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Category Archives: Leadership
The case for slack
Some while ago, J.B. Rainsberger posted a case for slack, and that you might be sabotaging your peoples training. I think it was Kent Beck who pointed me to the self-similarity of nature in eXtreme programming explained. In this post … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Testing, Crystal, Leadership, Scrum, Software Craftsmanship
Tagged slack, supercompensation
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10 things us testers need to stop doing!
This has been on my mind for quite some time. During the past week I read three blog entries which reminded me to write this down. First of all there was Vesna Leonard who wrote that she was not like … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Testing
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What if God was counting?
Two weeks back, my niece was christened. During the ceremony the priest read the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. I was amazed to see parallels between management in software testing and a 2000 year old story. Here’s … Continue reading
Waterfall in Theory or why blaming doesn’t help at all
It seems, the theorists on waterfall got it all wrong. Waterfall software development is not Analyze, Design, Implement, Test, Release, it’s rather Analyze, Design, Implement, Look for whom to blame. Andy Glover – The Cartoon Tester was kind enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Methodologies
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A coding challenge
I got a quick coding challenge. Since I didn’t find a solution to the problem, I don’t dare to call it a kata, though this might become one. The challenge is easily described: Write a converter for Gregorian Calendar dates … Continue reading
Summer hole
In Germany there is a smaller stream of news hitting the newspapers. It’s called the summer hole in that time. I seem to encounter a similar trouble right now. Though there are now some updates that I would like to … Continue reading
On being the worst
Over the course of the past year I have ran into the term “be the worst” several times. First, Dawn Cannan had an article on being the worst in the Agile Record. But I ran into this even before that, … Continue reading
Quality, Value, and how all of this might help
Over the past week I was surprised to receive a pingback from Eusebiu Blindu on Quality is value to some person at some time. He raises some very conscious thoughts about the term quality, value, and the Relative Rule from … Continue reading
Quality is value to some person at some time
Recently a discussion on the famous quote from Jerry Weinberg on Quality is value to some person. arose. I already mentioned it some time earlier restating that quality is ambiguous as different people understand different things when they hear the … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Testing, Leadership, Testing, Weekend Testing
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Answers to an interview questionnaire
Parimala Shankaraiah, the curious tester, wrote a blog entry on hiring testers. In it, she references a questionnaire for interviewing new testers. Taking a closer look into it, I felt the urge to answer the questionnaire. Follow me along while … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Testing
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