Today I hosted a lovely bunch of keen learners who wanted to put aside some time and do an online course with me. You can check out the event on meetup here. Today’s topic was setting a foundation for successful test automation by Angie Jones. I also streamed the activity and conversations via twitch.tv/BugHunterSam. Here… Continue reading Test Automation Uni – Day 1
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Ticca 2019 – overview
TiCCA 2019 (Testing in Context Conference Australia) has been and gone and it was an amazing opportunity to reconnect with some old faces and meet some new ones. It felt like one of the more intimate testing conferences that I’ve been to and that’s a good thing. Now that’s over I feel a bit of… Continue reading Ticca 2019 – overview
Tails of Fail
Today I gave a talk at TiCCA (Testing in Context Conference). The talk topic was tails of fail – how I failed a quality coach role. It’s a story of how I tried out this quality coaching thing but I didn’t pass probation. You can access the slides here. I used slido to manage the… Continue reading Tails of Fail
Visual Risk & UI Automation framework
Have you wanted to start with automation testing and not known where to begin? Or maybe you have 100’s or thousands of test cases in your current automation pipeline and you want to reduce the build times. Here I will walk you through one way you could consider slicing up this problem. Using examples from… Continue reading Visual Risk & UI Automation framework
Soap Opera Testing
What is it? Soap Opera Testing is a dramatised method used for testing your business processes. You might want to try it for a super-condensed and thorough way of highlighting bugs. And because it’s fun. Embrace the drama. Origins Cem Kaner has been writting about scenario testing for a long time. He published this article… Continue reading Soap Opera Testing
Let’s talk about bias
We are all biased in someway. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Biases can be considered the mental shortcuts we take to help us make sense of the world. Unfortunately these biases can make it harder for some people to progress in life or to experience the same opportunities offered to others. Fatness and bias… Continue reading Let’s talk about bias
Becoming a Quality coach – course overview
I had the pleasure of doing Anne-Marie’s becoming a quality coach course today which was organised by Test-Ed. If you are looking to transition to a quality coach role it’s worth keeping this course on your radar. Anne-Marie is a well renowned expert in software testing and quality engineering. I had the pleasure of working… Continue reading Becoming a Quality coach – course overview
Orders of Communication
Have you ever wanted to ask a large group of people their thoughts on a particular topic? Maybe you want to know what the 2000+ members of the Sydney Testers meetup group want to get out of the group? Was your first thought to create a poll or send out a survey? I bet you… Continue reading Orders of Communication
Next Career move
I recently asked myself, “where would I like to take my career?”. This is a blog post on that reflection. From maintaining tech skills to improving my coaching. Here are the things that are important to me. Keeping tech skills up to date I’ve been doing software testing now for over 7 years and even… Continue reading Next Career move
2018 – a year in review
2018 has come and gone. You know what, overall it’s been a pretty shit year for me but the goal of this blog post is to take a moment to practice gratefulness and to reflect. The crappy bits I started 2018 not being able to walk because I broke my ankle in December 2017 and… Continue reading 2018 – a year in review