I am happy to be among so many leading test automation practitioners on this list. Lists are hard, I am sure many deserving people are always left off. I’ve learned so much from the people on this list (as well as ones who aren’t on the list). (I would add a screenshot of my mention […]
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As you wish…
When I joined my first eXtreme Programming (XP) team back in 2000, we all watched the Princess Bride together, because we’d heard it was the “XP movie”. Whenever Buttercup asks for something, Wesley replies, “As you wish…” – most hilariously as he is rolling down a steep and rocky hill. With XP, we welcomed changes […]
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Janet 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 […]
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I joined the Pivotal Tracker team as a tester on August 13. I felt so lucky to get on board there, it’s a wonderful team, and Pivotal Labs has an amazing culture. But in spite of having amazing helpful teammates, I struggled to get to a point where I felt like I was contributing. Every […]
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Check out my recent Stickyminds article, where I distill some ideas I’ve learned recently from folks such as Declan Whelan, Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman (see the links in the article for more on those wonderful, smart folks.) And my latest Stickyminds article is on how my team has found ease and joy (to borrow […]
Read More“Where Should I Start Looking….”
My friend and excellent agile coach Michele Sliger, co-author of The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility , recently emailed me this question that she hears a lot: “Where should I start looking to learn more about test automation and tooling?” Naturally, I replied with a typically long-winded answer. She must have liked it though, […]
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