Published on InfoQ: A Tester’s Learning Journey

InfoQ just published an article I wrote to try to inspire more testers to grow their skills. It begins: The software industry is changing fast. More and more teams put testing up front and center; they use tests to drive development. New and improved automated test frameworks and drivers burst onto the scene every month. […]

Making Lemonade

If you’re at Better Software/ Agile Development Practices West this week, make sure you read the issue of Better Software that came in your conference bag. I’m especially pleased to have an article in this awesome issue with extraordinary fellow testers such as Jennitta Andrea, Markus Gaertner, Pradeep Soundararajan and Parimala Shankaraiah.

We’re All In the Same Boat

Please see my StickyMinds Blog for a new post inspired by Jeff Patton’s recent presentation to our Agile Denver user group. The Whole Team Approach isn’t just for developing the software! We need to really think Whole Company. Comments welcome!

SQuAD Workshop: Learning for Testers

The Software Quality Association of Denver held a workshop May 7 to share ideas about why testers need to learn, what they need to learn, and how they can learn all of that. I facilitated an enthusiastic crowd of about 80 people. The room wasn’t set up in a suitable way, but participants found creative […]