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Testing vs Checking – Why is this still so contentious?

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...

Advocating for less testing?

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....

Bullying: My journey through it

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,...

The Power of Language

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...

Affecting Change/Being Disruptive

“…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...