Posts Tagged ‘People’

Notes from EuroSTAR 2009 December 8, 2009 5 Comments

It was Stockholm again this year. Good to not have to travel far, but since you are travelling I wouldn’t object to something more exotic, and warmer. Next year it is Copenhagen, again.
I had a full-packed program with 4 days of tutorials, workshops, tracks, short talks, test-labbing, conversations, so in total it is quite an [...]

When do you feel productive? November 3, 2009 5 Comments

I believe that it is impossible to objectively capture important things about a software tester’s productivity.
On the other hand I don’t believe there is a big difference between feeling productive and being productive.
I feel productive when I
* test a feature that is good, but not perfect
* review specifications
* do pair testing
* am happy
* am motivated
* [...]

Tricks with Metrics May 14, 2009 2 Comments

Recently in Sweden there was a tragic death to a young child that could have been rescued if only the child had come to a hospital in time for a full exam. The one that was blamed for this death was the medical care hotline company that did not understand the severity of the illness [...]

The hidden project stakeholders March 17, 2009 4 Comments

This was originally a response to Rikard’s post “Multi-Dimensional Software Testing”, but here I have developed my thoughts a bit.
As I see it, there are more or less obvious stakeholders and stakeholders that might be more or less hidden. A “customer” might be such an obvious stakeholder. It might then just be a matter of [...]