Five for Friday – October 15, 2021

A few days ago, I began a verbal exploration of testers who code and coders who test. That post provides some context for today’s continuation, so if you have a moment, go ahead and check it out. OK – I know you didn’t read it (or you read it already), so I’ll give you the…

I apologize in advance for yet another exploration of what testers do. More and more, I feel that Brent is right, and Test is a 4 Letter Word, but I feel we (whatever we want to call ourselves) can advance through discussion of our roles and responsibilities. A few weeks ago, I was talking to…

Way back in 2008 when I wrote chapter three of HWTSAM, I briefly mentioned the HiPPO in the context of ship room (war room) meeting structure: Everyone’s voice is important. A phrase heard in many war rooms is “Don’t listen to the HiPPO”—where HiPPO is an acronym for highest-paid person’s opinion. It was a term…

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…

Back again, and once again, if you’d like to receive this post via email, you can sign up here. Here are some things you should know this week. First – I wrote another article for TestProject – this one on Testing and the Road to Quality. I’m happy to say that with this article nobody…

It’s March, and there’s still snow on the ground here in sunny (but cold) Seattle. Here are some things I found this week worth sharing. First off – the Unity blog has a nice article on the recent Unity Quality Week Here is a sensible article on measuring productivity in organizations Kim Scott (Radical Candor)…