated SOAP testing with maven and the SoapUI plugin
26/3/2008 - 9:07 am
Tags: Agile, build, maven, soap, soapui, software, test, testing
Posted in General, KC Software Engineering, KC Web/Java, Software Development, Tools | 4 comments
Currently there are few tools that can support testing SOAP interfaces. Both Jmeter and SoapUI are suited for testing soap interfaces. SoapUI is explicitly created for testing SOAP interfaces and Jmeter has a SOAP support since version 2.3.x. I have worked with both tools and I prefer SoapUI. It has an intuitive user interface and [...]
