Coaching Testers
with Anne-Marie Charrett & James Bach
Date: 29th May 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
Overview
This one day workshop is an introduction to the systematic approach to coaching testers used by myself and James Bach. This approach is the culmination of our experience in coaching, investigation and analysis.
Coaching testers facilitates the ongoing self-education for a tester. The tester controls what they learn, making it relevant and powerful compared to traditional teaching practices.
Join us on this one day workshop to discover the basic skills needed to coach testers.
Programme
The workshop will focus on the following aspects of coaching testers:
- The Science behind the coaching
- The Coaching Task
- Navigating a Coaching Session
- Evaluating Coaching Sessions
Who should attend?
This workshop is suitable for experienced testers and test managers who want to learn how to coach testers.
How will I benefit?
Coaching testers is a skill that test managers and testers can learn to help improve tester skill either remotely or within a project environment.
There is a Latin saying “docendo discimus” which translated to english means ‘by teaching we learn’. If you ever truly want to understand what an oracle is, try teaching it to someone!
Attending this one day workshop will give you and understanding of coaching testers and an opportunity to practice this skill in a learning environment.
What will I learn?
You have the opportunity to learn my approach to coaching testers.
This includes:
- Developing a coaching relationship
- Understanding a coaching task
- Managing a coaching session
- Evaluating a coaching session
The workshop is exercise orientated so there will be many opportunities to practice the art of coaching testers. Please bring a laptop.
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