Warning, this post is going to be a bit touchy-feely. But it’s good for us to get that way every so often. In my previous post, I recounted how I’ve been working with my donkey trainer, Tom, to break old, bad habits and learn how to give my donkeys fast, clear feedback. I’ve been practicing […]
Read MoreAdvancing collaboration
You know how some topic will come up, and suddenly you notice it’s coming up over and over in different contexts? Lately, for me, that topic has been collaboration among roles on software teams. My own team practices a “Whole Team” approach to development, and we testers work closely with the developers on a daily […]
Read MoreFun experiments
I joined the Pivotal Tracker team as a tester on August 13. I felt so lucky to get on board there, it’s a wonderful team, and Pivotal Labs has an amazing culture. But in spite of having amazing helpful teammates, I struggled to get to a point where I felt like I was contributing. Every […]
Read MoreApplying the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to the Whole-Team Approach
At San Francisco Agile 2012, I had the good fortune to pair up with Matt Barcomb for a session about growing the Whole-Team approach. Matt found ways to apply the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to help teams understand the various stages of growth as a team which commits to delivering high-quality software learns ways […]
Read More“Where Should I Start Looking….”
My friend and excellent agile coach Michele Sliger, co-author of The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility , recently emailed me this question that she hears a lot: “Where should I start looking to learn more about test automation and tooling?” Naturally, I replied with a typically long-winded answer. She must have liked it though, […]
Read MoreA Product Owner’s Perspective
I had the opportunity to talk with Gil Zilberfeld, product owner with Typemock, a software company whose products are designed to help developers with their unit testing. I don’t often get to talk to product owners, and I was interested in his views on testing and quality. (Disclaimer: I have no experience with using Typemock’s […]
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