This is the companion blog post to my talk at TestBash Germany 2019 – (Mis)Using Personas with the Seven Dwarfs. I’ll add a link to the video when it becomes available, but for now, here are the slides and persona pack for the “dwarf personas” to get you started with (mis)using personas in […]
Tag: Neurodiversity
Call for Collaboration | Identity Stories #0
“I fear that posting this will have negative consequences for me, but I feel more strongly that I need to share this experience and raise awareness.” It’s been a year and a half since I shared my story of Sexual Harassment in Tech & the Testing Community. It was an extremely difficult thing […]
Neurodiversity and My Problem with WIP Limits for Creative Work
On a recent project with a client, I helped the development team to implement a work in progress (WIP) limit. As the team got used to working towards finishing things before starting to work on new user stories, there was a noticeable improvement in the flow and pace of stories that were ready to […]
Preventing Interruptions with Sticky Notes
In software production, there are all kinds of techniques that utilise sticky notes. Whether it’s in a physical Kanban board, example mapping, risk storming, or just general reminders, we seem to like them a lot. At the Open Space day of TestBash Germany last year, I decided to use sticky notes in a […]
Tester Interviews: Techniques and Tasks
This post is inspired by a recent discussion on the The Club at Ministry of Testing. Edit: It has also been translated into Russian on Software-Testing.RU. I’m a software tester with a past life in the IT recruitment industry. I’m also a serial interviewee. Immediately before starting my current position at […]