Testing Smarter

Here are a few things worth sharing this week Old article, but new to me. It accurately describes almost every “agile doesn’t work” article I’ve ever read. We tried baseball, but it didn’t work. I learned this week about The Learning Cone, and then bit my tongue from nodding too hard. I’m always proud to…

Oh my – it’s been a while, hasn’t it. I had a good time off – in that I did nothing except play some games and read and sleep for almost 3 weeks. Here are a few things worth sharing. One book I read was Hacking Growth – which is an odd title for a…

It’s Friday again already, and the end of 2022 is in sight. As usual (and expected), here are a few interesting things I found worth sharing. Feedback is something I’m always working on improving. This article really nails home some of the nuance needed for effective feedback. Speaking of good advice, this article on 16…

Purely random non-testing info here, but important if you ever need to pick me out of a crowd. I’ve been having hair issues recently, and it’s been pointed out that I’ve become difficult to recognize. This blog post is your clue to finding me should I ever fall off the grid. Once upon a time…

In 2003, Brian Marick introduced the concept of “Agile Quadrants” to describe the scope of testing[1] (later expanded on by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory[2]). Several people (including me) have expanded and elaborated on the quadrants to describe the scope and activities of testing. Here’s a version of the testing quadrants. One challenge I’ve seen…