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Anne-Marie Charrett

Anne-Marie Charrett

Sydney, Australia

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.

Waxing and Waning during Exploratory Testing

Waxing and Waning during Exploratory Testing

I had this great plan for today where I would observe how I work throughout a day of exploratory testing. Unfortunately, the software is not quite ready for testing, so my plan has been slightly scuppered. Still I suppose this situation is often typical of any testing scenario, so I

Testing my backbone

Testing my backbone

I’m a nice person. Well, I like to think I’m a nice person anyhow, and some people tell me that’s true too. Especially my kids, they tell me I’m the best Mum in the world. Aw shucks! But sometimes, being nice creates problems because I want

So you want to be a software test consultant?

So you want to be a software test consultant?

Today, I’ m handing out some pointers that may or may not help you on your path to becoming a software test consultant. Some of these I’ve gained through bitter experience, others are more hindsight on things I ought to have done. So, without further ado, here are my

It's time to grow up and ditch the security blanket

It's time to grow up and ditch the security blanket

One of the hardest parts of working as a software tester is keeping on top of new technologies, techniques in testing and development and software testing tools. I can sometimes feel quite intimidated at the amount of information that I need to absorb in order to keep on top of

Is it Nerdy to Test on the weekend?

I’m talking about the European Weekend Tester Sessions [http://weekendtesting.com/] that have just started up. This was an entirely different kind of testing. The kids were screaming and running in and out of the house as I sat down on my computer on a beautiful and warm Saturday

Back To Basics: Automated Testing

Back To Basics: Automated Testing

Automating parts of testing has always existed since people have tested software. In my early days of testing the concept of separating testing into manual and automated testing never really existed. Well not where I worked anyhow. We tested, and sometimes we used tools to help us test. In conformance

Always look on the bright side of life..

Always look on the bright side of life..

And what better way, than to download the new Tester Types E-Book. [http://thesocialtester.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/testertypes.pdf] Its a light hearted look at some of the types of testers out there and I guess we could all do with a bit of a laugh now