Every Testing Cup is different for me. Last year I was both a speaker and a participant. This Year I've decided to join the jury committee. The reason for this decision was quite simple - I was curious how one of my beloved events looks from behind the scenes. So buckle up, as I would …
Rapid Software Testing
Last three days I've spent in a beautiful city in the centre of Poland - Łódź. I travelled there for 3 days of workshop with Michael Bolton. This was organized by this same people, who run a Testing Cup competition & conference. I've been following Michael for some time already and yet I found out …
Lessons learned from working with a British customer
For past two years, I was working closely with British customer and, let's be honest, my company which originated in the United Kingdom. Over this time period, I realized that I've learned something important. Something that made me a calmer person, more friendly person, more open-minded person... I decided to take a look at my …
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Tester skill: Translating between business & development
I am sorry for the delay in publishing. Currently, I'm in Bath. It is an amazing city in Somerset distribution of United Kingdoms. Most of the people come here for vacation or lovely cider (really, really lovely!), but I am here working on-site with our client. I was so excited to come here again especially …
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Tester skill: Responding to change
One of the things others find surprising to me is how fast I adapt to change. When I hear the information about some change, even the hard ones, in a matter of minutes I deal with it and I start my creative thinking - searching for possible solutions, proposing some improvements or giving arguments why …
When every test matters
Monday morning I saw on Twitter this brilliant tweet from Rosie Sherry: https://twitter.com/rosiesherry/status/977325479052144640 And I thought to myself: I couldn't agree more! I will then just leave it here with a small comment. I believe that we should arm ourselves with all the weaponry we can get. Then when the time comes we pick up …
Tester Horror Story: Omission
Sometimes during estimation, refinement or planning we already think about possible places it can be broken, where it can fail, what should we check. Then we might form some test cases or prepare some exploratory session. But in the end, especially when we face a complex part of the software, this evil whisper appears in …
Feedback – few thoughts
I feel really strong about feedback. I love it and I wish I had more of it in my life. Unfortunately, I have enough hands to count times I received a well-prepared feedback - both in my line of work and from conferences. So I want to bring up a few thoughts upon feedback. I …
BREWT & Diversity
The time came for me to gather my thoughts on the topic of diversity. It is a very trendy and yet complex term. When I think about diversity first things that come to my mind are a diversity of gender, race, belief, and experience. Those are important topics that we should talk about, so I …
Speaking pays off
During Test:Fest conference Karolina Madej-Dempniak had a discussion panel about Perfect Tester. At some point, she asked a question "Why do you think that Perfect Tester should speak at conferences?". My answer was fast - it is our duty to share the knowledge we have - to inspire others, to prevent them from our mistakes, …
