Tag Archives: testnet

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 →

Posted in Agile, Scaling Agile, Test management, testnet | Tagged compliance, Embedding Quality and testing in the SAFe framework, safe, SIG, test management, testnet | Leave a comment

Testing and Quality in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe 4.6 version)

Posted on October 11, 2018 by derkjandegrood

Last night Mette and I presented the closing keynote of the TestNet Fall Event. In our keynote we shared our ideas on how the embed Quality and Testing in Scaled Agile Environments. Ever since we are working on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Bits & Chips, Conferences, Scaling Agile, Slides | Tagged Build Quality In, Challenges when Scaling, CI / CD, CQO, Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, Quality, safe, SAFe 4.6, SAFe Journey, Scaling Agile, Testing, testing retreat, testnet, Valori | 1 Comment

Keynote: Testing and Quality in the SAFe framework

Posted on October 3, 2018 by derkjandegrood

Less than a week to go! On 10 October Mette Bruhn-Pedersen and I will give a keynote presentation on the testnet conference. Proud to be giving a keynote on this great event and enthusiastic about sharing the stage with Mette. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Scaling Agile, Test management, Testing | Tagged agile testing, Embedding Quality and testing in the SAFe framework, Keynote, Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, safe, SAFe Journey, Scaling Agile, testnet | Leave a comment

Transforming testing to fit modern development- Agile testing

Posted on September 13, 2018 by derkjandegrood

On 12 September Andreas Prins and I gave two presentation on the TestNet session night. The theme of the event was: Transforming testing to fit modern development. Andreas identified various rhythms (or wavelengths) in the SDLC and explained the automation … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Conferences, Test management, testnet | Tagged agile test strategy, agile testing, Andreas Prins, Automation, Modern Software development, survey, Testing, testnet, Valori, War story, xebialabs | Leave a comment

A Game Called Scaling

Posted on September 3, 2018 by derkjandegrood

Scaling agile is becoming a hot topic. Furthermore organizations more and more start to understand that business agility and responsiveness is a key factor to survive and stay ahead of their competitors. In order to yield value, the work of single … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Scaling Agile, SCRUM, testnet, Video | Tagged Lego, less, Nexus, safe, Scaling Agile, Serious Game, Simulation, testnet, Valori | Leave a comment

Transforming towards modern development

Posted on August 31, 2018 by derkjandegrood

On 12 september TestNet is organising an event called “Transforming towards modern development”: Andreas Prins (VP Product Development @XebiaLabs) will talk about the different faces of testing in DevOps. We all know testing is an ever recurring theme, but to … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Testing, testnet | Tagged agile software development, agile testing, Andreas Prins, testnet, xebialabs | Leave a comment

There is still need for test management in Agile but it is done differently

Posted on May 14, 2018 by derkjandegrood

Jeffery Payne wrote a nice blog on agile test management. In this blog he states that agile opens up a lot of career opportunities as the test manager roles becomes more strategic in agile context. “Unfortunately, many test managers try to … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Scaling Agile, SCRUM, Test management, Testing, testnet | Tagged Do's and Don'ts, Embedding Quality and testing in the SAFe framework, EuroSTAR eBook, Jan Jaap Cannegieter, Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, PractiTest, Techwell, testing center of excellence, testnet | Leave a comment

Scaling agile @Testnet

Posted on December 20, 2017 by derkjandegrood

17 January TestNet (the Dutch Test Association) another theme-event. This evening will focus on scaling Agile and will host various sessions. Han Duisterwinkel will talk about scaling frameworks and explains how these do (or lack to) address hybrid agile and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Conferences, Scaling Agile | Tagged agilescaling, Dutch test association, Edwin van Loon, Eric van the Mark, Han Duisterwinkel, less, Nexus, Patrick Schilder, safe, Scaling Agile, testnet | Leave a comment

Agile Testing Days -Trends and future in testing 2017

Posted on November 14, 2017 by derkjandegrood

Today I gave a presentation at the Agile Testing Days. The room was packed and we talked about the way the testing profession in evolving. 5 years ago the Dutch Test Association published a book that described the changes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Conferences, Slides | Tagged Agile Testing Days, Andreas Prins, anko tijman, ard kramer, derk-jan de grood, Future, Hans van Loenhoud, Huib Schoots, Jeroen Rosink, JuBoCo, Pepijn Vorst, Quality Strategy, safe, Testing profession, Testing Roles, Testing Skills, testnet, Trends | Leave a comment

The future is now! Page 120 revisited

Posted on November 2, 2017 by derkjandegrood

Earlier this year the Dutch Test association (TestNet) celebrated its 20th anniversary. Shakers and movers from the dutch test profession contributed with various sessions and workshops. One of the workshops was a follow up on the the book “set your course, future and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ard kramer, JuBoCo, Publications, testnet | Tagged Andreas Prins, ard kramer, ATD2017, bepaal je koers, future and trends in testing”, Hans van Loenhoud, JuBoCo, P120, set your course, testnet, toekomst en trends in testing | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Agile, Conferences, SCRUM, Test management, Testing | Tagged acceptance management, agile testing, compliance, e2e test, guild, integration test, Jan Jaap Cannegieter, practise lead, PractiTest, software testing, test management, testnet, Valori | 1 Comment

When a Test Manager Makes a Difference

Posted on August 14, 2017 by derkjandegrood

I am invited to host a guest webinar for Practitest on 26 September. With these webinars Practitest aims to make conference talks available for QA managers that don’t get the opportunity to visit to many life conferences. The webinar I … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Test management, Testing | Tagged agile quality strategy, Jan Jaap Cannegieter, PractiTest, test, testmanagement, testnet, webinar | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Agile, Test management, testnet | Tagged acceptance managent, as integration manager as department or tribelead, compliance testing, Do's and Don'ts, inter-team coordination, Jan Jaap Cannegieter, Squerist, test management, testnet, Valori | 2 Comments

Agile Testing Days Program Online

Posted on May 9, 2017 by derkjandegrood

Where do we go from here? To the Agile Testing Days of course. I am proud to announce that my session is accepted for this year’s conference. During my session “Trends and Future in software testing” I will discuss trends … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, JuBoCo | Tagged AGILE, Agile Testing Days, Andreas Prins, ard kramer, ATD2017, Hans van Loenhout, testnet, trends and future, Valori | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Conferences, Testing, testnet | Tagged Agile Tester, agile testing, Egbert Bouman, future trends, JuBoCo, test management, testnet, The future of testing | Leave a comment