State of testing survey 2020

I don’t blog that much anymore these days, but one good reason to get back to it is the annual state of testing survey. Those of you, who have been around for a while, certainly know about it. For those of you who are new to it, the state of testing is an annual survey… Continue Reading →

The Meaning of Meaning

Here are the slides and the transcript of my Agile Testing Days 2019 talk on the meaning of meaning: Imaging the following: An old office building in the vicinity of a big German car manufacturer. There is a meeting room, you know, one that’s been furbished a few decades ago. A lot of oak on… Continue Reading →

Open Space Sellout

It has become a fixture for many testers in the greater Hamburg area: the annual QS barcamp, which took place for the third time. Participants decided to cap visitors at 80 at a session last year without anybody really believing it was necessary. And necessary it was! A week before the event we had to… Continue Reading →

The tale of TestBash Brighton 2018

I was finally able to attend TestBash Brighton, the mother of all TestBashes. Getting there took me almost 10 hours, who would have guessed that all the trains to the airport would run on time? Getting home talk me even longer, who would have guessed that 2cm of snow would let European transportation break down? Anyway,… Continue Reading →

How to use TestSphere for retrospectives

Being a testmanager and a scrum master, I was thinking about how to use the TestSphere deck not just for testing themed activities but for regular team or sprint retrospectives as well. My retrospectives usually go along the pretty popular five stage model: 1. Set the stage 2. Gather data 3. Generate insight 4. Decide… Continue Reading →

State of Testing 2018 Survey

2018 is here. And of course the guys over at PractiTest are conducting a state of testing survey in 2018 as well, which I urge you to participate in. If you already know about it or not, doesn’t really matter. Data science, machine learning and the likes are becoming more and more visible in all aspects… Continue Reading →

How to use TestSphere for Lean Lunch

If you came to know how TestSphere can help you lose weight, sorry, but I haven’t figured that out yet. This short blog post is about how we used TestSphere to facilitate a Lean Lunch session for the MACH testing community of practice. Lean lunch meets @TestSphere at @MACH_AG #TheOtherLean #lunchbreak pic.twitter.com/InqVjUhA9K — Christian Kram… Continue Reading →

TestBash Germany – O’zapft is!

This is a short review of the splendid inaugural TestBash Germany conference. Or you could also say that this is the story of how “I wonder what CFP works like” became standing on stage and giving a talk at a testing conference for the first time ever. Manchester 2016 was my first TestBash ever and… Continue Reading →

Information sources for testers

One of the sessions at the testing barcamp in Hamburg was about information sources for testers. This post is a quick follow-up to provide links to all the sources mentioned in the session. It is by no means a complete list of all the awesome sources out there, just the list of sources mentioned in… Continue Reading →

WASCID

WASCID is a heuristic (and yes, a mnemonic) that helps me identifying regression content when doing an impact analysis of a new user story. Or in other words: What the hell could possibly be broken when we do this? WASCID stands for Workflow Audience Scenario Code Interface Data Every of these aspects is looked at… Continue Reading →