Improve Quality

Quality is not a checklist item. Software quality is frequently a problem because it’s an afterthought! We will help you to:

Make quality an attribute first in the minds of all team members.
Learn how to automate your testing and reduce the unsustainable burden of manual testing.
Learn techniques to simplify code in order to improve maintainability.
Make usability and the needs of the customer key drivers in the development of quality.

We provide Agile Coaching and Agile Training services that will help your teams maximize the value of your investment!

Testimonials

Mark coached me and my team on scrum/agile. He also facilitated retrospectives for us. He's very knowledgeable and he comes very well prepared when facilitating. He's constantly trying to improve the statu quo. I recommend Mark as an Agile Coach.

Guillaume Senneville, Software Development Manager, IBM

I always look forward to reading Mark's newsletter emails on software development techniques since they are always filled with valuable and practical information. In particular, a recent note titled "Qualities of Good Unit Tests" was of particular value to me since it came at an opportune time. We are working our way though test-driven development (TDD) training so I’m thinking about unit tests more than usual. This technical note really helped me understand not only how it’s recommended to write test code, but why doing it that way is valuable. With his help, TDD is really changing the way that I write code. And, it sure feels good to learn something new!!

Steven Chad Broshar, Senior Software Engineer, IBM

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