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Software development as an apprenticeship — primer

On skills and roles in software development — automation

A recent blog post from Alan Page prompted an interesting subsequent twitter conversation.

In Alan’s blog, he writes:

Automation works wonderfully for short confirmatory or…

Cynefin and Software Testing — The Obvious

Cynefin is a sensemaking framework comprised of five distinct domains — Obvious…

Cynefin and Software Testing — The Complicated Domain

New to software testing? Read this

So you’re new to testing.

Let me give you some friendly advice to help you become the power tester you want to be. I’ll get the boot camp drill sergeant stuff out of the way first.

The Testing Dead — Part 4

If it’s true that zombie testers are being churned out faster than we can rehabilitate them, then what do we do about them? Asked in a perhaps less provocative way, how do we go about making sure that zombie-like testing behavior is neither encouraged, nor rewarded?

Software Development Team Dynamics Revisited

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how teams interact and particularly where…

Tension and Negotiation Between Disciplines

My thinking in this area are evolving and so I expect I’ll be updating this in…