This afternooon, I joined Mike Sutton’s Improv session. My takeaway: “It doesn’t hurt to collaborate”. The exercises were fun and funny, and gave insight into how teams worked together. I particularly liked that Mike used a task board to keep track of his session. We did a lot of fun exercises, and had lots of […]
Read MoreWhat I’ve been writing instead of blog posts!
I have been doing some writing in the past six weeks, in addition to rehabilitating my broken-and-now-healed ankle. But it’s all been published elsewhere. Here are some links: Software Quality Connection, “How to Improve Communication between QA and Development“ SearchSoftwareQuality.com, “Agile development: The whole-team approach” Also on SearchSoftwareQuality.com, “The whole-team approach to Agile development: Examples […]
Read MoreWriting About Testing 2: Style and Grace
My summary of the WAT2 conference this past May, in Durango, appears on the SearchSoftwareQuality.com website (you have to register to see content, registration is free, I apologize that it’s a bit of a pain to have to register). I was inspired by this year’s theme of style and grace, as well as the amazing […]
Read MoreVenturing Into a Developers’ Conference
If you think conferences aimed at programmers are only for them, think again. I wrote about my experiences at ACCU 2011 on TechTarget. Take a chance and try a conference that doesn’t seem tailor-made for you!
Read MoreStarEast 2011 Summary
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!
Read MoreThe Whole Team Approach in Practice
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 […]
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