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StarEast 2011 Summary

May 10, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / conferences, learning for testers, Publications, writing / No Comments

I’m grateful to the Software Testing Club for asking me to report my experiences at StarEast. It was fun to do and will help me remember what I learned and what I want to try now as a result!

The Whole Team Approach in Practice

April 26, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing, continuous integration, exploratory testing, feedback, learning for testers, pairing, planning, shortened feedback loop, software quality, test automation, Uncategorized, Whole Team Approach / 5 Comments

I’ve just been struggling with a title for this post. Some of my ideas were: “Visibility Taken to New Heights”, “Yes, There Are Teams Who Do This Just Like In the Books”, “A Real Commitment to Continual Improvement”, “Inspiration”, but none of them really capture my amazement at what I saw visiting the team at […]

Practice, Practice, Practice!

April 22, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing, diversity, learning for testers, Publications, software quality, writing / 2 Comments

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) […]

Belgium Testing Days: A Look at a European Conference

March 3, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / conferences, diversity, learning for testers / 1 Comment

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 […]

CodeRetreat Boulder: A Tester’s Experience

February 28, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / code design, learning for testers, pairing, test automation, training / 1 Comment

This past Saturday I was fortunate to be one of the 60 people enrolled for the largest Code Retreat ever, Code Retreat Boulder, facilitated by Corey Haines and Chad Fowler, organized by Prakash Murthy. This was my first Code Retreat, though I’ve worked on teams practicing TDD, pair programming, and good design practices for more […]

Discounts for StarEast 2011

January 26, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing training, learning for testers / No Comments

I’m doing two tutorials (including one together with Janet Gregory) and a track session at StarEast 2011 (see my News and Events page for more details or click to see the brochure). If you use the discount code SKWS you can get $200 off, and if you book before March 4 you also get Early […]