Started work in BT Agile Development

After a break of around a month, finally we were absorbed into the BT Agile Development team. Everything is different now, starting from the office itself. I had to move from WTC to Vogue. The methodology is different too, from the traditional process to agile. Then the test technique from manual testing to test automation. We have to use an open source tool called Jameleon where test scripts are written in XML.

http://jameleon.sourceforge.net/

Going agile is pretty much new to everyone. We are the first team to adopt this methodology, which is considered a pilot project. There are very short development cycles of two weeks called Iterations. Requirements are jotted down on Story Cards along with a priority and size. For each iteration, Story Cards are taken from the pool based on its priority where when the sum of the sizes of all Story Cards should not exceed the velocity defined for that Iteration. In testing, test cases are written based on the Story Cards and scripts are written for them. The scary thing is, we are supposed to start writing scripts parallel to the development team starting their coding and both teams must deliver at the end of the Iteration. So, according to what I've heard this is the reason for choosing Jameleon over QTP.
Well, all in all it seems very challenging. Hope I survive.

A tribute to Atheek

Well, a long time after creating my blog, I came across something worth writing.
Yeah.... the dude in the photo is ATHEEK, my cousin bro. He's the reason I joined Virtusa and my inspiration from there on.
Today, the first mail i received was a mail from Chinthi, client services manager of the Aetna account welcoming Atheek as the new quality consultant partner for Aetna.
Congradulations Atheek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You did it again. Another step up the corporate ladder.