Re-visiting so many of Jerry Weinberg’s books in the past couple of weeks has made me realize some lessons I merely had on the back burner in my mind, waiting to be activated. One of these learnings is the Causation Fallacy, best illustrated by this funny video:
Remembering Jerry: Quality Software Management Volume 4 – Anticipating Change
It’s been four years since – sadly – Gerald M. “Jerry” Weinberg passed away. Ever since then, I struggled with some public mourning about him, until recently I had just the right idea. On a weekly basis, I will publish a review of a book I read that Jerry either wrote himself or is about some of his work. Today, we are going to take a look at what I consider the first book in Jerry’s seminal series on managing quality software: Quality Software Management Volume 4 – Anticipating Change published by Dorset House Publishing in 1997.
The Deliberate Tester – Chapter 8: The First Project
Back in 2011, I approached Rob Lambert at the Software Testing Club on a small series, packed into a narrative format as I wanted to try that out. Rob decided to run that series on the Software Testing Club back then, and I had some fun writing it. Skip forward 11 years, and the Software Testing Club no longer exists, it’s been a while since I have been in touch with Rob, yet I figured, let’s see how this series aged over the years. As a sort of throwback Friday for myself, I will publish the entries on a weekly basis, and read along with you. I think I ended up with eight chapters in the end and might add a reflection overall at the end. Today, Peter gets on his first real project. In case you want to catch up with the previous parts, I published these ones earlier:
- Chapter 1: Session-based exploration
- Chapter 2: Facing the Business with Automation
- Chapter 3: Fallacies and Pitfalls
- Chapter 4: The Challenge
- Chapter 5: Logged In
- Chapter 6: The Presentation
- Chapter 7: Lunch & Learn
Agile Songs – Hymn
Sometimes while reading along song lyrics, I get some silly inspiration. One of these days, I crossed Hymn from Edguy, and found some Agile adaptation to its lyrics.
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Remembering Jerry: Quality Software Management Volume 3 – Congruent Action
It’s been four years since – sadly – Gerald M. “Jerry” Weinberg passed away. Ever since then, I struggled with some public mourning about him, until recently I had just the right idea. On a weekly basis, I will publish a review of a book I read that Jerry either wrote himself or is about some of his work. Today, we are going to take a look at what I consider the first book in Jerry’s seminal series on managing quality software: Quality Software Management Volume 3 – Congruent Action published by Dorset House Publishing in 1994.
The Deliberate Tester – Chapter 7: Lunch & Learn
Back in 2011, I approached Rob Lambert at the Software Testing Club on a small series, packed into a narrative format as I wanted to try that out. Rob decided to run that series on the Software Testing Club back then, and I had some fun writing it. Skip forward 11 years, and the Software Testing Club no longer exists, it’s been a while since I have been in touch with Rob, yet I figured, let’s see how this series aged over the years. As a sort of throwback Friday for myself, I will publish the entries on a weekly basis, and read along with you. I think I ended up with eight chapters in the end and might add a reflection overall at the end. Today, April and Peter attend a Testing Dojo at a company Lunch & Learn. In case you want to catch up with the previous parts, I published these ones earlier:
- Chapter 1: Session-based exploration
- Chapter 2: Facing the Business with Automation
- Chapter 3: Fallacies and Pitfalls
- Chapter 4: The Challenge
- Chapter 5: Logged In
- Chapter 6: The Presentation
Software – Craft or Engineering?
The other day, someone on the Crafters’ slack posted a video where someone argued about software craft vs. engineering and asked for opinions from the community. Let’s elaborate on my reaction to watching that video.
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Remembering Jerry: Quality Software Management Volume 2 – First-order Measurement
It’s been four years since – sadly – Gerald M. “Jerry” Weinberg passed away. Ever since then, I struggled with some public mourning about him, until recently I had just the right idea. On a weekly basis, I will publish a review of a book I read that Jerry either wrote himself or is about some of his work. Today, we are going to take a look at what I consider the first book in Jerry’s seminal series on managing quality software: Quality Software Management Volume 2 – First-order Measurement published by Dorset House Publishing in 1993.
The Deliberate Tester – Chapter 6: The Presentation
Back in 2011, I approached Rob Lambert at the Software Testing Club on a small series, packed into a narrative format as I wanted to try that out. Rob decided to run that series on the Software Testing Club back then, and I had some fun writing it. Skip forward 11 years, and the Software Testing Club no longer exists, it’s been a while since I have been in touch with Rob, yet I figured, let’s see how this series aged over the years. As a sort of throwback Friday for myself, I will publish the entries on a weekly basis, and read along with you. I think I ended up with eight chapters in the end and might add a reflection overall at the end. Today, April and Peter will present their challenge. In case you want to catch up with the previous parts, I published these ones earlier:
- Chapter 1: Session-based exploration
- Chapter 2: Facing the Business with Automation
- Chapter 3: Fallacies and Pitfalls
- Chapter 4: The Challenge
- Chapter 5: Logged In
On quiet quitting
Quiet quitting is a term that’s been floating around for a couple of months now. Yet, it stands for a concept that’s been around for centuries. Someone goes to work, and is less engaged than she used to be for some reason, eventually starting to look for a new job, and some months down the road you find that person leaving the company for greener pastures – maybe to be the worst on a team again and learn something new, maybe because life circumstances changed, maybe for another reason. Let’s explore my thoughts on this.
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