Some ways we can lead for quality
More than ever, we testing and quality professionals need to be quality leaders for our teams. The job title or role doesn’t matter, competencies and energy to influence do. Too many “agile” teams still struggle along in a mini waterfall. Testers may be embedded on cross-functional teams, but developers still throw testing to the testers […]
Testing, terminology and misperceptions
Confusing terminology contributes to misperceptions of testing and testers. And it often makes it even harder for people to understand the value off professional testers. For example: describing someone as a “manual tester” may create a perception of someone who’s not adding a lot of value. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the term “manual”, […]
Experiment-driven quality
Wow, this is my fourth blog post sharing some of my biggest takeaways from Agile Testing Days, yay me. Some of my most inspiring and actionable ones are from Lisi Hocke’s talk, “Growing an Experiment-Driven Quality Culture”. Follow that link to see her slide deck. Often a slide deck is not much use without the […]
DeliveryConf 2020
I attended DeliveryConf 2020 in Seattle in January. I had high expectations, given the speaker lineup. It far exceeded my expectations! I took lots of sketch notes and plan to blog more about the many insights I learned. Meanwhile, you can see the presentations, AND listen to the valuable facilitated group discussions with members of […]