My team has 40+ members, distributed into seven or so “pods” and across several locations. It’s a challenge to communicate information among the multiple pods. In addition, we often face obstacles that cross over multiple pods. We usually have a “cross-pod retrospective” once a month. It’s typically in the “Happy/Puzzler/Sad” format. We collect items in […]
Read MoreI was honored to be interviewed by Dave Rael for his Developer on Fire! podcast. Please give it a listen and let me know if you share any of my experiences with small experiments, collaborating with customer and delivery team members, imposter syndrome, or whatever! I’ve listened to many great interviews on Dave’s podcast, I […]
Read MoreJanet Gregory and I enjoyed participating in the Quality in Agile conference in Vancouver April 20-21. We paired on a keynote: “Do testers need to code… to be useful?” Our opinion in a nutshell: testers need technical awareness to collaborate effectively with all their team members, but our software delivery teams already should have expert […]
Read MoreAfter consolidating my notes and photos from Agile Testing Days (so many devices! Plus sketch notes!), I realized it’s way too much for one post. I’m taking the advice of tweeps and serializing this novel. First up: the workshop I facilitated on Advanced Topics in Agile Testing. I must emphasize that I was only a […]
Read MoreMy first blog post on the new Techwell site (a site provided by the same people who bring you Stickyminds) tells the story of how my team recently tried an experiment to get the business and the Product Owner to give us requirements, mock-ups and other information about user stories before we do our sprint […]
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