Bugs can be prevented by shift left, where the Continuous Testing practices allow independent feedback loops. Think of it as tasting the water you drink. Bugs can be prevented by shift right, where we allow the surrounding conditions to increasingly change during each step as we are closing production environments…

Cucumber and its natural expression language Gherkin where we describe the background, given the conditions, when an action is taken and then a consequence is observed is full of mechanics that you don’t really come to think of in your first years of using it. Value-stream mapping, also known as…

How many times are you working on a minimum viable product or a proof of concept. How many times are you told to provide an outcome and not the output. How many times are you made responsible of unknowns, and forced to take a risk. The modern corporation is so…

I consider testing a victim to the principles of persuasion. Following the principle of social proof, the decision is based on the rate of collective approval. 10 team members, 1 tester. Agile teams need to implement compassion to deliver the future of software testing. Testing as an act is not…

Hope is what moves us. Yet do not hope for Quality; learn Quality, improve Quality and finally be an embodiment of Quality in your life. Hoping we can make things better is the secret to doing so. …

We all know the cliches, but do we ever stop to think what they mean and where they come from? Practice makes perfect. Repetition builds muscle memory. Reading to understand is better than reading to memorize. …

Lately I have been dwelling between two large topics. First, the mechanics of break through moments, a reading inspired by Antti Niittyviita and Thomas Edison. Second, what we really mean by psychological safety, a reading inspired by Capgemini. I love automation. If I can watch a task that I do…

Don’t worry, these are not all technical details. I am not going to tell you how to write code or build your architecture and framework. Focus on the monument. Then focus on the same monument in its natural habitat, with the scorched earth leading to it. …

Testing is a series of controlled experiments and uncontrolled events driven by constraints. These experiments are restricted by time, money and availability of workforce. To navigate the shallow waters of timely delivery, here are the 5 best ways to minimize your risks and chase those difficult quality obstacles of delivery. …