diversity Archives - Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin

Learning how to be an ally to non-binary folk

December 21, 2021 / Lisa Crispin / being an ally, conferences, culture, diversity, hiring, inclusiveness, safety / No Comments

This is my third post sharing my biggest takeaways from Agile Testing Days. OK, I’m pretty slow, and, I hope my learning might inspire someone else’s. I first got to know Bruce (the legend) on social media and via Ministry of Testing. She was an amazing host for an online TestBash. Bruce makes awesome videos […]

Eckstein's Law: An organization produces a design that reflects the organization's biases.

Agile Testing Days 2021 – 1 of ? – Asking new questions

November 30, 2021 / Lisa Crispin / cognitive bias, conferences, culture, diversity, inclusion, inclusiveness, sustainability, Uncategorized, unconscious bias / No Comments

I haven’t made time to blog here much this year because of pair blogging with Janet Gregory on AgileTestingFellow.com, along with other writing commitments. I want to write about some of my Agile Testing Days 2021 takeaways, to reflect on them and reinforce them in my own head. So here goes. Might be the only […]

DeliveryConf 2020

February 20, 2020 / Lisa Crispin / conferences, continuous delivery, continuous integration, DevOps, DevTestOps, diversity, inclusiveness, learning for testers, Whole Team Approach / No Comments

I attended DeliveryConf 2020 in Seattle in January. I had high expectations, given the speaker lineup. It far exceeded my expectations! I took lots of sketch notes and plan to blog more about the many insights I learned. Meanwhile, you can see the presentations, AND listen to the valuable facilitated group discussions with members of […]

Tina Toucan provided extra diversity and fun!

Diversity in conference speakers == new ideas, more learning

August 15, 2018 / Lisa Crispin / conferences, continual improvement, diversity, inclusion, learning for testers, Uncategorized, women in agile / 2 Comments

I attended my first testing conference back in the early 90s. I can only remember one woman speaker, and she made such an impact on me, I still remember the session well – it was about how to test requirements. I have used those ideas ever since! Thanks in large part (in my opinion, anyway) […]

Tester's Island Discs from https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/

My Tester’s Island Discs!

January 5, 2018 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing, conferences, diversity, donkeys, fun, podcasts, Whole Team Approach, women in agile / No Comments

As soon as I heard the introductory episode to Neil Studd’s Tester’s Island Discs podcast, I sent in my five song selections. I didn’t expect to be picked, but it was really fun to think of the five tunes I’d take to the Tester’s Island! I’ve listened to every episode, and have learned a lot […]

Anne-Marie Charret kicks off the Women and Allies event

Agile Testing Days – More Unicorns!

December 16, 2017 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing, conferences, DevOps, diversity, inclusion, Uncategorized, women in agile / 2 Comments

Day 3 of Agile Testing Days kicked off as usual with the 7 am walk/run (I walked!) to Sans Souci, followed by another excellent and well-attended Lean Coffee. This is already my third post about Agile Testing Days, so I’m going to try to stick to a few highlights! Don’t be a template zombie David […]