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Testing doesn't innovate?

Testing doesn't innovate?

I was reading an interesting article that stated: * Testing as a skilled profession doesn’t get the respect that it deserves * Testing hasn’t kept pace with other parts of IT in terms of innovation. I don’t have a silver bullet answer to what we can do to improve

Rediscover your focus

Rediscover your focus

So you’ve been working on the same project for quite awhile. Say, more than a year. Testing the same application, ‘doing yer thing’. I mean, we cannot all be flashy consultants moving from project A to project B in a matter of months. Personally, I like building up a

Exploratory Testing with the team

Exploratory Testing with the team

I use Exploratory Testing (will call it ET from now on) every day at work. I like to use it, because it requires focus, creativity, and deep thinking skills. Now, even though my team is doing Scrum, we are now close to the beta-release of our product and the business

General remarks about ATD

General remarks about ATD

It is still the craziest conference of all conferences I’ve been to. It seems like the bar was set even higher this year, with the carnaval night as pinnacle of craziness. When the conference organiser has the best costume of all you know people will be accepting of whatever

Agile Testing Days - Day 3

Agile Testing Days - Day 3

Yesterday, after the last keynote I went to look at the car building party, which looked awesome and chaotic at the same time. People were really into it, and looked sweaty and excited. I went to the bar with a colleague of mine to have a nice talk over a

Agile Testing Days - Day 2

Agile Testing Days - Day 2

So, last night happened. In my opinion, the evening programme is what truly sets this conference apart from many others. It’s like being part of a big family or something, although the feeling gets somewhat enhanced by the nice food and drink. I ended up being part of a

Agile Testing Days 2014 - Day 1

Agile Testing Days 2014 - Day 1

Agile Testing Days 2014 – Day 1 So…let’s start this live blogging thing! Sometimes it may come across as word vomit, but I’m just doing my best to feed you what is being said during presentations with maybe an opinion of my own here and there. Quick re-cap