My transition from tester, test consultant and author — to artist, author, and personal project finisher
This blog post has been in the back of my mind for a while – but not started because I hadn’t determined how to frame it. However, thanks to one […]
Deliberate Practice
Quote by James Clear “Practice is the price you pay today to be better tomorrow.” First, I’ll talk about what I mean by deliberate practice, and then I’ll share ideas […]
Does automation catch bugs?
A few weeks ago, Katja Obring wrote a blog post which I encourage everyone to read. There were quite a few comments – some who agreed and some who did […]
When did PR (pull request) become a stage?
I’ve struggled a long time with what has become common notation – the “PR”. When I first heard it used, I learned that it was a term used in GitHub […]
Reflections
My thoughts from the Panel Discussion – Future of Women in Agile In March 2021, I had the privilege of co-hosting a panel discussion with Ellen Grove. The discussion was […]
Can we change our perspectives?
The following quote came from James Clear in his January 2020 newsletter (https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1). “Reading is like a software update for your brain. Whenever you learn a new concept or idea, the ‘software’ […]
Do You Need a Test Column?…. Let’s Talk.
Paul Seaman (from Australia and @beaglesays on twitter) took me up on my offer to chat and we ended up having a great discussion about tasks and columns on a story board among many other things. I learned a little, and he took away some ideas that he wants to try with his team – a win-win in my books.
A Quiet Presence
This morning I received notification that a friend had passed away. Many remember him as a shaker and a doer in the agile community. He was that, but he did […]
Delivery Teams +
In More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team, Lisa Crispin and I talked about the idea of DevOps and testing. We tried to use the term to show there are DevOps activities – activities that contribute to the wholeness of the product, much like testing activities and coding and other development activities.
Book Review – Humans vs Computers by Gojko Adzic, 2017
Gojko has done a great job of collecting stories to help us remember how important it is to test beyond the happy path. We often rely on computer’s doing the […]