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Category Archives: Agile

What’s with the coach titles?

Agile, Quality, Life, Career … everyone wants to be some sort coach these days. I don’t like the term coach. I feel like it downplays the hard work that goes into teaching. I learn and I teach what I learn. I love teaching so much I often do it for free. During uni I volunteered […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamAugust 9, 2018August 9, 2018Posted inAgile, Software Testing, TechnologyLeave a comment on What’s with the coach titles?

Agile Australia 2018

On Tuesday the 19th of June I spoke at Agile Australia( access the recording here) on how to get more people involved with testing. You can access my slides; The bug hunt is on. I proposed 5 activities to help get more people involved with quality: Bug Bashes Bug Bounties Dog Fooding Knowledge sharing practices […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamJune 17, 2018October 12, 2018Posted inAgile, Conferences, Technology1 Comment on Agile Australia 2018

Running a Bug Bash

For any solo tester out there I recommend leading a regular bug bash/mob testing activity. It’s an activity you can run at the end of a sprint/feature dev cycle. You invite the team, get some snacks/beverages together and get everyone testing for around an hour. Setup You might want to make sure you have good […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamMay 9, 2018September 24, 2018Posted inAgile, Software Testing, Technology1 Comment on Running a Bug Bash

Agile and Stress

I was having a chat with an old colleague on LinkedIn today (Brian Osman) and we were talking about Agile. The question was, “how does Agile at Tyro differ from <Client>*?” My conclusion was that by focusing on certain “Agile” rituals an artificially high stress environment can be easily created. Here is this conversation: Bosman: […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamApril 20, 2017April 20, 2017Posted inAgile, Software TestingLeave a comment on Agile and Stress
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