Tag Archives: test management

Great Tutorial at STARWest Conference

Posted on September 2, 2020 by derkjandegrood

In October Jan Jaap Cannegieter and I will join forces again and host our successful Testmanagement in Agile Tutorial again. Although we have given this tutorial several times now, we always get positive feedback and feel that it is highly … Continue reading →

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Impression of the online STAREast Tutorial on Test Management in Agile

Posted on May 6, 2020 by derkjandegrood

Monday 4th of May I gave a full day tutorial on Test Management in Agile. This year STAREast went virtual, so I had to rebuild the tutorial to make it suitable for online participation. I think we (the 30+ participants … Continue reading →

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Jet-Lag while working from home

Posted on May 4, 2020 by derkjandegrood

Today starts the STAREast conference. This Floriday based conference organised by Techwell and one of the premier conferences on software quality. Although running for years know, 2020 is the year they go virtual. The conference starts with a series of … Continue reading →

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How to Incorporate Testing in a SAFe Development Process.

Posted on July 29, 2019 by derkjandegrood

I stumbled on an interesting webinar by 321Gang.com on how to incorporate testing on the various levels in the SAFe framework. Wade Towles explains that Built-In quality is one of the Scaled Agile Framework’s (SAFe) four Core Values and a … Continue reading →

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SIG on Quality in SAFe: Where should we put the quality responsibility?

Posted on July 17, 2019 by derkjandegrood

Yesterday we had another of our Quality in SAFe meetings. The Special Interest Group is founded by TestNet and aims to define where quality and testing can be mounted into scaled agile organisations. Yesterday we had an interesting discussion on … Continue reading →

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TestExpo Copenhagen

Posted on May 27, 2019 by derkjandegrood

I just got back from Denmark where I contributed to the TestExpo 2019. Wednesday Jan Jaap Cannegieter and I gave a tutorial on Test Management in Agile. With a group of 23 enthusiastic test managers we explored what task we … Continue reading →

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Test management in Agile – Full day tutorial at the TestExpo Denmark

Posted on March 6, 2019 by derkjandegrood

On May 22nd, you will get a unique possibility to enhance your test managers skill set within Agile environments. Together with Jan Jaap Cannegieter I will host the full day tutorial the day before TestExpo™ Conference in Denmark. We made a … Continue reading →

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Amazing Tutorial on Agile Test Management

Posted on November 13, 2018 by derkjandegrood

Yesterday Jan Jaap Cannegieter and I gave an amazing tutorial at the Agile testing days. In our full day tutorial we discussed the role of the test manager and how to add value in an agile environment. We discovered that … Continue reading →

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Agile Test Management – Our second promo video

Posted on August 28, 2018 by derkjandegrood

Jan Jaap Cannegieter and I will be hosting a full day tutorial on the Agile Testing Days. In this interactive training day we will discuss, investigate, share ideas and techniques that are relevant for creating your agile test strategy. Full details … Continue reading →

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EuroSTAR program announced

Posted on April 18, 2018 by derkjandegrood

EuroSTAR, one of the leading conferences on software quality in Europe has announced the program for their 2018 edition. EuroSTAR will be held in the Netherlands starting 12 november. What a great line-up of speakers this year’s edition will hold. … Continue reading →

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Practitest Webinar – When a Test Manager Makes a Difference

Posted on September 27, 2017 by derkjandegrood

Yesterday I gave a Tutorial. The Tutorial was hosted by PractiTest and dealt with the changing role of the Test Manager. A lively topic, judging by the large number of participants. One advantage of a virtual presentation is that all 700 … Continue reading →

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Do’s and don’ts for the test manager – a testnet workshop

Posted on June 6, 2017 by derkjandegrood

One of the two workshops I gave at the Testnet sprint event was a collaboration with Jan Jaap Cannegieter. The purpose of the workshop that we gave was to collectively rethink the value that a test manager has (or can … Continue reading →

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Testnet 20th anniversary: Two workshops at the same time

Posted on March 23, 2017 by derkjandegrood

On Monday, May 15th the Dutch Test association (TestNet) will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Shakers and movers from the dutch test profession will contribute with sessions workshops that take place throughout the day. I am proud to say that I … Continue reading →

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The Role of the Test Manager – It depends

Posted on March 12, 2014 by derkjandegrood

My new column in the series “G(r)ood testing” is online now on the EuroSTAR community pages. It deals with the role of the test manager. I made a small video trailer to go along with the publication, so you know … Continue reading →

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