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The Base Camp Heuristic

The Base Camp Heuristic

The ‘Base Camp’ heuristic is the work required to find any bug. Typically ‘Base Camp’ bugs tend to be low lying fruit and can be found quickly, especially if a tester is experienced. In the world of Daniel Kahneman [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow], these bugs are found

Testing Microservices - what do you want to know?

The following is an outline of blog post on Testing Microservices. Does it sound interesting? Vote below to get me to write it or focus on something else 🙂 Testing Microservices 1) Microservices is a concept a set of patterns, not a set architecture 2) The context in which you testing

No women speakers? No Bother!

No women speakers? No Bother!

That might surprise you if you listened the Eurostar Webinar last week where Fiona Charles and I explored the numbers of women speaking at software testing conferences. If you didn’t hear it you can now [https://vimeo.com/134959112] (Spoiler ahead it’s roughly 25%*) Considering that there are

Agile Australia and Intent based Leadership

Agile Australia and Intent based Leadership

Today I went to Agile Australia as an attendee. That’s a first for me, usually, I’m speaking. It was wonderful to go with a different purpose, which is to learn from others. Typically, if I’m speaking I’m so focused on ‘my talk’ and getting ready for

Nice girls don't get the Keynote

Nice girls don't get the Keynote

Keynotes are something to be earned and rightly so. Typically a keynote comes from someone who likes to speak, who is good at speaking, and has something interesting to talk about. I know many women testers who meet the above criteria. They have the requisite ‘merit’ required to be a

Paying Attention to Paying Attention to Detail

Paying Attention to Paying Attention to Detail

One question I often ask a tester in an interview is what they believe are the essential skills that differentiate a good tester from a great tester. One of the common replies is “Paying attention to detail”. But what does that really mean? Start with detail. What do you mean

Bobbing for Embedded Apples

Bobbing for Embedded Apples

How does having a software tester in a team impact quality?