Some guidelines to help decide which and whether or not to automate tests in pursuit of a continuous testing outcome.
TLDR; Prioritise, timebox, constrain, distribute, automate, document, and be flexible about your research activities.
Video from my Test Planning Simplified webinar with the TestRail team
This is one of the joys of my work, in the field of professional testing. The exploration of things. Software, systems, artifacts. Always questioning. Always seeking answers. Always trying to dig a little bit deeper.
Working 100% remote can be challenging. The tips in this post work for me. If you’re struggling in some area of working remotely, perhaps there’s an idea here for you?
The brain is a funny thing. Incredibly powerful of course, but also with annoying tendencies to get stuck in ruts or grooves of comfortable thinking.
Instead of having a specific target or objective, I try to implement a system for actually getting things done instead. In this post I'll give you a few examples of what I mean.
Video from my 2020 Romanian Testing Conference talk (originally planned as a workshop).
In which I'm still focusing on The Market and staying abreast of the Changing World (and basically thinking out loud about the model of product management I'm working with and how to accomplish my goals as a PM).
In his book The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks recommends making the jump from your Zone of Excellence to your Zone of Genius. I think this is great advice, so I thought I’d share it, along with some tips for doing so.