“I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.” – Groucho Marx
As a relative newcomer to the context-driven community, I read with great anticipation the latest post on the Context-Driven Testing website. Unfortunately, a pattern seems to be Continue reading
“It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves” – Arthur Miller, The Crucible
I love scrutiny. I love it so much that I try to constantly surround myself with people who challenge my views. Either by directly asking for critique or by putting my work up to public Continue reading
The Association for Software Testing is sponsoring its first “AST Test Forum” in Pune, India on February 13th, from 5 to 7 pm at the IDB auditorium, Cognizant phase I, Hinjewadi. The forum will include an introduction to the AST by current board member Keith Klain, an open Q&A session, and a chance to network with testing professionals from different industries. Special thanks to our friends at Cognizant for hosting this event. You can register for the forum at the here. Thanks and we hope to see you there!
In this very informative and revealing interview, Keith Klain discusses where biases among testing teams originated from, and who’s to blame for its negative, lingering effects to projects of all shapes and sizes. We learned that testers don’t have themselves to blame exclusively, but some serious self-reflection is definitely in order. Continue reading
Whenever we start a new testing effort, one of the first activities is to define the mission. Why are we testing? Who are our clients? What information are we trying to find? Knowing your mission is an important part to successfully meeting your projects objectives and the driver for what you produce during the life of the project. Continue reading
“But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.” – Thomas Jefferson
To inspire intelligent, thinking people to work together to solve large, organizational problems is a tremendous challenge. Creative people should not be constrained by process or managerial constructs that don’t add any value to their work. Continue reading
The Association for Software Testing CAST 2013 and the Ministry of Testing Test Bash are fantastic opportunities to meet thought leaders in the testing industry and learn something from the pros. Aside from being fantastic value for money, they are the kind of conferences testers need to improve their skills and build our community. Support the skilled testing revolution!
As I run large testing teams for fairly large organisations and have done so for some time now, the questions I get asked most often are about how to improve testings position and how do I talk about testing with “senior management”. Continue reading
I’m giving a new talk on changing the perception your test team at QAI Quest 2013 this year!
Wednesday, April 17, 2013: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Creating Dissonance: Overcoming Organizational Bias toward Software Testing
http://www.qaiquest.org/2013/speaker/keith-klain-barclays/