Five for Friday – March 14, 2025

Last week I wrote about test design and imagined an app where I thought automation could help with testing. I had some time this morning, so I went ahead and made the application. When you press the “Roll!” button, the app generates 5 random numbers between 0 & 9 (inclusive), and sums the numbers in…

Should you automate everything, or nothing? Should you test everything, or nothing? How about leadership – should you dictate every detail of what your team should do, or give them no guidance at all. The answer for all of these questions – as you’d expect, is “somewhere in the middle”. In my experience, most people…

Ever wanted to find out even more about me without actually asking me? I had a few interviews with me posted in the last month.. The first is on the IT Knowledge Exchange site Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The other interview is on testzonen.se (in Swedish). Bing (or other) translation engines turn it…

I just put together a collection of my published works (it’s not a long list). I also have an article coming out in a Korean testing magazine – I’ll see if I can get a link once it’s out. I’ve been writing less lately while I turn my attention toward my often neglected day job….

It’s the time of year in Seattle where we see a little sunshine and briefly think that Spring is near…but it’s a trap. It will be raining and 40f next week. Here are a few things I read this week worth sharing. And that’s it for another week. See you in March!

Chris McMahon (who has an extensive music background) recently gave a wonderful presentation at SoftwareGR where he stated: The work of a performing artist is exactly the same as a functioning agile team. He goes on to explain that it isn’t a metaphor – it’s exactly the same thing. And I believe him. Later in…