Unirgy

Up and Running, the company I founded, believes in the Agile methodology for development and deployment of software because of its focus on the customer and the customer's feedback. I've used more standard forms of development life cycles, such as the waterfall methodology. I recognize the importance of following the customer's preferred means of d... oing work, and am able to adapt to any software development methodology. I believe this methodology is responsible for Up and Running being able to deliver products that customers use and like. Due to the high levels of customer and user interaction I incorporate within my projects, my systems are well received. I believe in user-focused, interface-driven software development because if the system is not usable, it will not be used in most cases. Testing: I believe in using a test process that involves all stakeholders: primary programmers, peer programmers, quality assurance specialists, project managers, customers, and, most importantly, the user. I believe developers should use these tools and methods to test their work: Peer Reviews, Unit Testing, Automatic Build Testing, Test Cases, User Story Confirmations, User Interface and Navigation Checklists, and Development Completion Checklists. I think project managers and quality assurance specialists should use these tools and methods to check a developer's work: Test Cases, User Story Confirmations, and User Interface and Navigation Checklists. I use tracer bullet development (Hunt, Andrew and David Thomas. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master. Addison Wesley, 1999.) on larger scale systems to retrieve faster feedback from customers on UI designs and system workflows.Read More