I attended my first testing conference back in the early 90s. I can only remember one woman speaker, and she made such an impact on me, I still remember the session well – it was about how to test requirements. I have used those ideas ever since! Thanks in large part (in my opinion, anyway) […]
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My Tester’s Island Discs!
As soon as I heard the introductory episode to Neil Studd’s Tester’s Island Discs podcast, I sent in my five song selections. I didn’t expect to be picked, but it was really fun to think of the five tunes I’d take to the Tester’s Island! I’ve listened to every episode, and have learned a lot […]
Read MoreWrapping Up Agile Testing Days 2017
Eeek, 2017 is over soon and I have one more post about the Agile Testing Days 2017 conference! Yes, it has been quite a few weeks ago now, but like most of you, the combination of work, side projects and holiday merriment have meant a lack of blogging time. I’m just going to squeak this […]
Read MoreAgile Testing Days – More Unicorns!
Day 3 of Agile Testing Days kicked off as usual with the 7 am walk/run (I walked!) to Sans Souci, followed by another excellent and well-attended Lean Coffee. This is already my third post about Agile Testing Days, so I’m going to try to stick to a few highlights! Don’t be a template zombie David […]
Read MoreHow to get more women presenters for conferences, and, why there are so few.
Yesterday I ran across Dan Billing’s post about MEWT5. An excellent and thought-provoking post, but at the end, a picture of the 14 participants showed only 1 woman. Given that testing is one of the areas of software that has a decent percentage of women, and given all the awesome women in testing I know […]
Read MoreExperiences of a _More Agile Testing_ contributor
Bernice Niel Ruhland, a director of quality management programs, contributed so much value to More Agile Testing. In addition to sidebars where she explains ideas she uses for training and managing testers, we refer to several stories and ideas we learned from her. She also read every draft of every chapter at least three times […]
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