A few years ago, my superior at my job at that time asked me to try to note down what I had in mind about testing, and how to approach test automation. He also convinced me to try out the commonly in use form of patterns. Inspired by those Design Patterns, Fearless Change Patterns, Apprenticeship Patterns, xUnit Test Patterns, I sat down and started to write patterns on function test automation, and the thing we used to call ATDD…
An article and an interview
The Software Test & Quality Assurance magazine has an interview from Matt Heusser with me in their issue for this month. The column is called Ask The Tester and I answer ten questions from the experienced software testers in it. You need to sign up to access the material, but it’s free of charge (and of ads).
On another note I wrote an article on how to develop software development for the current issue of the Agile Record.
Agile Testing Days: Alternative Paths for Self-Education in Software Testing
Last week, I attended the Agile Testing Days in Berlin. I presented on Wednesday afternoon on how to self-educate yourself in Software Testing. I uploaded the slides to slideshare.
Alternative Paths For Self Education In Software Testing Webinar from Markus Gärtner
In early September I did a webinar on the same presentation. You can access and download the webinar at the EuroSTAR pages.
The Deliberate Tester – Chapter 8 – The First Project
Rob Lambert put up the final chapter from The Deliberate Tester. In the eighth chapter, Peter’s boss asks him to get onto his first project. He immediately starts to certify everyone, … oh no, he makes some suggestions to the customer on how to test their application.
It has been quite some work to write this throughout the year, but it has been great fun. I don’t think I will extend this series soon, as I currently feel like I have to limit my work-in-progress for writing. I hope you liked this nice little story. Thanks for reading.
Agile Testing Days: Reinvigorate Your Retrospectives
At the Agile Testing Days in Berlin, Jennitta Andrea held a keynote on how to reinvigorate your retrospectives. This is my write-up from her talk.
Continue reading Agile Testing Days: Reinvigorate Your RetrospectivesAgile Testing Days: About Learning (for Testers)
At the Agile Testing Days in Berlin the last keynote on Wednesday was held by Janet Gregory on learning for testers.
Continue reading Agile Testing Days: About Learning (for Testers)Agile Testing Days: Hitting a Moving Target
At the Agile Testing Days David Evans presented on how to hit a moving target and fixing quality on unfixed scope.
Continue reading Agile Testing Days: Hitting a Moving TargetAgile Testing Days: Mitigating Agile Testing Pitfalls
At the Agile Testing Days Anko Tijman presented about mitigating Agile Testing Pitfalls. Here is my write-up from his session.
Continue reading Agile Testing Days: Mitigating Agile Testing PitfallsAgile Testing Days: Testers: Get Out of the Quality Assurance Business!
Wednesday’s morning keynote at the Agile Testing Days came from Michael Bolton, not the singer, not the guy from office space. Michael talked about testers should get out of the quality assurance business.
Continue reading Agile Testing Days: Testers: Get Out of the Quality Assurance Business!Agile Testing Days: Lessons Learned from 100+ Simulated Agile Transitions
At the Agile Testing Days the final keynote on the first day came from Elisabeth Hendrickson on Lessons Learned from 100+ (Simulated) Agile Transitions.
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