Last month marked the 15 year anniversary of my decision to go into business for myself. Over the last decade and a half I have learned so very much, and had the opportunity to work with so many amazingly cool people. I feel immensely grateful. I’ve also had my challenges: strategic and financial missteps that [...]
Question from the Mailbox: What Metrics Do You Use in Agile?
A reader wrote me to ask: I know what metrics to use to manage a traditional phased project. But what metrics do you use on Agile projects? I started drafting my answer in a private email but I decided that it was time to put my answer on the record. This is a great question. [...]
That’s a Nice Theory
Dale Emery has taught me an enormous amount about using resistance as a resource. I’m grateful. I use his ideas every time I set foot in a classroom or start consulting with a new client. In particular, I channel my inner Dale whenever discussing any of the various controversial things I advocate, such as: The [...]
It’s a Book!
Happy New Year! A funny thing happened on my way to inbox 0 last week: I wrote a book in 4 days. I didn’t mean to. And actually it’s not true to say that I wrote it in just 4 days. I assembled it in 4 days; I wrote it over 15 years. Allow me [...]
Agile Adjustments: a WordCount Story
I originally wrote this for the AYE website in 2007. It’s no longer published there so I’m posting it here. Despite itching to tweak some words and add a better conclusion, I resisted the temptation to edit it other than formatting it for this blog. It’s as I wrote it in 2007. (Despite being 4 [...]
What Software Has in Common with Schrödinger’s Cat
In 1935, physicist Erwin Schrödinger proposed a thought experiment to explain how quantum mechanics deals only with probabilities rather than objective reality. He outlined a scenario in which a cat is placed inside a sealed chamber. Inside the chamber is a flask containing a deadly substance. There is a small bit of radioactive material that [...]
2nd Annual QA/Test Job Posting Study
This is a guest blog post by Daniel Frank, my assistant. Daniel took on the challenge of updating the QA/Test job study for 2011, just in time for making New Year’s resolutions. Enjoy! Elisabeth It’s been a little over a year since Elisabeth published “Do Testers Have to Write Code,” the results of an in-depth [...]
From the mailbox: selecting test automation tools
A long time ago, all the way back in 1999, I wrote an article on selecting GUI test automation tools. Someone recently found it and wrote me an email to ask about getting help with evaluating tools. I decided my response might be useful for other people trying to choose tools, so I turned it [...]
Checking Alignment, Redux
I’ve been writing a lot lately. Writing for long stretches leaves me mentally drained, nearly useless. The words dry up. I stop making sense. I find it increasingly difficult to form coherent sentences that concisely convey my meaning. Eventually I can’t even talk intelligibly. I recall attending a party after a week of solid writing [...]
Checking Alignment
Let’s start at the beginning. Somebody, somewhere, needs some software. Maybe we’re serving an internal “customer” who needs a simple bailing-wire-and-duct-tape app to connect system A with completely unrelated (except that they need to be able to share data) system B. Or maybe we’re in a startup that’s trying to Change the World with a [...]
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About Me
Hi! I'm Elisabeth Hendrickson. I founded Quality Tree Software, Inc. I run Agilistry Studio. And I created entaggle.com. This blog is my personal soapbox. If you like what you read here I hope you will consider purchasing my book, There's Always a Duck
- Agile Backlash? Or Career Wakeup Call? September 8, 2010
- Do Testers Have to Write Code? October 20, 2010
- Specialized Test Management Systems are an Agile Impediment October 6, 2009
- Testing Triangles: a Classic Exercise Updated for the Web March 21, 2007
- Agile-Friendly Test Automation Tools/Frameworks April 29, 2008
- Happy Birthday, Quality Tree Software April 19, 2012
- Question from the Mailbox: What Metrics Do You Use in Agile? February 23, 2012
- That’s a Nice Theory January 21, 2012
- It’s a Book! January 9, 2012
- Agile Adjustments: a WordCount Story January 5, 2012
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