agile Archives - Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin

First RobotFramework Test!

July 1, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / experiments, Stickyminds Blog, Techwell Blog, Whole Team Approach, writing / No Comments

I just posted our team’s recent experience in taking a different approach when presented with an unusual problem: one theme that needs to get out the door, and another that will be hard to “hide” but will take multiple sprints. Please check it out on my Techwell/Stickyminds blog

The Whole Team Approach in Practice

April 26, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing, continuous integration, exploratory testing, feedback, learning for testers, pairing, planning, shortened feedback loop, software quality, test automation, Uncategorized, Whole Team Approach / 7 Comments

I’ve just been struggling with a title for this post. Some of my ideas were: “Visibility Taken to New Heights”, “Yes, There Are Teams Who Do This Just Like In the Books”, “A Real Commitment to Continual Improvement”, “Inspiration”, but none of them really capture my amazement at what I saw visiting the team at […]

Nice Thoughts for the Wintry Season

December 14, 2009 / Lisa Crispin / agile testing / No Comments

I wrote a blog post on StickyMinds about my views on the importance of being nice. I particularly like some of the stories that commenters have shared about how they were able to get a good working relationship with difficult coworkers. Please share your stories! It’s that time of year where we may have a […]

Thinking, and Communities

December 7, 2009 / Lisa Crispin / Uncategorized / No Comments

Eric Willeke, Liz Keogh and Jean Tabaka have inspired me (and many others, I am sure) with the following, which they produced when they got together in Boulder last Friday. I’m currently reading some draft chapters of Jurgen Appelo‘s upcoming book. His work is affirming my belief that successful software projects are the result of […]