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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester: December 2011
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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester. Testers, Learn about Agile (and Lean). Let me tell you about something called Dramatic Irony. You see it in movies, television shows, plays and in many other places. It happens when you (as the audience or observer) see or understand something that the main characters dont. Often times this is funny, sometimes its not. Personally, I am one of those that likes to laugh when I see this happen. Known) bugs go out; they check up on everyone in the team to see that they h...
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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester: October 2011
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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester. The Future(s) of Software Testing. This topic keeps coming up in various discussions so here are some thoughts on what I think a future may hold for us one day. What does it mean to predict the future? Does it mean it is inevitable? If it is something appealing, maybe it is something we can work towards. What does it mean to talk about the Future of Software Testing without talking about Quality (whatever that is)? 160;Put another way, there is no one right way.
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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester: May 2012
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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester. What is Exploratory Testing? What is Exploratory Testing (ET)? I am asked this every once in a while and I hear a wide range of ideas as to what it is. This is one of those topics where Wikipedia. Doesnt really help much. Okay, so if ET = [good] testing, what is testing. According to Cem Kaner. If you ask Elisabeth Hendrickson. I studied Science in university and I love the way this definition reminds me of the Scientific Method. Much goodness in there! View my compl...
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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester: Salary Thieves
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Lessons Learned by a Software Tester. Yesterday I attended a Waterloo Agile Lean. Session on Story Mapping presented by Mark Levison. I had heard of Story Mapping but hadn't worked through it before. I liked the hands-on exercises approach Mark took to help us understand the process and benefits of that technique. This blog post is not. I love learning and take any opportunity I can to hear different speakers present on topics that I think may be of value. Sometimes I even attend the same. I tasked the s...
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Lead Testers and Lead Testing | open to scrutiny
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Lead Testers and Lead Testing. As I exit a project with disappointing results for me personally, I’m motivated to re-invent my role by combining select experiences from past projects. At the start of my next project, my conversation with project team members might take on this flavor. This entry was posted in Automation. October 11, 2016. My GWT Identity Crisis →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Enter...
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Test Automation is an Investment | open to scrutiny
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Test Automation is an Investment. I submit that test automation can improve your project’s pace. I realize that some believe it helps detect defects or that it can be developed independently from project execution. I recommend you reconsider those positions. Ever since I read. I’ve been pitching what I believe is a familiar notion around test automation in testing circles. But it was suggested to me that I provide some context. Put simply:. Defect Detection is a Narrow Focus. Test automation costs too mu...
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An Experiment for 2016 | open to scrutiny
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An Experiment for 2016. I missed writing. I think about it every day but it’s like drooling over a pizza ad. It’s nice but pizza with the family is much more satisfying, leaves an impression, and has more impact. My inspiration to return came from Julie Zhuo. Reminding me of many great things I have read about writing – thank you Julie! I focused a bunch of time on building a new web site for my hobby. SBE crystallized my reasons for cautious automation. I was unable to articulate why because I hadn&...
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TESTHEAD: Exploring at Cloud Foundry - Live at #CAST2015
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The Mis-Education and Re-Education of a Software Tester. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Exploring at Cloud Foundry - Live at #CAST2015. Jessie Alford told me something that astounded me. he's at Pivotal, working on Cloud Foundry. hey wait a minute, that means he's in my. Neck of the woods now! I am impressed that a programming team would spent the time to develop charters for exploratory testing, but Pivotal has surprised me many times over the years (at my previous job I was a daily user of Pivotal Tracker)...
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TESTHEAD: Can I Lean on My Context at My Startup? - Live at #CAST2015
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The Mis-Education and Re-Education of a Software Tester. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Can I Lean on My Context at My Startup? Eric Reis wrote an interesting book called "The Lean Startup" back in 2011, and it's become quite the buzzword du jour. Thomas Vaniotis has decided that he wants to get beyond the buzzwords and actually discuss Lean Startup and make the case that Lean Startup is all about testing. Thomas used a number of interesting examples (Zappos, Dropbox, etc.) and how they made their minimum ...
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