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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.

Not a conference but a CASTalyst

Not a conference but a CASTalyst

Firstly, apologies for the terrible play on words, its got to be one of the worst pun ever! Put it down to a lack of imagination. I’m going to be busy at CAST 2011 this year as not only am I attending but I’ll be holding a workshop

The antipodes are calling

The antipodes are calling

I’m heading to Sydney, Australia on 22nd January 2011. I will be looking for test consulting work preferably through my Australian consulting company Testing Times [https://testingtimes.com.au]. What do I offer? I shed light on testing problems often obscured or caused by a testing process. I bring

In search of perfection

In search of perfection

I knew Flynn was in trouble the moment he created a program Clu 2 as his doppelgänger. You see, the purpose of Clu2 was to create the perfect system. Flynn, a programmer failed to understand the struggle between perfection and quality. I’m guessing he didn’t spend a lot

Exclusive cartoon - see it here first !

Here is an exclusive, never seen before cartoon, created especially for the upcoming ebook “If I were a testcase, I would…” As you may know, this e-book contains over 300 memorable and funny responses to the Twitter challenge started by the Daily Testing Tip [https://dailytestingtip.blogspot.com/] prompting testers

Discovering Big Trak

Discovering Big Trak

Recently, I’ve been reading up on how we approach and report on solving problems. One book recommended to me was Exploring Science by David Klahr. There’s a lot in this book. Khlar performs experiments in his “Discovery Lab” where participants are observed solving and reporting problems. He uses

Battleships Ahoy

Battleships Ahoy

I had a great day today. My youngest son, Alex (7) persuaded me to buy him a new game today. Its not hard. I’m easily persuaded. But the game of choice was interesting. It was Battleships. Now, I remember this game. I played it (and loved it) when I

From Little Things Big Things Grow

From Little Things Big Things Grow

One thing that I get occasionally complemented on is my writing. People write and let me know how they appreciate my writing style. Initially this surprised me, because I do not consider myself a naturally gifted writer. In fact, quite the opposite. Reading and Writing was always a bit of