It’s been eight years since we announced Software Delivery 24/7. The idea was to have a safe place to talk about software, a conference list, a resource list — a […]
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Introducing Contracting (+)
The 2020 Global Pandemic hit friends and family hard. For those who made it through, the loss of loved ones, economic damage, and forced isolation are not something to ignore. […]
Read MoreOn working remote and mini-retreats …
A lot of us are working remote now. That is good. It seems that most of us have just traded a cubicle for a home office. That wasn’t the point; […]
Read MoreA Followership Hack
You are brought into a project that is sort of a dream project. It may be a contract, it might be a new job, or it might be to do […]
Read MoreOn the term “Community” (or: Software Testing Fundamentals)
Yesterday I wrote this on twitter: The chain that followed generated a fair bit of conversation. Some of the replies generated replies; it can be difficult to follow the entire […]
Read MoreTen Years of Excelon
“[Some large]% of companies fail within three years and [even larger %] fail within five.” – Every small business article ever That quote above is overly simplistic. Ending a […]
Read MoreAutomation Delay – and how to prevent it
Pretend for a moment you are a new development manager or director. You hired a programmer to lead a test automation effort. Gave the programmer time, resources, and attention. The […]
Read MoreNice Versus Kind
Sometimes you overhear things. One of the things I have overheard a lot lately is this idea that nice and kind are different. It is important, then, to know the […]
Read MoreContinuous Testing: Defined
If you check Wikipedia, or google, you’ll likely come to the Consensus-version definition of Continuous Testing. That definition is fine, I guess, as far as it goes. What it does […]
Read MorePushing forward at Excelon
How’s everybody handling the apocalypse? At Excelon, our testing work has slowed down a bit, providing more time to do research and publish. “Doing” Email … Better A few weeks […]
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