Testing Smarter

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…

It’s a non-lovely hot and smoky day in the Seattle area. I hope everyone is staying cool and safe out there no matter where you are. Here’s some stuff I found on the internet this week. I thought this article on deadline driven behavior with scrum was pretty interesting. I’ve seen orgs paralyzed by attempting…

I just finished a re-read (or the first read of the second edition) or Release It! It is crammed full of things that everyone working on a website or software service should know – including this painful nugget:GitHub currently shows 288,093 commits with the title “Removed password.” Tomorrow that number will be higher. Sometimes I…

I had a fantastic week skiing in Whistler, BC. Heading home today, but still have a few things to share. Don’t know if I ever mentioned it on this blog, but ~4 years ago, I took the Kolbe A index. It’s yet another how-do-I-work test, but I like this one and think it’s worth checking…

I think a true passion for learning is one of the things that makes testers great. The best testers I know are always looking for concepts or viewpoints they haven’t heard before and looking for opportunities to learn anytime they can.But it’s usually not enough to just to want to learn – you need some…