Ian Wells Sep 14, 20181 minThe attack on wicked problems in software quality📷What is a wicked problem? From “Don’t even think about it - why are brains are wired to ignore climate change” by George Marshall: (loo...
Ian Wells Nov 9, 20172 minImproving software quality by staff upskillingMany organisations know they have software quality problems, and know their staff are capable of improving quality, but they are not in a...
Ian Wells Jan 30, 20173 minHow to hire a top tester📷 I have managed testing for Telogis NZ, for the Trimble Mapping & GIS division, for a Hewlett-Packard compiler group, and managed te...
Ian Wells Jan 21, 20173 minCreate apps that meet needs not wantsI too love attending events like Ministry of Awesome and startup weekends and tap into the enthusiasm and talent of so many (usually) you...
Ian Wells Jan 5, 20172 minQ3: Tech Learnings on managing changeQuestion 3: What can tech industry practitioners teach NZ about how to work constructively with exponential change? Those of us working ...
Ian Wells Oct 26, 20161 minIs software quality fake news?📷This American Life raises a profound but obvious point about truth telling. I was brought up to know that lying is a bad thing. With a...
Ian Wells Sep 13, 20161 minTesters as superforcasters!It is impossible to📷 comprehensively test a complex commercial software system and still launch on time. Wouldn't be nice to be able to ...
Ian Wells May 13, 20161 minAgile Product Managers do not write specsAs we all know from experience, it is not sufficient for just the software team to follow agile processes. 📷 You need the support of the...
Ian Wells Apr 20, 20163 minKeeping complex testing simple📷 Yes, the KISS is a Rodin sculpture, set in stone - but for testers, developers and product owners, KISS can be something else just as...
Ian Wells Apr 1, 20161 minFake crowds of testers📷 Here is a common testing problem. I am testing a beta or live release of software. Now I need to create 2 or more fake users to login,...
Ian Wells Dec 14, 20156 minHijacking Agile to help your non-tech business📷 In Christchurch, non-tech service companies, such as those in the the trades, are spending increasing amounts of time and cost in ove...
Ian Wells Sep 15, 20152 minWhy to upgrade your bug tracking systemHere is a situation I have experienced many times. The software team is so busy writing code and testing in order to deliver critical sof...
Ian Wells Apr 21, 20151 minUpstreaming QualityPenny Wyatt, QA manager at Atlassian, gave an insightful talk at the 2014 Atlassian Summit on how to do QA. 📷QA at Atlassian, and other ...