The 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:...
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Improving software quality by staff upskilling
Many organisations know they have software quality problems, and know their staff are capable of improving quality, but they are not in a...
How 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...
Create apps that meet needs not wants
I too love attending events like Ministry of Awesome and startup weekends and tap into the enthusiasm and talent of so many (usually)...
Q3: Tech Learnings on managing change
Question 3: What can tech industry practitioners teach NZ about how to work constructively with exponential change? Those of us working...
Is 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...
Testers 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...
Agile Product Managers do not write specs
As we all know from experience, it is not sufficient for just the software team to follow agile processes. 📷 You need the support of the...
Keeping 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...
Fake 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,...
Hijacking 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...
Why to upgrade your bug tracking system
Here is a situation I have experienced many times. The software team is so busy writing code and testing in order to deliver critical...
Upstreaming Quality
Penny Wyatt, QA manager at Atlassian, gave an insightful talk at the 2014 Atlassian Summit on how to do QA. 📷QA at Atlassian, and other...
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