Maverick Tester – software tester

Teaching or Learning?

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

Do you have a focus when giving training?
Sometimes, in my eagerness to ‘teach’ I forget to focus on something important. I forget that the lesson is about the student not me. I become more more concerned in my ability to be able to teach effectively. I want the student to come away feeling they have learned [...]

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The pain…the pain

Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

I’m currently experiencing a boundary test. The test is…how much toothache can I tolerate before resorting to as massive overdose of painkillers?

I know, I can feel you all wincing in empathy, even if you’ve never experienced toothache, almost everyone can empathize with the pain.
But……..
there is relief.
I am to visit the dentist tomorrow.
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Rapids Software Testing

Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

As some of you know, I’m in the process of creating an Exploratory Testing workshop. It’s been a bit of a wild adventure, but hey, I’m clinging tightly to my oars as I hurtle down the rapids of ET adventure.

Have you ever been white water rafting? I have, and here’s a tip, don’t bother going [...]

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Exploring new Territory

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

I learned something really important about myself today.
What all started it off was a discussion I was having with James Bach on Exploratory Workshops.
(You may remember that I blogged about designing an ET workshop recently – well James offered to help out and I wisely accepted his offer)
One comment he made was this:
[19:49:43] James Bach: [...]

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reinventing the wheel

Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Anne-Marie Charrett.

I liken my experience of creating an Exploratory Testing workshop as similar to recreating the wheel. It would be easy to copy someone else’s version of a wheel, after all there are a lot of great wheels out there. Alternatively, I could create my own wheel.
But how do I do that? How do you improve [...]

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