Habits in Quality
I often get asked as a quality coach, how do you get teams to do more software testing? It's a tricky one, because as quality coach you don't have any direct authority over anyone in the team. You could try and tell them to do it,
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It's all one elephant
Recently, I posted on twitter a representation of how I see the differences between coaching, mentoring and training. The lens I chose to look through was that of direction. How much the person coaching, is actively providing guidance.
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3 Amigos - a sequel
In agile, the 3 Amigos is a collaboration event that takes place between QA, Product and Engineering right before the start of software development. The purpose is develop a shared understanding over what is being built, and what will be tested In this new version, the 3 Amigos still keeps
The 3 Amigos in agile
I’m exploring the 3 Amigos in agile at the moment, as I feel it may be in need
of a makeover. But first, the traditional view of the 3 Amigos. I know, there’s
already loads of articles on the 3 amigos, but I thought it might be useful
Supporting the whistleblowers
Whistleblowers
I’ve written before on how software testers think differently and play a different role to others in a technical team. In the past, a typical non testing view of the role was gatekeeper. This didn’t turn out so well. The history of quality and software testers is
Be your best self
Leadership is being your best self. Easy to say, harder to implement. For
starters, what the hell does ” be your best self” mean? And why is that
leadership?
For me, being my best self, doesn’t mean achieving goals. It doesn’t mean going
to the gym, eating the right
The Scab Picker
As I child I received the usual number of knocks and bumps, cuts and the
inevitable scabs that grew as my body healed itself. I enjoyed nothing more than
spending time picking away at these scabs. I wanted to explore and uncover, pick
and observe in fascinating as the pink