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Whiteboard Testing

May 7, 2018December 7, 2015 by Daniel

While I was on vacation, Richard Bradshaw (@FriendlyTester) had a problem. He was looking for relevant software testing videos e.g. on YouTube to learn something new. However, he always had two problems either the content was bad or just to long. He was looking for great, not so lengthy, software testing videos that explain a certain topic in a couple of minutes to extend his knowledge. The fact that nothing like this was out there on the Internet made him thinking about a solution. In his blog post, Richard mentioned that he was starting to outline and mind map ideas on how to solve the problem on his whiteboard. While drawing and writing on his whiteboard he had the idea to record the drawings and to upload them to an own YouTube channel called “Whiteboard Testing“.

In the first video of the Whiteboard Testing channel, Richard is explaining the idea behind it. The goal is to create a collection of short software testing videos not longer than 10 minutes from various people who want to share their software testing knowledge with others. Have a look at the introduction video:

Reading Recommendations # 41

May 7, 2018November 11, 2015 by Daniel

Reading Recommendations - Adventures in QA

It seems to be that the average amount of recommended blog posts is often six. Maybe it is the amount of blog post I am able to read throughout the week. However, last week I was not able to publish the reading recommendations due to heavy workload but this week there is the latest issue number 41 again. And surprise, it contains again six interesting posts about software testing. There are posts about “The Laws of Sport and Automation”, “Do You Know How to Wow Mobile Users?”, “Why your phone battery is rubbish”, “Failing Doesn’t Make you a Failure”, “Notes from the Eurostar Mobile Deep Dive 2015” and “How to develop into a great speaker”.

Enjoy reading the posts and send me posts that are worth reading and I will mention you and link to your social links or blog.

	The expected result was 42. Now what was the test?: The Laws of Sport and Automation
Source: steveo1967.blogspot.de/2015/10/the-laws-of-sport-and-automation.html

Reading Recommendations # 40

May 7, 2018October 28, 2015 by Daniel

Today it is already the 40th issue of the reading recommendation and there will be more to come this year. The latest issue contains again six interesting posts about software testing, learning and leadership. There is a very interesting post from Jonathan Kohl about “Designing a Gamification Productivity Tool” which I highly recommend to read it. There is a post from Katrina Clokie about how she writes her posts which I find really insightful and helpful for me as a blogger. The other posts are dealing with the topics “Bad Habits During Testing Activities”, “Learning about test automation with Lego”, “Leading without Direct Reports” and a post about “Reflection”.

Enjoy reading the posts and send me posts that are worth reading and I will mention you and link to your social links or blog.

	Jonathan Kohl \| Designing a Gamification Productivity Tool
Source: www.kohl.ca/2015/designing-a-gamification-productivity-tool/

People in Testing with Viktor Johansson

May 7, 2018October 26, 2015 by Daniel

Viktor Johansson - Adventures in QA This time in the “People in Testing” series, I had the chance to interview Viktor Johansson. Viktor is currently working in New York City for a tech startup called Axial. Viktor is very passionate about mobile testing and likes to build devices labs with lego. If you have any kind of question to Viktor, you can contact via twitter.

Daniel: What is currently your biggest challenge at work?

Viktor: To keep up with our several, weekly releases. As an embedded tester in an agile team, there is a lot to test. New features are constantly being built. I need, together with the team, prioritize my testing and try to identify risk areas quickly. I am a strong believer in dogfooding. Everybody in an organization can test and bring value to a product. I have received good support from different stakeholders across the organization. Building those relationships, bridging channels of communication has been invaluable. It has not only helped increase the quality of our product, but has also given me a greater understanding of the business in order to be a better tester. Communication with the end users has also been essential.

Reading Recommendations # 39

May 7, 2018October 21, 2015 by Daniel

Winter is coming at least here in Germany. The dark autumn and winter time is perfect for reading interesting articles. Therefore, the 39th issue of the reading recommendation contains six interesting posts that are worth reading. The first post is deailing with the topic “Avoid Common Testing Metric Pitfalls” and is very interesting to read. Another very interesting post is about “Women Who Test”. Then Katrina Clokie wrote another great post about “Changing the conversation about change in testing”. Other posts are dealing with the topics “Get Automated Testing “Done”” and “Speaking the language of business”. The last post is a teaser for a new testing book which might be of interest for you. The book is from Mike Talks and has the title “How to Test“.

Enjoy reading the posts and send me posts that are worth reading and I will mention you and link to your social links or blog.

	Avoid Common Testing Metrics Pitfalls – Software Testing Blog Regardless of the size of its software development operation, every organization should be taking advantage of testing metrics.
Source: blog.utest.com/2015/10/19/avoid-common-testing-metrics-pitfalls/