Whole Team Approach Archives - Page 5 of 7 - Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin

How to help developers grok testing

January 10, 2014 / Lisa Crispin / agile teams, agile testing, collaborating, communicating, experiments, Uncategorized, Whole Team Approach / 7 Comments

I presented a session called “Developers who grok testing: Why I love them and how they mitigate risk” at CodeMash. We did a mini workshop, dividing into groups to brainstorm what devs need to learn about testing in order to grow towards grokking it. How can testers and developers communicate and collaborate better? Take a […]

Improving and Enjoyment

June 23, 2013 / Lisa Crispin / agile teams, collaborating, donkeys, fun, learning for testers, magnificence, Whole Team Approach / No Comments

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 […]

Advancing collaboration

June 16, 2013 / Lisa Crispin / agile teams, collaborating, communicating, learning for testers, pairing, Uncategorized, Whole Team Approach / 5 Comments

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 […]

Fun experiments

January 13, 2013 / Lisa Crispin / agile teams, agile testing, experiments, magnificence, requirements, test automation, Whole Team Approach / 5 Comments

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 […]

Applying the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to the Whole-Team Approach

June 25, 2012 / Lisa Crispin / agile teams, conferences, Whole Team Approach / No Comments

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 […]

“Where Should I Start Looking….”

January 29, 2012 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing, test automation, Transitioning to agile, Whole Team Approach / 2 Comments

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, […]