• Five for Friday – March 22, 2019

  Winter left. Spring is here. It’s Friday. Careful readers may remember that I gave up on Windows almost a year ago. To be fair, this means that my gaming is almost all on Xbox now (and yes – I know more than most people that this is Windows too). Anyway – here’s the truth about gaming on linux Also in the broken record department- technical skills are overrated I manage a lot of remote employees (or used to) – this is a good article on keeping those folks connected It’s my blog, and I can promote what I want. Check out The Heretic demo from Unity While I’m plugging unity, this is non-arguably the best test job available in the world right now. (potentially) related posts: Five for Friday – February 15, 2019 Five for Friday, March 1, 2019 Five for Friday – March 8, 2019

  22.03.2019 | 3:27 קרא עוד...

• Episode 009 - The Why? Special - The Evil Tester Show

  “Why?” is an incredibly popular question. I think it has problems. I try to avoid it when I’m consulting. In this show we will examine “Why?” and under what circumstances I do use it. “Why?” is almost a default question because it can take the place of every other question. It is easy to ask. We don’t even need to know what answer we want. It’s also a very ambiguous question, and when we ask why there is a risk that people try to read into our motivation, and that people might take offence. Consulting When I’m working with clients and I come in for a week, I have a short period of time to build a model of the system of development, the interactions, the reasons, the issues, etc. I could ask Why? a lot. Why do you do things this way? Why do you use this tool? Why do you not do things that way? I don’t usually do that because: I get a lot of conflicting answers I don’t often get evidence, I get a lot of beliefs I don’t get as much actionable insights If I want to long consultancy engagement that build dependency on me as a consultant then Why? could be a great question because I can chain whys and get a really long discussion and lost of vague concepts to follow up. When I consult I want actionable insights, next steps, obvious alternatives, evidence. If you want software testing or development consultancy then[…]

  22.03.2019 | 7:00 קרא עוד...

• Keynote speaker on the Agile Testing Days – Woaauw!

  The line-up of keynote speakers for the Agile Testing Days in Potsdam gave been announced. The grin on my face in the picture above is sincere; I am really happy to give a keynote. Jan Jaap looks happy as well. We are combining forces to make it a story worthwhile. More details will follow in time due.

  22.03.2019 | 3:57 קרא עוד...

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