I can’t say it enough: it takes the whole team to build quality into a software product, and testing is an integral part of software development along with coding, design and many other activities. I’d like to illustrate this yet again with my experience a couple days ago. Recently our team has been brainstorming and […]
Read MorePlease join me at Belgium Testing Days!
I’m doing a day-long tutorial on “Changing your testing mindset“, and an “interactive session” at Belgium Testing Days in Bruges, Belgium, March 17 – 20. You can learn more about my tutorial (and see my adorable donkeys) in my introductory video. What could be more wonderful than being in beautiful Bruges? Why, meeting up with […]
Read MoreHow to help developers grok testing
I presented a session called “Developers who grok testing: Why I love them and how they mitigate risk” at CodeMash. We did a mini workshop, dividing into groups to brainstorm what devs need to learn about testing in order to grow towards grokking it. How can testers and developers communicate and collaborate better? Take a […]
Read MoreCodemash: Advanced Topics in Agile Testing Workshop
Thanks to the participants in today’s workshop! We tackled quite a few tough testing-related issues that many agile teams encounter. The slides, pictures of all the outcomes such as topics, impact maps and brainwriting pages, are available here. After each table group identified their most burning testing issues, they created SMART goals for each one […]
Read MoreMore Agile Testing Days Joy (part 2 of 2)
Here’s more on what I observed and learned during Agile Testing Days. I’m just going to brain dump the rest here, because otherwise I’ll never get it posted! Lean Coffee Janet and I had a great turnout for Lean Coffee all three mornings, despite the early hour. We averaged 20 – 25 people squeezed into […]
Read MoreMusings over lunch
Spring is finally here in Colorado. We had a decent snowstorm on Tuesday, with temperatures well below 20 degrees F, but today it is sunny and shirtsleeve weather. I’m eating my lunch at my desk, but I’m going to go out and enjoy a walk along the Platte River in a few minutes. I’ve had […]
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