The latest issue of Agile Record is out, and includes some terrific articles by Gojko Adzic, Jurgen Appelo, Ellen Gottesdiener, Johanna Rothman, Linda Rising, Catherine Powell and several more – what an incredibly talented and diverse group of contributors! My “Agile Testing in Real Life” column is about practicing our software development (that includes testing) […]
Read More“Our manual testing…”
Yesterday I had a call from a participant in my recent BayAPLN session. I completely screwed up and, when I tried to save the phone message, I deleted it, and somehow the number that my phone saved, I could not call back. So, I’d like to try to answer the question, as best I remember […]
Read MoreBelgium Testing Days: A Look at a European Conference
I wrote up my experiences at the excellent Belgium Testing Days conference which took place in February. In particular, I thought about what is different for me at conferences outside the U.S. compared with “domestic” conferences. They’re all great learning and networking opportunities, but culture makes for some nice differences. Overall it was a wonderful […]
Read MoreMeet Ernest
My Agile Testing Days tutorial is almost full, so my motivation here is not to advertise it, but to invite you to meet one of my donkeys, Ernest. I tried to make the video with both Ernest and Chester, but it was very windy outdoors that day and Chester was fidgety, we couldn’t get a […]
Read MoreWhat Gender Diversity Means to Me
I’m a volunteer on the Diversity in Agile project founded by Mike Sutton and supported by the Agile Alliance. Update: Though we did these video interviews back in 2010, they’re still online, and these women are still awesome! For reasons I don’t understand, some people have misunderstood the first phase of the project, which seeks […]
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