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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.

This heuristic is backwards

This heuristic is backwards

Recently, I’ve been asked to make some comments on a book. I’m using a technique I ‘discovered’ in my early days of testing. I am calling it the ‘Backwards Heuristic’. In my early days of testing when I had to review documents, I lacked the confidence to speak

Better than Beta? You Betcha!

Software testing has gone through a few renaissances in the last twenty years or so. From the dark ages of the waterfall process, there has emerged new theories, schools and test tools. We even have online clubs and networks. One noticeable difference between then and now is testing was traditionally

A scrum in Croke Park

A scrum in Croke Park

I’m attending the SQS conference on Software Testing in Croke Park, Dublin. I thought it was appropriate to go to an Agile Testing session involving Scrum amongst other techniques in the same hallowed ground where not to recently a game of Rugby was played out between England and Ireland.

I'm glad I'm not a piece of software

I'm glad I'm not a piece of software

I joke about my personal development lifecycle (PDLC) as my work in test management often requires consistency & repeatability in the form of a test process. In comparison my own PDLC is often very erratic and ill behaved. In fact its not really a typical lifecycle at all except perhaps

Observations on Offshoring your Software Testing

Have you noticed that there is something about having people nearby that instills a sense of confidence in the work being performed? There is something about having a tester in the same country as you that generates security. So it was with a bit of reluctance that I took on

If you want to be a millionaire - phone a friend

If you want to be a millionaire - phone a friend

I was asked to quote for a job recently on some testing in an area that I had little experience in. After confidently replying to the customer “no problem, I’ll have a quote to you by the end of the day…”, I started googling furiously, trying to gain some

Engineers make awful sales people

Engineers make awful sales people

I had an interesting conversation today about the ability of engineers to be able to sell their services. As a one-woman band type consultant, I don’t have the luxury of a sales force that markets my wares in an enticing way. I rely heavily on referrals and the fact