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Kent Becks 3X Model and Quality (a quality coach perspective)

Kent Beck describes three different phases of a product, Explore, Expand and Extract. This article looks at quality strategy for each phase to maximise value to both customers and the company.

Quality Coach workshop mapping the flow of work

Quality Coach: a team approach to mapping "the work"

Today, I'm doing a deep dive into early and frequent feedback as a way to improve overall product quality.

Training, Mentoring & Coaching by Anne-Marie Charrett

Situational Quality Coaching (when to coach, train & mentor)

Fun fact, a quality coach doesn't only coach; they also mentor, train and facilitate1. This article explores when to coach, train, and mentor a product team on quality. Coaching, Mentoring, Training Coaching, Mentoring & training are different teaching methods and valuable parts of your quality coach makeup bag.

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What is a Quality Coach?

Defining the term quality coach and explaining this role in software engineering in contemporary organisations

Habits and Shu Ha Ri

Habits and Shu Ha Ri

Whatever happened to Shu Ha Ri? It was the bees-knees of learning processes about 4 years ago. Now crickets...or perhaps I'm not moving in the right circles. Anywhooo, had a lunch chat with the lovely Paul Hughes from CultureAmp. (If you're wondering, he ate healthy

Habits in Quality

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,

It's all one elephant

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. Its just a question of quality - quality strategy https://t.co/