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Community, Connecting, Learning

October 19, 2013 / Lisa Crispin / communicating, community, continual improvement, diversity, learning for testers / 2 Comments

During a recent stay in San Francisco, I walked down to the Ferry Building before dawn to enjoy the beautiful sunrise over the bay. I stopped in Peet’s Coffee for tea. As I waited for it to steep, I noticed a diverse group of people gathered around one of the large wooden tables in the […]

Advancing collaboration

June 16, 2013 / Lisa Crispin / agile teams, collaborating, communicating, learning for testers, pairing, Uncategorized, Whole Team Approach / 5 Comments

You know how some topic will come up, and suddenly you notice it’s coming up over and over in different contexts? Lately, for me, that topic has been collaboration among roles on software teams. My own team practices a “Whole Team” approach to development, and we testers work closely with the developers on a daily […]

Using Mind Maps for Test Planning

February 28, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing, communicating, estimating meetings, exploratory testing, Functional test tools, mind maps, planning, remote team members, software quality / 12 Comments

Recently I wrote a post about how our team used a mind map to help us with theme planning. We also sometimes use mind maps to help us in planning our testing. Some people asked if I’d post an example. Here it is: We’re a financial services company, and this theme was a rewrite of […]

Mind Maps for Theme Planning

January 9, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / communicating, estimating meetings, mind maps, planning / 4 Comments

When we have a new theme coming up, we usually start a few weeks or months in advance by having one or more brainstorming meetings with our Product Owner and possibly other stakeholders. The PO often draws examples on the whiteboard as we discuss: algorithms for calculations, or diagrams for workflow. We ask questions to […]

Community, Connecting, Learning

Advancing collaboration

Using Mind Maps for Test Planning

Mind Maps for Theme Planning

More stuff I learned at Agile Testing Days 2023

Learning about AI at Agile Testing Days 2023

Leading quality in software organizations

Ideas for creating successful workshops

New video chat: Assessing Quality Practices with QPAM

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