My Testing Journey – My blog about all things test, testing, checking and ameliorating… amongst other things.

Testing vs Checking – Why is this still so contentious?

June 19, 2023 Testing /B 0

Well, I didn’t expect the reaction I got when I was talking to a load of QA managers recently about how checking isn’t testing… it reminded me of how I reacted to it years ago when I was first fronted with the concept. I remember struggling and thinking “No, testing and checking are the same […]

Advocating for less testing?

May 28, 2023 Test Management, Testing /B 0

I need to pre-fix this by saying that this is in response to someone in my current organisation pointing to a post by Anne-Marie Charrett about advocating for less testing. So what is this about? This is around less testing making your development process more robust. Question: Would you actually think more about the way […]

Bullying: My journey through it

February 13, 2020 Personal Experiences /B 0

I’ve seen a lot of posts over the last few months about bullying, specifically in the workplace; with facts and figures, and others commenting that, for whatever reason, think they’re qualified to pass comment on such things with their, I’m sure, well-intentioned words of “Just report it”, “Stand up and stamp it out”. You get […]

The Power of Language

November 14, 2019 Uncategorized /B 0

In today’s world, I cannot believe that people, especially those in a position of authority, are still seemingly ignorant of the power of language. Even if it’s a written note, email or in-person and out loud, it still has the same, if not more of, an impact. The pen is indeed mightier than the sword; […]

An apology and, maybe, an explanation.

July 29, 2019 Uncategorized admin 1

So, as inferred in the title, I need to apologise to those that read this blog; more for the lack of posts in recent months than anything specific. Mea culpa. What’s worse, is that I have more posts in my draft folder than I have live on the blog! I’m not sure if I should […]

Are there too many mediums for communication: The modern paradigm of too much, causing too little.

February 16, 2019 Uncategorized admin 0

Or: Was ‘Snail Mail’ actually more efficient? ‘The problem with communication is the illusion that it’s taking place.’ C.E. Crawford The sad thing is that this seems to be proving truer every day. Seriously, think about it? OK, maybe try this? Looking at your phone, how many “functions/apps” do you use (on this singular device) […]

Affecting Change/Being Disruptive

November 9, 2018 Test Management, Testing /B 3

“…but we all appreciate positive disruption. We need to learn to take note in the first few months of people raising their ideas, as they’re not ‘beaten into acceptance’ of things never going to change…” How many times have you heard this? Seriously. Think about it. It’s not always put over the same way, but […]

A month of reflection (and still testing)

September 30, 2018 Gaming, Uncategorized /B 0

Don’t worry about the Zombie just yet. It will make sense as you read.It’s not everyone that can say they’ve been lucky enough to have a month off from work. And in relation to this post, I can say that this is “lucky”, with caveats. Time with which to reflect and learn… and play so […]

An interesting year. More to come.

September 27, 2018 Uncategorized /B 0

A year in “development”… “Something about the last year, growing the test team, getting to Head of Test and unification of tools…” Me – 2017 The above was an idea for a blog post that I started to write in October of last year. With that in mind, I’m forced to ask where the last […]

The challenge of a new start(er)

March 21, 2016 Test Management /B 0

Now, just to say firstly, that’s not for me. This is me thinking about the challenge of training a new tester. How does one go about training a new starter, as well as someone new to testing? Some might think me a bit mad for taking on someone so “green” to testing, but in their […]