When the test tooling finally runs the first time, it won’t find anything. And runs after that, that might find something. Those runs aren’t free either, as the system will […]
Individuals and Interactions
The Agile Manifesto says to focus on individuals and interactions over process and tools. At Excelon, we go further to say that may be the single largest driver of performance. […]
A Real Interview Result
We’ve been studying lemon markets lately. HR departments simply can not understand every role in the organization, so they hire recruiters. But let’s be honest about the standard for recruiters. […]
Lean Coffee at KWSQA
I just ran facilitator’s training at KWSQAConf, where I promised the attendees to provide my slides — both of them! Here you go. They are native to keynote and will […]
Announcing WhuTTT at the KWSQA Conference
We’ve been a little heads-down here at Excelon, working on our own projects, which we could discuss in a little more detail in a separate post. In the mean time, […]
The Need Experience/Get Experience Trap
Last night I put this advertisement up on Linkedin: Hello Folks. I’m looking to help place a mid to senior tester in the North Central Region of the USA. Relocation […]
On Observability
Imagine, for a moment, that you bought a home door lock. From your phone, you press the unlock button, and wait. Fifteen seconds pass. Thirty seconds pass. At about sixty […]
The Future of Maintainability is CI
Perhaps the most influential, and most humbling work in my career has been on Clean Code, by Robert C. Martin, where I was “just” a reviewer. Separating software along clean […]
The Next Chapter
Nine and a half years ago I wrote a blog post, offering a black-belt test challenge. Markus Gaertner, who I knew of and was about to know well, got heavily […]
Vote For Matt – Please?
After a five-year absence from the board I have decided to run again for the board of directors of the Association for Software Testing (AST). As part of that process, […]
Do you even (need to) automate the GUI?
Over the past eighteen months, the single greatest lesson I have learned about software was in the gym. That is, the human body works as a system. When you lift […]
What We’ve Been Up To At Excelon
It’s been four months since our last blog post. Over breakfast this morning, David Hoppe suggested it might just be time for us to check in again. Matt Heusser’s consulting […]
GitHub is for everybody! Get Started with this software testing must-have.
Version Control is essential in the world of software testing. If you ever wanted to learn a free, modern version control system – at least enough to get started – […]
More Events and Conference Coverage
It’s been a whirlwind few weeks, with client work, the Agile Alliance Technical Conference in Boston, then, right on it’s heels, Agile and Beyond in Ann Arbor, Michigan. And, of […]
Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Two new things, and an idea I’d like to explore … 1) For a second year, TestRetreat will be a formal part of the program for the Conference for the […]
Road Trips and Hitchhikers
The Agile Alliance Technical Conference, or AATC, will be April 19-21 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA. Of course, Excelon will be there. And, for once, we’re […]
Excelon Acquires Justin Rohrman’s Company
Press releases about acquisitions tend to leave out the important bits. They make it sound like the acquisition was a magical, overnight event. They leave out the story, even the […]
New Bloggin’ on Visual Testing
For years we’ve pointed out that unless you think of the check up-front, tools that drive the user interface will never find certain kinds of problems. That is, the kind […]
Some New DevOps Materials
I’m working on some new DevOps materials which I would like to link to; I figured a safe place to put them was a blog post. The first, and probably […]
A Better Thing To Vote For!
Our managing director, Matt Heusser, has been nominated for the Agile Awards again this year – this time in three categories. Most Valuable Agile Professional, Person Who Has Done Most […]