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We are spending more time implementing functional test than implementing the system itself, is this normal?

Basically, we have three main projects, two of them are web services, and the other is a web application. While I’m satisfied with covering as much as we can of our web services with functional tests (all three projects have their proper unit tests), functional tests for the web application are taking a lot of developer time to get implemented. By a lot I mean two times, or sometimes more, the time that takes to implement the functionality being tested with unit test included.

In Agile development, who owns the software “features” and how to you manage the development?

Some development teams in my company are switching to Agile development practices and their developers’ work seem to be diminishing to discuss and program minutia about trivial software features because of two week iteration cycles. And also because of “any developer can fix any bug” mentality. I have recently joined one of those team, transferring from another team in the same company…

Redmine (or Trac) integration with customer issue-tracking system

I’m working in a software development area in my university, and we’ve noticed we need some system to track errors and bugs, who and when it is dealt with. I’ve researched some software management/bug tracking applications, with Redmine being the one that appeals to me the most because of its simple UI (actually I discovered that our server has one system, Trac, already installed, but it has never been used at its time and my colleagues told me it would take the same time to use any).

Where does the reporting function fit into Enterprise Software development Best Practices

At my company, I develop and maintain all the operational reporting used by management to run the business. There is no reporting position on the application development team. I’ve taken it upon myself to step in and attend design review meetings to give input to the development team on how changes will impact reporting, consult on how modify designs to avoid impacting existing reports and what I will need in new development to be able to report on the data. It’s been my experience that reporting is a key functional position on an enterprise application development team. I’m hoping to find some documentation that supports that concept as an industry standard or Best Practice. Can anyone help me there?

Maintain a web application once the only developer is gone

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