Better Software - March 2008 - (Page 6)

Contributors Antony MArcAno has a dozen years of experience in software development and testing across numerous sectors. Since 2000, much of Antony’s work has been on Extreme Programming projects. Now, as a practitioner, mentor, coach, and consultant, he helps teams realize the benefits associated with agile development. A regular speaker at peer workshops and conferences, Antony’s views have been quoted in numerous publications including Corporate Insurance & Risk magazine, VNUNet, and the British Computer Society’s journal The Tester. Antony is creator and curator of testingReflections.com, one of the most influential software testing sites on the Internet and is a technical editor for Better Software magazine. chuck Allison developed software for more than twenty years before becoming a professor of computer science at Utah Valley University. He is a technical editor for Better Software magazine and founding and current editor of the online journal, The C++ Source. He spent most of the 1990s as an active member of the C++ Standards Committee and is author of two C++ books, including Thinking In C++, Volume 2, with Bruce Eckel. His company, Fresh Sources, Inc., gives onsite training in C++, Python, and design patterns. His current top technical interest is the resurgence of functional programming. Whenever he finds a little down time he plays classical guitar or bikes the country roads of central Utah. Contact Chuck at chuck@freshsources.com. JohAnnA rothMAn is a management consultant and a regular columnist for StickyMinds.com and Better Software magazine. Johanna is the author of the recently published Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, as well as the co-author of Behind Closed Doors and author of Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds. She is a host of the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) Conference. Johanna has presented at STAREAST, the Better Software Conference & EXPO, Agile Development Practices, and Applications of Software Measurement & Management conferences. You can reach her at jr@jrothman.com or visit www.jrothman.com. MichAel Bolton lives in Toronto and teaches heuristics and exploratory testing in Canada, the United States, and other countries. He is co-author, with James Bach, of Rapid Software Testing and a regular contributor to Better Software magazine. Contact Michael at mb@developsense.com. roB Myers has nearly twenty years of professional experience in software development. Rob is an Extreme Programming coach who brings to the classroom his passion for value-oriented software development, team development, and sane work environments. He currently teaches Test-Driven Development and Refactoring, Effective .NET, and the new, cutting edge Test-Driven ASP.NET course. 6 BETTER SOFTWARE MARCH 2008 www.StickyMinds.com http://StickyMinds.com http://www.jrothman.com http://www.StickyMinds.com

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Better Software - March 2008 Contents Mark Your Calendar Contributors eLightenment Technically Speaking Code Craft Test Connection Management Chronicles Cover Story: Breaking Ground On SOA Software Development Worst Practices Mind the Gap Product Announcements 10 Things You Might Not Know About... The Last Word Ad Index

Better Software - March 2008

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