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 […]
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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 […]
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More memories from Agile Testing Days 2017 Another 7 am walk followed by Lean Coffee got me going for day two of the conference. One of my takeaways from Lean Coffee was from Viktorija Manevska, who started asking her team this question every day at standup: “What did you learn yesterday?” Though her team treated […]
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I promised myself I would blog about some of the sessions I attended at Agile Testing Days, mainly to help myself reflect and incubate new ideas. I have sketch notes from a lot of sessions so that should help me remember! Janet Gregory and I facilitated an all-day workshop on Monday where a couple dozen […]
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Thanks to everyone who posted ideas on ways conferences can be more inclusive of newcomers and avoid the perception of having “cliques” of speakers and veteran attendees, in response to my post. I’d like to share some of them here. Liz Keogh‘s keynotes and workshops are always so inspiring and helpful to me. A few […]
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I went to my first testing conference back in the early 90s. I learned a lot, but I was too intimidated to try to “network” with anyone. The speakers seemed standoffish, the feeling I got was “You’re a nobody, so don’t try to talk to us.” Maybe that was an unfair interpretation on my part, […]
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My article on pairing with developers is live on the Ministry of Testing. I love pairing with developers. It’s fun, and I learn so much. I feel we are really building quality in together, catching issues early, finding inconsistencies or questions to discuss with the product owner. Whether you’re a tester or a developer, I […]
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Many of us have followed Katrina Clokie‘s blog posts and/or had the pleasure of hearing her present at conferences. Now she has compiled not only her broad experience but that of many other practitioners into this awesome book. I’ve just finished reading it and am sharing my thoughts on it here. This post is a […]
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Janet Gregory and I offer our new five hour introduction to agile testing, based on our books, Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams, and More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team. “Agile Testing Essentials” is for anyone working on or with a software delivery team who wants to learn the basic principles […]
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