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 […]
Read MoreFun experiments
I joined the Pivotal Tracker team as a tester on August 13. I felt so lucky to get on board there, it’s a wonderful team, and Pivotal Labs has an amazing culture. But in spite of having amazing helpful teammates, I struggled to get to a point where I felt like I was contributing. Every […]
Read MoreSorry for the sounds of silence!
I’ve had such a great fall. Got tons of inspiration at Oredev and Agile Testing Days. Doing lots of LeanCoffee. Learning all kinds of stuff and doing lots of experiments at work. Not only to I get to work with folks such as Marlena Compton, Jo Webb and Glen Ivey, the amazing Elisabeth Hendrickson is […]
Read MoreTesting Lean Coffee, and other stories
Last week, Ryan Freckleton and I experimented with a way to build our testing community in the southern Front Range area. We held a “Testing Lean Coffee” in Monument, Colorado, halfway between our respective homes. Read about it on the brand new TechWell site! Please also see my other recently published TechWell articles, including the […]
Read MoreNews for the start of July
Agile Testing Days in Potsdam, Germany this November is sure to be even more terrific than it has been for the past three years. Please join us! I’m doing a tutorial, “Making Test Automation Work on Agile Projects”. Please take a look at my video on technical debt that introduces the tutorial. (If for nothing […]
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