Want to be a Modern Tester with me?

A lot of people want to see changes happen. Some of those want to make change happen. Whether it’s introducing a new tool to a software team, changing a process, or shifting a culture, many people have tried to make changes happen. And many of those have failed. I’ve known “Jeff” for nearly 20 years….

I’ve had a few conversations on twitter over the past few weeks about tester titles. My conclusion is that test titles are meaningless, but let’s look at why I think that, and why it doesn’t matter. Let’s say you’ve been testing for eight years, given a conference presentation or two and wrote a bit about…

My interlude is over, and I’m back to blogging – at least that’s the plan, and I don’t see any reason why I won’t be back on the blog-waves on a semi-regular basis. My summer was crazy with work. I probably let myself get spread too thin, and I paid the price of context switches…

Welp – it’s been another one of those weeks. Here’s some stuff I found that helped me get by. I’m still on a fiction break. This week, I read Ready Player Two – and it wasn’t bad. I definitely enjoyed the first book more, but this one was enjoyable and a good read (and I’m…

This is the special time travel edition of FfF (I lost a day – mentally – while traveling). I have read, and re-read this article on Work is Work. It’s a fantastic analysis of organizational design. I plan on reading it yet again after I post this. It’s no secret that I like Radical Candor,…

Leave it to Adam Goucher to beat me to the punch line. When I proposed that breaking down your definition of quality to a manageable set of ilities is a reasonable method for improving customer perceived quality, the logical next step is to try and find out which of the ilities you need to care…