This week in our Huddle blog round-up of our highlights from software testing and QA blogs from the last week we feature posts on the three amigos of testing, proactive testing, being a test automation coach and more.
Testing needs to change – Jeroen Mengerink
Jeroen argues that you cannot predict the outcomes of testing but instead you need to create the conditions to ensure that testing will flourish.
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Unconventional Wisdom V9: Proactive Testing™ Part 2: Drives Development – Robin Goldsmith
In his second post of the two part series on Proactive testing, Robin shares more on how proactive testing differs from regular testing and how rather than reactive, like testing sometimes can be, it puts testing at the forefront of software development.
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Cross Functional Doesn’t Mean Everyone Can Do Everything – Mike Cohn
Mike argues that having specialists on Agile teams can be a good thing and that it should not be a requirement to have everyone on the team adaptable to every role.
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The Friction Between Developer And Testers – Sanjay Zalavadia
Sanjay looks at the age old discussion on hat affects friction between developers and testers can have on the development process.
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Stop Your “Agile” Transformation! Right Now – Jurgen Appelo
Are you in the process of moving to Agile? Jurgen argues why you should be thinking more about this and what you could do to achieve true Agile transformation.
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The Mobile Release Train – Daniel Knott
The release train describes how to deliver software in a specific way. The idea behind the mobile release train is that it can be used by small and/ or bigger distributed teams who work on one app, but in different teams. Daniel explains more on how it works.
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Lessons learned from editing my first podcast – Neil Studd
Neil reflects on what he has learned so far after completing the editing process of his new podcast; Screen Testing about how testing can be compared to a number of different films.
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First steps as a test automation coach – Bas Dijkstra
Bas reflects on how he has helped out with a development team who wanted to move towards Continuous Delivery by improving their test automation efforts. He shares how he went about helping them out.
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The Behavior-Driven Three Amigos – Andy Knight
What are the three amigos of software development. Well if you are not sure who or what they are, Andy can fill you in here.
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