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New Blog post: Agile Coaching is like calibrating

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

“If you see me at work and spot me grasping in the air and turning imaginary valves. Then I am probably explaining how I visualize agile coaching.”  EuroSTAR published a new post on agile coaching. In this post I explain how … Continue reading →

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Do not become a bottleneck for the agile project

Posted on January 20, 2016 by

Last November, during the EuroSTAR conference, I was asked to give a soapbox speech in the grand hall. During this “lightning strikes the keynotes” session I stated that if we testers don’t make haste with our test improvements we’ll become the … Continue reading →

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Survival techniques for testers, beyond the T-shape tester

Posted on November 5, 2015 by

Tuesday 3 November Jan Jaap Cannegieter and I gave a tutorial workshop at the EuroSTAR conference. In this wisdom of the crowd session we searched for and defined our future. Main question throughout the workshop was: How do we survive … Continue reading →

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How good are your collaboration skills?

Posted on August 18, 2015 by

I often encounter discussions on testers competences. One, who believes testing is an easy job, should try a search on the Internet. He’d be surprised how many competences are associated with good testing. Being a tester, what skills should you focus … Continue reading →

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Happy homecoming, Testing Excellence Award

Posted on December 1, 2014 by

Today I got welcomed at the Valori-office with Champagne and Cake. I was congratulated by everyone with winning the Testing Excellence Award by many of my direct colleagues. What a nice surprise. Egbert Bouman held another heartwarming speech and explained, … Continue reading →

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EuroSTAR webinar on Mobile testing

Posted on February 7, 2014 by

EuroSTAR is announcing a series of webinars by Zeger Hesse, Fiona Charles, BJ Rollinson and Rob Lambert. My own webinar in the series will be held on 25 February and is called Mobile Testing – the relation between tests, business … Continue reading →

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