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Blog - Duncan Nisbet - Software Test Coach Skip to content Duncan Nisbet – Software Test Coach Bespoke Software Testing Training Menu Welcome… Philosophy Clients Blog Achievements Find me Blog Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile – Educate Yourself & Others This is the eighth in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – Educate yourself & others. To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile – Educate Yourself & Others” Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile – Visualise the Work & Challenges This is the seventh in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – Visualise the Work & Challenges. To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile – Visualise the Work & Challenges” Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile – Manage Dependencies This is the sixth in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – manage dependencies. To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile – Manage Dependencies” Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile – Identify the Value Streams This is the fifth in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – identify the Value Streams. To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile – Identify the Value Streams” Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile – Understand the Vision / North Star This is the fourth in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – understand the programme Vision / North Star. To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile – Understand the Vision / North Star” Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile – Identify Stakeholders This is the third in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – Identify Stakeholders. To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile – Identify Stakeholders” Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile- Systems Thinking This is the second in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – Systems Thinking. To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile- Systems Thinking” Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile- Its Agile! This is the first in a series of posts going into increasingly detail virtually my thoughts on remaining an constructive practitioner in scaled Agile – it’s Agile! To get a wider context of this post, please refer to the original “Surviving Scaled Agile” post outlining the model. Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile- Its Agile!” Posted on September 17, 2018September 18, 2018Surviving Scaled Agile – Jenga! I’ve recently been working with project teams who are attempting to remain constructive without their organisation has chosen to prefer the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). I’m trying capture & refine the worldwide patterns I’ve observed wideness several SAFe implementations that have helped those involved in the implementation remain constructive without they have been left wondering where they fit. I’m hoping it will help others who have been in touch with me who are trying to understand what it ways to be a practitioner in their newly worked SAFe organisation. Jenga Blocks Tower Continue reading “Surviving Scaled Agile – Jenga!” Posted on June 27, 2018June 27, 2018NWEWT 3WitsReport The 3rd North West Exploratory Workshop on Testing is over & now is the time for reflection in order to weave those lessons learned into the future events.     Continue reading “NWEWT 3WitsReport” Posted on June 22, 2018SAFe Systems Thinking? My previous post considered my first impressions of the Scaled Agile Framework. I described how my wits with the training & implementation of SAFe felt far from the systems thinking approach it holds as it’s 2nd principle; “Apply Systems Thinking” Why is that? In this post, I explore what could be going on… Continue reading “SAFe Systems Thinking?” Posted on June 18, 2018July 1, 2018Testing The Leading SAFe Certification Several projects I am working on within my organisation are raising SAFe in order to build software solutions, so I thought I should perform some SAFe testing! With my Agile background, I am worldly-wise to provide a lot of value in helping the teams follow an iterative minutiae lifecycle (predominantly Scrum), but I have little wits of processes outside of the minutiae teams themselves. I moreover seem to struggle to get my message wideness to senior stakeholders within my organisation who are new to Agile & SAFe. My proposition is that achieving the Leading SAFe Certification will help me with the process knowledge gap modernize my liaison with senior stakeholders This post aims to outline what happened in the experiment… Continue reading “Testing The Leading SAFe Certification” Posted on December 11, 2017June 19, 2018Experiments in Harmonic Mixing #1 – Round The Clock It seems I have been living under a waddle when it comes to what appears to be a fundamental tool in DJing (a side hobby of mine) It’s tabbed Harmonic Mixing which is the implementation of the Circle of fifths found in music theory. This post is well-nigh my first foray into harmonic mixing & how I can modernize my DJing by incorporating the skills into my toolbox. Continue reading “Experiments in Harmonic Mixing #1 – Round The Clock” Posted on September 25, 2016September 25, 2016Batch Size Reduction and Software Testing I’ve been studying Don Reinertsen‘s work on product minutiae spritz for some time. Whilst I talk well-nigh the ideas from a testing perspective, I’ve never unquestionably attempted to get my thoughts on to paper. I’m peekaboo Don’s workshop on spritz in Cambridge at the end of September, so I’m using this post to record my current thoughts so I can use them for reflection without the course. These notes still need a lot of refining… Continue reading “Batch Size Reduction and Software Testing” Posted on July 19, 2016July 19, 2016What has the CDTPolityoverly washed-up for me? There’s been a lot of commentary on Twitter & in the blogosphere well-nigh the Context Driven Testing (CDT) polity & in particular James Bach & Michael Bolton. I wanted to take some time to reflect on how influential the CDT polity has been for me, including the help, input & translating from James & Michael. Obviously, there are so many in the CDT polity I need to thank for helping me get to where I am today, but that is not the purpose of the post. Continue reading “What has the CDTPolityoverly washed-up for me?” Posted on May 25, 2016June 19, 2018This is my QA This isn’t a post going into detail well-nigh the difference between QA & Testing. Nope. It’s just a list of roles & responsibilities that the acronym “QA” could stand for that I can stipulate with. Continue reading “This is my QA” Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016The Orchestra –VariegatedParts, Same Outcome I typically use the metaphor of an orchestra with Testers wideness variegated teams/products/squads within an organisation to help the understanding of how variegated testers can offer value within their teams. The idea stuff that the treatise “I test websites & they test data” is redundant when you’re thinking of the product or system as a whole Continue reading “The Orchestra –VariegatedParts, Same Outcome” Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016Testagility Courses Starting To Come Online In conjunction with Launch22 as a venue, I’m starting to run public courses through my visitor Testagility. This is a new direction for me, so it’s experimentation all the way! Continue reading “Testagility Courses Starting To Come Online” Posted on January 26, 2016June 19, 2018Testing The River WithVariegatedTools As some of you may be aware, I like kayaking & I often like to use it as a metaphor for software development. I realised I talk a lot well-nigh the similarities between kayaking & software testing, but it appears I’ve never written well-nigh it. Please indulge me whilst I relate how we paddlers use variegated “tools” on the river to help us unzip variegated goals… Continue reading “Testing The River WithVariegatedTools” Posted on November 20, 2015June 19, 2018Getting a Grip on Exploratory Testing I’m on the train home without a very thought provoking exploratory testing training session with James Lyndsay. My utility belt has moreover gained a pearly few uneaten tools to help me when at work on Monday… Continue reading “Getting a Grip on Exploratory Testing” Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 … Page 7 Next page Achievements Blog Events Journal Logic Puzzles Resources I Use Welcome… What do you want to see? Search for: Search Proudly powered by WordPress