Warning – really long! I learned so much! It was a hectic week for me. I co-chaired the Testing & Quality Track with Markus Gärtner, which meant I went to a lot of sessions in our track – no hardship! I also did an Agile Boot Camp session on “Everyone Owns Quality” with Janet Gregory, […]
Read MoreLinda Rising’s Stalwarts session at Agile 2015
The Agile 2015 Stalwarts session are a fishbowl type discussion with leading lights of agile. I learn so much from Linda Rising every time I hear her talk (and when I read her book with Mary Lynn Manns, More Fearless Change). Do go watch videos of Linda’s recent keynotes. Whether it’s about bonobos or the […]
Read MoreWhat skills should we learn & teach to build quality in?
I learned so much last week at Agile Roots 2015 last week. Check out the artifacts, they’ll inspire you too! Janet Gregory and I did a plenary talk on “Do Testers Have to Code… To Be Useful?” I always love pair presenting with Janet. She did a super job of explaining our views on the […]
Read MoreOvercoming test automation challenges
Janet Gregory and I enjoyed participating in the Quality in Agile conference in Vancouver April 20-21. We paired on a keynote: “Do testers need to code… to be useful?” Our opinion in a nutshell: testers need technical awareness to collaborate effectively with all their team members, but our software delivery teams already should have expert […]
Read MoreElevating Agility: Things I learned at Mile High Agile 2015
I learned a lot at Mile High Agile last Friday. Here are some notes from sessions I attended. I never heard the for-sure count of attendees, for sure it was well over 700 people. The fun part was running into people I worked with 15, 20 or more years ago, I think pretty much the […]
Read MoreConference organizers, try harder. Conference participants: shop!
I just received a flyer in my snail mail for yet another conference where four out of the five keynote speakers are white men and only one is a woman. Are you kidding me? And this is a testing conference. Testing is a field that does indeed have lots of women, I would guess a […]
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