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Anne-Marie Charrett

Anne-Marie Charrett

Tech Leadership. Founder of Testing Times. Anne-Marie advocates a whole quality approach to modern engineering practises. Author Quality Coaching Book. Keynote Speaker Founder SpeakEasy Diversity.

Under the Hood - Learning APIs

Under the Hood - Learning APIs

New to API’s and want to learn how to test them? Here’s some learning strategies to help you get started on your way. Feel the fear…and do it anyway For many, opening up the bonnet of a UI and staring at the underneath and the API and

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon

I’ve spent a day testing a scheduler using a semi-automated technique. It’s a task that is cognitively demanding. It requires creating sophisticated test data, loading it into a scheduler, then identifying if the output is as anticipated. Sound’s interesting right? It is. There are lots of different

Embrace your inner strange

Embrace your inner strange

“Everybody Wants Some!!” It’s a nostalgic coming of age movie for male base ballers set in the 1980’s. The following conversation ensued between Jake and Willoughby (both pitchers): Willoughby: ..let me tell you something, Jake. It is lonely out on the bump, man. You know, hitters, they got

Beyond the Black Stump

Beyond the Black Stump

In Australia, the black stump [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stump] is a metaphor or the edge of European civilisation., an imaginary beyond which point at the country was considered remote and unknown. (Of course that wasn't true it was the home of a civilisation that was

Who moved my risk?

Who moved my risk?

We know quality is ‘value to some person’, so it stands to reason that risk is also subjective. If we use risk as a factor to determine what to test, then how you test, what you test and your testing strategy will evolve and change. Is it though? Think of

Black Box Testing

Black Box Testing

Like many young children, my niece Emily was a little scared of going into the ocean. It was a beautiful Irish June day, and my mother could see she wanted to join all the other children splashing about and having fun. She took her by the hand and led her

Software Testers: Simply the best

Software Testers: Simply the best

Software Tester’s are a rare breed. We perform a role that can be difficult and not always fully appreciated or recognised. We are often the sceptic on the team, raising difficult questions when no one wants to hear them. We discover unplanned work, we question design, we uncover ambiguity.