This is my favourite question when meeting people for the first time. For some people it is about the software doing what it is meant to do. It might be robustness & reliability or adherence to specifications. Other people spoke about the value and solving customer problems. Is it useful? Some people referred to the […]
One of the first things I did when joining my previous organisation was pitch testing throughout the SDLC. I wanted to share the importance of testing everything that we do. However not everyone shares that idea of continuous testing throughout the SDLC. For some continuous testing is continuously running the same tests over and over. […]
I repeatedly hear the notion that developers can’t test. I’m not sure if this is because we’re protective of our role (testing has been a dying role for decades) or to excuse developers who can’t be bothered to test. So let me be clear… Devs can test. In fact if I had a high risk […]
I’ve recently been made redundant after 14 years of service, the last 2 as a Quality Coach for Avigilon software (although the first 6 months was without a job title). However I am not disappointed or upset. Quite the opposite. It has given me a new lease if anything. I am excited for what the […]
It has been a trying year, both personally and professionally. However before I flesh that out, I thought I’d try and articulate everything that has happened for me within the world of testing & quality: Big Fat Failure In my annual review I was quite scathing of myself. I failed the teams We started a […]
I’ve been meaning to write this for a while but after a really interesting conversation at TestBash, I decided to finally get something written down! In June 2023 I attended Testing Atelier X and it included a workshop by Marianne Duijst on sketchnoting. I’ve seen some very attractive looking sketchnotes from many people, including the […]
I know this isn’t related to testing or quality but I wanted to air it as it does affect my interactions with people and the community. It has been a year since my wife passed away unexpectedly. Unsurprisingly it was a difficult year and I’ve really struggled. At the same time I’ve had what many […]
It has been some year. I started in a dark place with lots of change underway. However it is, professionally speaking, been a bit of an immense year. Speaking Building upon my first time speaking at a testing conference in 2022, I’ve been fairly active. From running a threat modelling workshop for a small set […]
This topic could touch on many areas. I rate myself as an excellent tester, but I’m no expert in the field (I’m not “book smart”). I used to have great domain knowledge, but lately I’ve struggled after moving project and finding myself not understanding a word of what people are talking about (not fun when […]
I’ve been working on my TestBash UK 2023 talk and one of the slides touches upon how I identify as a tester and the tag line on this site. I find bugs. This may be an interesting topic to explore because not only have I barely entered any bugs so far this year (largely because […]