Interview by Fog Creek Software blog
I was recently interviewed by Fog Creek Software’s blog about embedded testers in development teams. Check it out here to listen to me […]
Category: Rants
Why I’m not going to tell you what I’m building
When I worked at Campaign Monitor, we used a Campfire (a chatroom system) for team discussion. The designers had a “design room” […]
Silos
What is wrong with combining roles? Business Analyst / Tester? Tester / Developer? Designer / Front-end developer? Project manager / Product manager? […]
Positive reinforcement
“That’s one of the reasons we have testers. A great tester gives programmers immediate feedback on what they did right and what […]
Computer Science degrees and relevance to the real world
I was reading this article and it reminded me of when I first entered the workforce and wondered just how relevant my […]
“Just test everything”
I get a little irritated when I get asked to “just test everything” and developers don’t understand why. So here’s why. Let’s […]
Works on your machine? Why you….!!
Next time some developer is giving you attitude, try introducing him to Phyllis at http://www.buildsonmymachine.com And don’t forget Phyllis’s friends Gladys at […]
Open plan offices
As far as I can tell, here are the top 3 reasons for having open plan offices: 1. Cheap. 2. Increases team […]