a nose for testing
Within a software development environment what is it to be fast or have speed ? What is it that people mean when they use the oft repeated in todays fast world of software development ? Unfortunately I suspect speed is now a primary goal, one the companies want to target directly. That s probably a bad move. Speed More The illusion (and confusion) of speed
Team sport and software development have more in common than you might first think. Can we bring sport into the workplace and benefit? More Developing Like a (Sports) Team
A brief discussion of test cases within a specific context. More Test Cases a partial exploration
A patient walks into a doctor’s office and sneezes, just once. The doctor immediately scribbles out a prescription for hay fever medicine and sends the patient on his way. It s a preposterous story, right? Who tries to solve a problem without taking the time to understand the background issues and the impact of the obstacle? More Building in Quality: Start with Problem Analysis
This post is part of a series of posts that responds to questions raised by people on LinkedIn. The original LinkedIn post can be found here. Feel free to add to the LinkedIn thread if you have a question or idea you would like me to consider. As I launch into the second post of More Because you asked Part 2
In May 2022, not sure if I would keep writing and posting blogs, I looked to LinkedIn for ideas. I asked if anybody who read my writing had ideas on what I should write about. I was very surprised by the number of responses I got. It turns out that, of itself, the feedback wasn t More Because you asked Part 1
Monday March 27. It was my wedding anniversary (34 happy years) and the day I interviewed with Grok. Today, Wednesday March 29 is they day I received a call telling me that I had a job offer from Grok and, by extension was no longer unemployed. I ve been unemployed since February 3rd as my previous More The Other Side of the Fence
I find it interesting how themes can pop up and attract attention on social media. Sometimes when I see a theme that is misguided, I ll sometimes chip in, other times I ll just shrug. A theme I see pop up reasonably often is the one focused on testing myths . So, what is a myth? If you describe a More The Myths of Testing
In what is my first blog post for quite a while I’m going to look at the notion that “testers prevent defects”. I see this claim made by non-testers talking about testing (yes “agile” I’m looking at you as well as your coaches), professional testers and test consultancies. It must be incredibly enticing to issue More Testing and Prevention The Illusion
I gave myself 60 minutes to write a blog about my day and the excitement that testing brings me. For better or worse, here it is. I ve written in previous posts and articles that I find testing enormously satisfying and challenging. Every challenge is unique in some ways but often similar in other ways. Testing More The thrill of testing