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The Rabbit Poop Approach to Learning

21st May 201821st May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 5 Comments

  I’ve been thinking a lot about learning, and have been trying to examine and understand more about the way that I learn.  For me, there are three levels or stages of learning: Absorb (often through reading, watching, or listening) Experience (first hand exposure through active participation or passive observation) Teach (possibly through mentoring, speaking, […]

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Neurodiversity and My Problem with WIP Limits for Creative Work

6th April 20189th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 4 Comments

  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 […]

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Preventing Interruptions with Sticky Notes

13th February 20189th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 3 Comments

    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 […]

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WTF Are You Doing? Tell Your Teams!

10th August 20179th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 4 Comments

  This post is about helping your team to learn, by giving them simple, yet vital information to help guide their learning.   WTF Are You Doing?   I moved into my first tester role from elsewhere in the business, outside of the product team.  I wasn’t given any kind of introduction into how the […]

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The Lonely Tester: Whats My Team Again?

9th February 20179th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 1 Comment

    What’s in a team? We’ve all heard about testers and developers being placed in different teams (or silos), as opposed to having both roles and skillsets in the same team.  But what about testers placed in the client-facing team?  Being part of the team that deals with client onboarding, training and support, whilst […]

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Blogs about testing, UX, and software production from Cassandra H. Leung - a tester, UX enthusiast and international speaker.

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