Category Archives: Conferences

InflectraCon 2020 – Get inspired about what’s on the horizon for technology in 2022 and beyond!

Posted on December 16, 2021 by derkjandegrood

The program of the InflectraCON™ 2022 is announced. And I am proud to be part of it! Set in the heart of the US’ s capital, InflectraCON 2022, is a two-day multi-track conference celebrates all aspects of Software Development, Testing, … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Built-in Quality at the Agile Testing Days

Posted on November 17, 2021 by derkjandegrood

This week Jan Jaap Cannegieter and I gave our brand-new tutorial on Built-in Quality. I this tutorial attendees get hands-on experience in defining those practices that have a quality impact for their organization. We made an inventory of the SDLC … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Agile Testing Days, Built-In quality, Conferences, Video | Tagged Agile Testing Days, Applying practices, Built-In quality, feedback loops, First time right, RCA, Root Cause Analysis, Stop-the-line, The waves of Agile, Tutorial, Value delivery | 1 Comment

Agile Tour London

Posted on October 25, 2021 by derkjandegrood

On 22 October I gave a presentation on the Agile Tour London. I talked about the value of refinement and stated that refinement should focus on divining a good solution. So rather than updating the workflow tool, like Jira. And … Continue reading →

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Next week …Agile Tour London

Posted on October 15, 2021 by derkjandegrood

Looking foreward to breaking silos on the Agile Tour London. I see some nice familiar faces in the line-up. Will be great!

Posted in Agile, Conferences | Tagged AGILE, Agile Tour London, anko tijman, Ben Linders, challenging questions, refinement, Refinement process, Solution Pitch | Leave a comment

Full circle of Test Automation

Posted on October 2, 2021 by derkjandegrood

Speaking in Bilbao The QA&Test Conference in Bilbao is a conference I frequently visit. If not because I am part of the technical committee, then it is for the great atmosphere, the great people and the nice city of Bilbao. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, QA&Test, Test Automation | Tagged bilbao, Eric de Graaf, Rene van Veldhuijzen, Test Automation, the full circle | Leave a comment

Built-in Quality Applied- New Workshop on the ATD

Posted on September 16, 2021 by derkjandegrood

This november the Agile Testing Days will be held in Potsdam Germany. This is special to me since it will be the first onsite conference I attend since a long time. Most of the conference are on-line and virtual. During … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Agile Testing Days, Conferences | Tagged Agile Testing Days, ATD, Build-in Quality, Built-In quality, Development Practises, feedback loops, Jan Jaap Cannegieter, Potsdam, tutotial, Value delivery | Leave a comment

PNSQC Keynote

Posted on August 23, 2021 by derkjandegrood

Check out the speakers ofthis year’s edition of Pacific NW Software Quality Conference (PNSQC). I amproud to share the stage with my fellow keynote speakers, Erik van Veenendaal,Julie Wong and Mirjana Kolarov. Together we will cover a nice range of … Continue reading →

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XP2021 Conference: The changing role of the agile coach

Posted on June 18, 2021 by derkjandegrood

On 17 June I hosted a session at the XP2021 conference organized by the Agile Alliance. The session was built around the experience report that was previously published about the changing role of the Agile Coach and consisted out of … Continue reading →

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The changing role of the agile coach

Posted on May 28, 2021 by derkjandegrood

For the Agile Alliance I wrote an experience report about the changing role of the agile coach. In the report I share my thoughts on how the agile coach role develops and discuss how we can continue to deliver value … Continue reading →

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Talking about the changing role of the Agile Coach on XP2021

Posted on May 3, 2021 by derkjandegrood

I am proud to announce that I will share my story about the changing role of the agile coach on this years XP2021. XP2021 is organised by the agile alliance and enables conversations and the exchange of ideas between academics … Continue reading →

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Agile Deep Dive week- A webinar on Built-in Quality

Posted on March 29, 2021 by derkjandegrood

Last week EuroSTAR organized the Agile Deep Dive week. We had great sessions from Experts in Agile like Bob Galen, Lisa Crispin, Gitte Ottoson, Selena Delesie, Hanna Dernbran. I was asked to close the week with my Friday session on … Continue reading →

Posted in Built-In quality, Conferences, Scaling Agile, Testing | Tagged AGILE, BIQ, Built-In quality, deep dive, Development Practises, esconfs, EuroSTAR, feedback loops, Squerist | Leave a comment

How Agile Coaches can Contribute to Built-in Quality

Posted on March 18, 2021 by derkjandegrood

Built-in Quality is key when you want to achieve Business Agility. Yesterday I spoke at the AgiNext Conference in London. In my presentation I explained the importance of Built-in Quality, what it actually is and I introduced an approach to … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Built-In quality, Conferences, Scaling Agile, Slides | Tagged Agile coaching, Aginext 2021, BIQ, Build-in Quality, Built-In quality, Business Agility, Development Practises, Gitte Ottosen, inspect ad adapt, london, Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, RCA, safe, validated learning | Leave a comment

AgiNext Conference London

Posted on March 17, 2021 by derkjandegrood

When I heard that the AgiNext Conference was in London, I already saw my self standing on Trafalgar square, Piccadilly circus, etc. But this year it’s a virtual conference, we can’t go there… But we still can exchange ideas and … Continue reading →

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Agile Deep-dive

Posted on March 1, 2021 by derkjandegrood

This month EuroSTAR organises their very first deep dive week on Agile. From 22nd – 26th March we will be exploring many facets of Agile including QA, Quality and more. For the first time we will be hosting two AMAs … Continue reading →

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Agile Approaches for Building in Quality

Posted on February 11, 2021 by derkjandegrood

Next month I’ll be giving a talk at the Aginext Conference. In this presentation I will talk about Built-in Quality. Ben Linders did a nice interview with me on the topic. In the interview I explain that Quality awareness needs to … Continue reading →

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