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The following are some of the comments I’ve received from the signers of the ISTQB Foundations Exam Review petition. They are obviously biased, but interesting themes are developing. Chris Carter (another training provider) has just been elec…

Sometimes the most challenging thing we face is trying to balance out multiple and competing demands. When we have a lot of good things we want to do and accomplish, and on the surface, each of them seem to be, if not easy, at least manageable.The frus…

Excerpt from: Alan Richardson – What Made You a Leader?I mean, and this is just one example, they wanted me to write down all the steps I was going to take before I had ever done them. Insane. And when the obvious thing happened i.e. we couldn’t …

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I had an interesting conversation recently.  A fellow tester type made a comment to the effect that “Without knowing what your testing is going to do, what all the steps that need to be done are and what to expect in each step, you’re just doing a…

Borrowed from Infosec Reactions

Hey everyone, it’s been a few days.I needed to spend some time taking care of some other adventures, one of which, as you all might know by now, was the launching of the Miagi-Do Blog. With much thanks to David Greenlees, we now have our own little pla…

Today I read an article on various approaches for Product Backlog Grooming meetings. Underlying the write-up there seemed to be some misconceptions about the purpose and goals, the duration, the participants, the approach, and how often and when to hold … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the state of software testing education (and software testing certification) in the keynote panel at STPCon. My comments on high-volume test automation and qualitative methods were more widely noticed, but I think the educational issues are more significant. Here is a summary: The North American educational systems [...]