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Agile Testing Days 2016, Day 1

Never have I ever….Been hungover before a conference even started. Oops, guilty. I have never started a conference on such a weird note. I guess I have to tell what happened. The short version is: IF you cannot handle a lot of alcoholic beverages, THEN don’t drink a

Exploratory Testing with the Team: The Sequel!

As luck would have it, one of the developers I worked with during the time I was doing experiments with getting my whole team hooked on exploratory testing is now also working at my current client. He came to my desk and asked if I was interested in teaching his

The Thing with Quality at Speed

For the first time ever I’ve had to start writing a blog for the third time over. A new experience to me, because usually the words come flowing. Not this time! The topic is a difficult one in the sense that I have a hard time finding the right

Just Ask for Help

On TestWorks Conf I had the opportunity to facilitate a workshop on Exploratory Testing with Maaret Pyhäjärvi. It was great and I learned so much that day! My head was spinning with all the new insights and I felt very inspired. One thing that Maaret said that is so important

First Sketchnote Attempt!

I remember going to the Agile Testing Days last year and seeing several people working on the big sketchnote of the conference. I was really impressed by their drawing skills and thought “wow, I could never do that”. I decided to get into sketchnoting as well. I went to a

Tests are a form of waste?

I was in a meeting where a developer said: “every test is a form of waste”. Coincidentally, this meeting was about how the build was taking too long because the tests were slow, so I can see how the connection was made in the mind of the developer. It must

An Agile Test Strategy: Some Ideas

There are a couple of misconceptions when it comes to an agile way of working. Some people still believe you don’t need documentation (seriously, that myth has proven really hard to debunk). I also notice that a lot of focus is on automating everything when it comes to testing.