Agile Is...

Agile Is

According to Google (and Google knows everything), Agile is: copyrightjoestrazzere

• Agile is more important than being perfect
• Agile is bullshit
• Agile is a philosophy
• Agile is dead
• Agile is not for everyone
• Agile is great
• Agile is a scam
• Agile is the new micromanagement
• Agile is a way to change all of that
• Agile is a good thing
• Agile is a disease
• Agile is evil
• Agile is broken
• Agile is fragile
• Agile is not the answer
• Agile is putting the cart before the horse
• Agile is a sham
• Agile is key to making the most of public-sector IT
• Agile is an approach
• Agile is great for Agencies
• Agile is wrong for UX

Can you add to the list?

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This article originally appeared in my blog: All Things Quality

	My name is Joe Strazzere and I'm currently a Director of Quality Assurance. I like to lead, to test, and occasionally to write about leading and testing. Find me at http://AllThingsQuality.com/.

A New Version of WinTask - 4.0, with Windows 8 and IE 10 Support

WinTask 4.0

The good folks at TaskWare have released a new version of the favorite tool in my toolbox - WinTask.

The big news here is that WinTask has added support for Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10. copyrightjoestrazzere

In addition, you can now press the Windows key using the new "" keyboard mnemonic, and can specify how precisely a bitmap comparison must be for it to pass.

Here is the vendor's version history of WinTask: http://www.wintask.com/version-history.php

Check this tool out at http://www.wintask.com/

You can see some of my free WinTask utility scripts here, using the WinTask tag.

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This article originally appeared in my blog: All Things Quality

	My name is Joe Strazzere and I'm currently a Director of Quality Assurance. I like to lead, to test, and occasionally to write about leading and testing. Find me at http://AllThingsQuality.com/.

An Irrational Deal

The Irrational Bundle: Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

If you like Dan Ariely (like I do), and you have a Kindle (like I do), you can get a good deal on a Kindle "bundle" from Amazon (like I did).

Three of Ariely's books are available in a single Kindle purchase - currently priced at just $12.49:

• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
• The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
• The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves

Go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHEJ4IW/?tag=allthingsqual-20 and order it before the price goes up.

If you own a different e-reader, you can also get this bundle at:

• http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-irrational-bundle-dan-ariely/1114763210
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-irrational-bundle/id606715318
• http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Irrational-Bundle/book-EhitrXpidUq3OFuPXr1jQw/page1.html
• https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Dan_Ariely_Dan_Ariely_s_Irrational_Bundle?id=ogcCO9qMTCAC

Remember to check the price before you purchase.

Dan Ariely is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, and a heck of a writer. You can learn more about Ariely at http://advanced-hindsight.com/ and http://danariely.com/

Happy reading!

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This article originally appeared in my blog: All Things Quality

	My name is Joe Strazzere and I'm currently a Director of Quality Assurance. I like to lead, to test, and occasionally to write about leading and testing. Find me at http://AllThingsQuality.com/.