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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📷What is a wicked problem? From “Don’t even think about it - why are brains are wired to ignore climate change” by George Marshall:...
Many organisations know they have software quality problems, and know their staff are capable of improving quality, but they are not in a...
📷 I have managed testing for Telogis NZ, for the Trimble Mapping & GIS division, for a Hewlett-Packard compiler group, and managed...
I too love attending events like Ministry of Awesome and startup weekends and tap into the enthusiasm and talent of so many (usually)...
Question 3: What can tech industry practitioners teach NZ about how to work constructively with exponential change? Those of us working...
📷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...
It is impossible to📷 comprehensively test a complex commercial software system and still launch on time. Wouldn't be nice to be able to...
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...
📷 Yes, the KISS is a Rodin sculpture, set in stone - but for testers, developers and product owners, KISS can be something else just as...
📷 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,...
📷 In Christchurch, non-tech service companies, such as those in the the trades, are spending increasing amounts of time and cost in...
Here is a situation I have experienced many times. The software team is so busy writing code and testing in order to deliver critical...
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...