After being our delightful host and emcee all week, Mike Sutton finally got to do what he originally came to Potsdam to do – give his keynote on the power of Communities of Practice in testing. I’d never thought of what those words mean – a community, yes, but also practice. Where can we learn? […]
Read MoreAgile Testing Days Conference Day 3 highlights
Conference day 3 got off to a rousing start with Jessica DaVita: “I like to go fast and break things”. I think she was referring both to her passion for Moto GP and for software delivery. I liked her observation about a “wall of confusion” between Dev – “Change!” and Ops – “Stability!” Safety matters, […]
Read MoreAgile Testing Days highlights – Day 2
My day got off to a bright start with day 2 of Lean Coffee, it was a full room in spite of the fun social events of the previous evening! I had no more sessions to do myself, so I could relax and focus on learning. Diana Larsen Lifts Off! I have six pages of […]
Read MoreAgile Testing Days Highlights: Part 1
My dilemma – how to write about some highlights of Agile Testing Days 2016 in the small amount of time I have, without going on and on for pages and pages? I’m going to do it incrementally, and try to keep it short! This was the 8th year of ATD, and I’m lucky to have […]
Read MoreExploring Features and Stories: Lisa & Janet’s Agile Testing Days Tutorial
We hope you’ll join us at Agile Testing Days in Potsdam this December, and we invite you to join our tutorial on Day One! Our tutorial title is “Exploring Features and Stories: How Testing Helps Build Shared Understanding”. Lots of words – what do we mean by that? What might you learn in our hands-on […]
Read MoreWhat skills help us build quality in?
Agile Testing Days 2015 is coming up November 9-12 in Potsdam, Germany. This year’s theme: “Embracing Agile for a Competitive Edge – Establish leadership by delivering early, rapid & iterative application releases”. To paraphrase Elisabeth Hendrickson, the ability to release business value frequently at a sustainable pace is the very definition of “agile”. That sustainable […]
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