I’ve had such a great fall. Got tons of inspiration at Oredev and Agile Testing Days. Doing lots of LeanCoffee. Learning all kinds of stuff and doing lots of experiments at work. Not only to I get to work with folks such as Marlena Compton, Jo Webb and Glen Ivey, the amazing Elisabeth Hendrickson is […]
Read MoreNews for the start of July
Agile Testing Days in Potsdam, Germany this November is sure to be even more terrific than it has been for the past three years. Please join us! I’m doing a tutorial, “Making Test Automation Work on Agile Projects”. Please take a look at my video on technical debt that introduces the tutorial. (If for nothing […]
Read MoreFocus on the “Why”, not the “How” for User Stories
In my latest Techwell blog post, I tell the tale of our most recent estimating meeting, where the product owner brought us a user story that was written as a technical implementation. We had to get him to back up and tell us the purpose of the story, so that we could determine the appropriate […]
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 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 MorePractice, Practice, Practice!
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) […]
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