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”Testers don’t break software!”

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Introduction I believe most of us have heard the statement "Testers don't break software, we break the illusion of it working". For a while, something has bothered me with that statement and I felt a need to get my thoughts onto "paper" to sort them out. I understand why the view of "testers break software" is hurtful and why people feel strongly about this. A lot of testers have gotten heat from…
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Coaching upwards? Pair-blog #3

Background In case you haven't read about my pair-blogging idea before, a short summary from the first post: A while back I asked on Twitter for people who would be up for pair-blogging. The idea was that we agree on a topic and a date and then we each write a post about that topic. We publish on the same date and promote each other’s posts.  I happened to see a conversation on Twitter between…
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Testing is like…

Background Again, Twitter comes to my "what should I write about next?"-rescue! Heather Reid shared a challenge from the Bloggers Club on the Ministry of Testing. The challenge is to write a blog post about the topic “Testing is like…” Testing is like... Photo by David Traña on Unsplash Testing is like fireworks.Lighting up my brain with ideas neverending. Challenging my thinking with endless possibilities. Testing is like a mosquito.An annoying buzzing keeping me awake at night. Always present, never close enough…
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Reacting to change – Pair-blogg #2

Photo by Ross Findon on Unsplash Background In case you haven't read about my pair-bloging idea before, a short summary from the first post: A while back I asked on Twitter for people who would be up for pair-blogging. The idea was that we agree on a topic and a date and then we each write a post about that topic. We publish on the same date and promote each other’s posts.  I approached Arlene Andrews to pair…
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Testing skills I use in management – pair-blog # 1

Background A while back I asked on Twitter for people who would be up for pair-blogging. The idea was that we agree on a topic and a date and then we each write a post about that topic. We publish on the same date and promote each other’s posts.  My reason behind this was both to get to see different views on things, learn some writing skills to improve my own writing and perhaps above…
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Listen beyond the pass and fail – a story of looking at the bigger picture

Note: This was originally published as a guest blog post for DevTestOps Community. I started a new job a few years back, with one of my responsibilities stated as “Move the existing automation to the next level”. The company already had a lot of automated tests in place and had worked really hard on making automation a part of the normal team delivery. Great! I´ve worked with a lot of problematic automation and I know…
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How to deal with criticism with being a tester

A while back, I had the pleasure of doing an online interview with Viv Richards and Graham Ellis around my contribution to the book "Around the world with 80 testers". My contribution is based on a talk called "My journey from dev to tester" and it is about my experience and learnings from that career switch. It was a lovely chat, even if we got some zoom bombers, and a great opportunity to further explore…
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Would Heu-risk it? Part 32: Wrap up time!

NOTE: As you might notice: The individual posts have been removed due to the fact that they have been compiled into a book. The book is available on LeanPub or on Amazon. I hope you all understand and I would love for you to support me by buying a copy. The cards are available through Ministry Of Testing who I partnered with to make sure as many as possible get access to them. It has…
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Would Heu-risk it? Part 1: Introduction

Note: This was the first part in a series of blog posts about the "Would Heu-risk it?" game I created for a workshop with Lisa Crispin at Agile Testing Days 2019. Since then, these posts have turned into a book. The individual posts have been removed but the book can be bought on LeanPub or on Amazon. I hope you all understand and I would love for you to support me by buying a copy.…
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Delivering fast and slow – Ethics of Software Quality

Note: This blog post was originally published as a guest blog post on the LogiGear Blog under the name Continuous Quality – Ethical aspects of software testing Daily, we are pushing the boundaries of how fast we can deliver software. Delivering something new, better, faster than our competition can mean incredible payoff and we are constantly being asked to cut costs and deliver more, faster, cheaper. But then suddenly you wake up to 189 dead…