GrahamAug 26, 202010 minMentoring & Coaching - Finding your outer MiyagiQuality coaching. What I think good looks like, and why, the structure of a session
GrahamJul 30, 20209 minMentoring & Coaching - Finding your inner MiyagiYou mentor because you have life experience that could be of use to someone else.
GrahamJun 29, 202010 minBuilding a QA team - Part 2Teams don’t just ‘happen’, they take time and effort
GrahamJun 26, 20207 minBuilding a QA team - Part 1Building successful teams (QA or otherwise) can seem like a daunting task. It doesn't have to be that way.
GrahamMay 12, 20203 min21st Century Soft Skills - QA Edition - Part 1 - ReduxWhat's the problem? Technology moves at a fair old pace these days. Organisations are overflowing with technical experts promoting the...
GrahamMay 6, 20203 minAutomated testing - not all scripts and unicornsIntroduction There's a lot written about the benefits of *automated testing. There's a lot of money to be made by tool vendors. There's...
GrahamApr 20, 20203 minThe 5th Myth of Software Testing - Zero-defect software is achievableSaving the best until last. No, no, with a side of no. 100% defect-free software is impossible (obviously within the context of the...
GrahamApr 14, 20206 minThe art of critical thinkingIntroduction Any team that follows an agile approach is probably cross-functional. If you’re lucky, you will work alongside developers,...
GrahamMar 24, 20193 minThe 1st Myth of Software Testing - Anyone can testHow hard can it be? If you spend long enough in, or around, an ‘average’ organisation that develops software then these may resonate with...
GrahamNov 16, 20183 minThe 4th Myth of Software Testing - You don't need QA specialistsQA specialists aren’t needed, developers can do the testing just fine There seems to be a trend in the dev-ops-new-kid-on-the-block-whizz...
GrahamOct 1, 20183 minThe 3rd Myth of Software Testing - Testers are responsible for the quality of the delivered productNotwithstanding that very few organisations ever internally define their expectations of quality, even in the brave new world of Agile...
GrahamSep 21, 20183 minThe 2nd Myth of Software Testing - Testing == Automation == QualityTesting == Automation == Quality The obvious response to this is to reply with: ‘What exactly do you mean by automation?' Pretty soon and...
GrahamJul 19, 20183 min21st Century Soft Skills - QA Edition - Part 2 - ReduxI heavily promote the understanding of soft skills from a QA perspective as I think they are massively under-rated.