Software Estimation without Guessing with George Dinwiddie

This month on the Cucumber Podcast Matt Wynne and Seb Rose speak to Chris Glover, a lead test engineer who has been working in a team which has struggled with some of the common pitfalls of learning BDD. Matt invited him onto the podcast to share that story. Shownotes: Serenity - http://www.thucydides.info/#/ Screenplay Pattern (Matt's blog series) - https://cucumber.io/blog/bdd/understanding-screenplay-(part-1)/

This month on the Cucumber Podcast, Seb Rose and Matt Wynne speak to George Dinwiddie, an old friend of the pod and author of a new book "Software Estimation without Guessing". Buy George's book "Software Estimation without Guessing" - https://pragprog.com/titles/gdestimate/ Also mentioned "Thanks for the feedback" by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313485/thanks-for-the-feedback-by-douglas-stone-and-sheila-heen/ Follow George on Twitter - https://twitter.com/gdinwiddie

This month on the Cucumber Podcast we welcome Diana Larsen a world-renown author, speaker and co-founder of The Agile Fluency Model. Show notes: - CukenFest Remote - June 3rd-4th -https://cukenfest.cucumber.io/ - Agile Fluency - https://www.agilefluency.org/ - Upcoming events - https://www.agilefluency.org/workshops.php - Virtual Open North America - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-open-north-america-tickets-101659959676 - Books - https://leanpub.com/u/dianalarsenauthor

This month we dig into the financial risks of open-source software. Chairing the conversation is Seb Rose who is joined by his colleague Dermot Canniffee. Answering the questions is Aslak Hellesøy who created Cucumber some 12 years ago. Cucumber's success has led to many of the world's most valuable company relying on its software for critical parts of their codebase. So what are the financial risks for companies who use OSS tooling every day? And who pays when an OSS tool is no longer looked after? If you or your company want to contribute to the success of Cucumber Open, head over to our Open Collective page here -https://opencollective.com/cucumber

This month on the Cucumber Podcast Matt Wynne speaks with Andreas Markussen and Sheeraz Iqbal from Nuuday a Danish company which has recently been on a journey of adopting Behaviour-Driven Development. This is a conversation about their story so far and the challenges they've faced.

This month, Matt Wynne and Seb Rose sat down with Richard Lawrence and Paul Rayner to talk about their new book "Behavior-Driven Development with Cucumber". The book incorporates their many combined years of experience teaching BDD to agile teams. Matt and Seb explore what readers can expect from the book as well as digging into their own experiences teaching and coaching teams in adopting BDD and agile practices. Shownotes Pick up a copy of Richard and Paul's "Behavior-Driven Development with Cucumber" on Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Behavior-Driven-Development-Cucumber-Specification-Example/dp/0321772636) or wherever you buy books. Behind Closed Doors - Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby (https://pragprog.com/book/rdbcd/behind-closed-doors) The Goal - Eliyahu M. Goldratt(https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement/dp/0884271781) How to split a user story - Richard Lawrence (https://agileforall.com/resources/how-to-split-a-user-story/) High Fidelity - (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Fidelity_(film)

This month on the Cucumber Podcast we have another conversation with Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin. They have released their latest book, Agile Testing Condensed (https://leanpub.com/agiletesting-condensed). In this conversation, Matt Wynne and Seb Rose ask the pair about the book and testing best practices in modern agile teams.

This month on the Cucumber Podcast we sit down with Alex Schladebeck who identifies as a Tester. Sal Freudenberg and Steve Tooke - co-founders of Cucumber - ask her about her recent keynote appearance at CukenFest London as well as her thoughts on the role of modern testers on agile teams. Alex can be found on Twitter https://twitter.com/alex_schl

This month on the podcast we speak to Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin about testing in DevOps. The conversation covers the whole team approach and why testers are as important as ever. Asking the questions from Cucumber is Matt Wynne, Sallyann Freudenberg, and Steve Tooke. Shownotes: Janet & Lisa's website - https://agiletester.ca/ Agile Testing - https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Testing-Practical-Guide-Testers/dp/0321534468/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547738499&sr=1-3&keywords=agile+testing More Agile Testing - https://www.amazon.com/More-Agile-Testing-Addison-WesleySignature/dp/0321967054/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Agile Testing Essentials - https://www.frontrowagile.com/courses/agile-testing-essentials/overview On Twitter: Janet Gregory (@janetgregoryca) Lisa Crispin (@lisacrispin)

This month on the Cucumber Podcast we speak to Stefan Hofer about Domain Storytelling. Stefan describes Domain Storytelling as "a workshop format which helps people have a conversation about their domain; the idea is that domain experts tell stories that explain how people and software systems work together." Although well known and celebrated in the Domain Driven Design community, Domain Storytelling is starting to be discovered by software teams wanting to find innovative ways to build shared understanding. Asking the questions from Cucumber is Matt Wynne and Sallyann Freudenberg. Shownotes: http://www.domainstorytelling.org/ Talk: Find Context Boundaries with Domain Storytelling - Stefan Hofer and Henning Schwenter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ykXnl6r7s CukenFest London - Our annual BDD conference happening on April 4th-5th 2019 - http://cukenfest.cucumber.io/ The "Swim" System - http://wiki.eclipse.org/images/2/20/Swim_System_PNSQC_2007_Paper.pdf Stefan's Twitter - https://twitter.com/hofstef