Archive for April, 2011

  • My visualisation question has, thankfully, caused quite a lively discussion on several mailing lists and forums. Here is a bit of a summary of where the discussion is going.

    Visualising quality: initial ideas

    My visualisation question has, thankfully, caused quite a lively discussion on several mailing lists and forums. Here is a bit of a summary of where the discussion is going.

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  • As an industry, I think that we are now well beyond the perception that quality can be controlled for success. Lots of good thinkers and thought leaders over the last 20 years have moved our thinking from control to assurance, but for the majority of teams I work with the...

    A new problem for the agile testing community

    As an industry, I think that we are now well beyond the perception that quality can be controlled for success. Lots of good thinkers and thought leaders over the last 20 years have moved our thinking from control to assurance, but for the majority of teams I work with the...

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  • Hotel room. Time check: 10PM. Go to sleep, big workshop tomorrow. Buzzing. I’m half awake. Buzzing continues. Time check: 2AM. More buzzing. Buzzing? Definitely buzzing, outside my room door. Door open and buzzing is now really loud. I guess it’s some kind of burglar alarm. Burglar alarm in a hotel?...

    The wolf who cried boy

    Hotel room. Time check: 10PM. Go to sleep, big workshop tomorrow. Buzzing. I’m half awake. Buzzing continues. Time check: 2AM. More buzzing. Buzzing? Definitely buzzing, outside my room door. Door open and buzzing is now really loud. I guess it’s some kind of burglar alarm. Burglar alarm in a hotel?...

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  • By popular demand, I’m running my half-day workshop on Winning big with specification by Example again on 3rd of June in London. Book before 1 May and use the promo code “earlybird” to get 30% off the regular price. In the workshop, I present the results of the research conducted...

    Winning big with Specification by Example: back in June

    By popular demand, I’m running my half-day workshop on Winning big with specification by Example again on 3rd of June in London. Book before 1 May and use the promo code “earlybird” to get 30% off the regular price. In the workshop, I present the results of the research conducted...

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  • The conference I’m most excited about this year is Agile Req, The Conference for Product and Requirements Management in Agile and Lean processes. It will take place in London on September 9-11. The theme of this year’s conference is “Building software that matters”, and I’m helping to organise the programme....

    AgileReq needs a few more good talks

    The conference I’m most excited about this year is Agile Req, The Conference for Product and Requirements Management in Agile and Lean processes. It will take place in London on September 9-11. The theme of this year’s conference is “Building software that matters”, and I’m helping to organise the programme....

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