Do you struggle with building and maintaining an automated test suite? Do you wonder how you can work together with other non-testing specialists in a true cross-functional agile team? Do you push all testing to the end, even though you’re using agile techniques and shorter cycles – snowplowing risk forward and compressing the test cycle like we did in waterfall?
With over eighteen years of technical, process, and leadership experience, Gary Pedretti works closely with companies nationwide to help them achieve their goals in delivering business value through software. He is an agile software development trainer, coach, and practitioner, as well as a curriculum developer, application architect, and software craftsman. Since taking a class on Scrum with Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of the Scrum framework, Gary has worked to evangelize Scrum and other agile frameworks, deepen his personal knowledge, and continuously improve his ability to help others understand agility.