Management of test teams and processes
“Any testing at all would be great for this project but I don’t even know where to start!” I heard someone say this recently and it’s a predicament I’ve seen many times. The scenario looks like this: The system is plagued with production issues The team in charge of the system is under immense pressure […]
Interested in hearing me talk about test automation, test management and more? Well, it’s your lucky week! Listen to me chat about all things software testing with Gem Hill on the “Let’s talk about tests, baby” podcast. This episode is called Testers are the canary down the coalmine. I had so much fun chatting to […]
How do I get teams to meet their testing goals when I’m so busy putting out fires all day? How do I convince management to change the testing culture within a development team? How do I motivate my team to improve their skills? If you’d like to know the answers to questions like this, join […]
Since getting into Dungeons & Dragons tabletop gaming this year, a few people in the software development and testing community have chatted to me about parallels between D&D and software development. In particular, there has been some interest around the way players are assigned roles, skill levels and abilities – does this sound like your […]
When I worked at Google, all employees were encouraged to take an unconscious bias test to help us uncover and reflect upon our personal biases. The test covered areas such as gender, race and sexual orientation. The test I took is very similar to the “Sexuality IAT” test at this website (near the bottom of […]
Some books I’ve read that I found useful in my career and my life. The Logic of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations (Dietrich Dörner) One of my pet hates is when people try to oversimplify a complex problem in order to make it solvable. For example, “we’ll just automate everything through Webdriver and […]
The keynote I presented at CAST 2014 has been uploaded and you can watch it here. CAST was a really great conference – I had an amazing time and had so many thoughtful conversations with some very clever people.
Last night I had a dream that I was leaving Campaign Monitor. Then I woke up and realised that in less than a week, this sad dream was going to come true. I’ve had such a great time working here and I’ll miss it immensely. It’s a sad truth that often, doing what’s best for […]
A couple of weeks ago, the Sydney testers meet up group got together to talk about how to introduce testing to an organisation. Drinks were had (thanks SoftEd!), stories were shared, debates were had and friendships were formed. Here are a few of the points that I took away from the discussion. Introducing testing is […]
Last year, James Martin and I wrote an article for The Testing Planet about low-tech dashboards. Even though James has now left Campaign Monitor and flown to the other side of the world, the power of the internet has enabled us to bring you this nostalgic review of dashboards past. The basic idea was that […]