Monthly Archives: September 2016

21st Testing Retreat was awesome

Posted on September 28, 2016 by derkjandegrood

This weekend I spent my time in France, where 12 testers gathered in the Chateau de la busquiere to share experiences, benchmark opinions and discus trends in the testing Profession.  The Testing Retreat is a peer conference that aims to … Continue reading →

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G(r)ood testing 24: The need for (agile) test strategies

Posted on September 21, 2016 by derkjandegrood

The test profession seems to be become more technical and more widespread. Teams should do their (automated) Unit and Functional tests. Additionally they need to focus on non-functional tests and integrate their work with that of the other teams. How do we keep … Continue reading →

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New Book on Scrum: Manuscript is sent to the Editor

Posted on September 15, 2016 by derkjandegrood

Last year Valori published the e-book “Agile in the real world, starting with Scrum“. Together with the Bits & Chips magazine I produced a practical guide for organizations that want to make the most of their Scrum implementation! This e-book … Continue reading →

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BCS SIGIST Autumn 2016 Conference

Posted on September 14, 2016 by derkjandegrood

Tomorrow (15 September) the British Computer Society will organize their Autumn Conference in London. The conference is organized by the SIGIST, the special interest group in Software Testing. We have an interesting line-up with a.o. talks on Automated test design … Continue reading →

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