I am not sure that everyone saying (and thinking) they work Agile are actually doing so. The definitions are less important, but the approach is, and for me the are not following the correct Agile approach in many case. Come and read why?!
Tag Archives | Agile
Leading By Example
*The following is a guest post by Brendan Connolly, SDET at Agilysys. The opinions stated in this post are his own. Testers, even when embedded on teams, end up being outsiders. Their value is derived from, maintained by, and is continually put at risk by this status. In the early days of software development there was […]
Who Should be Afraid of Agile Testing?
There are Test Leads and QA Managers who are afraid of losing their jobs as their organization shifts towards Agile development and testing. You should be afraid of this only if you are a “disconnected QA manager”. If you provide real value to the Organization, and if you know how to be a leader instead […]
Trends and Challenges in the Testing Community
The National Software Testing Conference held in London May 20-21st, 2014 focused on some of the key issues occupying the testing community. I was fortunate enough to attend this, my first testing related conference, with Joel Montvelisky on behalf of PractiTest. Not only was this my first overseas testing conference, this was also the first time I got to […]
State of testing – summary post
For the first time ever on a global scale a State of Testing survey was conducted to get a snapshot of the current state of the testing community, it’s members profiles, professional challenges and work practices worldwide. PractiTest in cooperation with Tea Time with Testers came up with the State of Testing survey with the intention to […]
Five Testing Questions with Lisa Crispin
In my third post of “Five Testing Questions with” I have the honor of interviewing Lisa Crispin, co-author of “Agile Testing”, agile testing coach and practitioner. I think Lisa’s answers provide very concrete advice and insightful views on how to improve your work as a professional tester, regardless if you are working on an agile […]