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Big Visible Testing
Presented as an Emerging Topic at CAST 2012 This was my talk proposal: I have always thought of myself as an agile tester. After all, my development teams have always delivered features in 2 week...
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E v A
Back during Test Coach Camp 2012, Michael Larsen made some great recordings of our open space sessions. Subsequently, he published Ken Pier‘s session topic E vs A – Huh? under the title Exploratory...
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Pushing the envelope
This morning, on my way to work, I stopped by the bank to deposit some checks. Knowing that I was much too early for a teller to be present at the drive through window, I pulled up to the handy dandy...
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Seize the Initiative
So last year I joined the YMCA. My employer works in this space and they supplement our memberships … on the condition that we attend with a minimal frequency. Nothing to understand your customers...
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It’s been a nostalgic week for me as I’m finishing up my time at Daxko today. (Case in point, I’m wearing this year’s bight purple Kickoff shirt as I type this.) I’ll miss finding you on Twitter,...
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Short cuts
For more than a year now, I’ve been shopping around for a hairdresser who could provide the ideal haircut. The first two attempts were incomplete, poor likenesses of the beauty I had in mind. I had a...
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Rhythm section
When I was a little girl, my mother took me to New Orleans. I was enchanted with the city and my experience there, not the least of which was experimenting with Cajun dancing and learning to play the...
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Bedside manner
This morning, stuck in the dentist’s chair again, I was contemplating with dread the work to be done. You see, I’ve had many dentists over the years and have only recently found one I like. It’s not...
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Ash-ceptance Criteria
Someone asked me for examples of testable acceptance criteria… Alright. Who wants some? User story: As Ash, I want to defend myself against deadites (undead creatures) so that I can retrieve pages...
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See you soon
I’m excited to announce that I will be speaking at two conferences this year! If you’re on your way to Agile2013 in Nashville in August, please stop by my full-length Big Visible Testing session in the...
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What I Did For My Summer Vacation – Part 1
With the First Day of School quickly approaching, it’s time for: What I Did For My Summer Vacation – Part 1 Exploring Requirements I get really excited about hanging out with people, especially...
View ArticleCountdown to Agile2013!
I’m so excited about next week that I’m re-reading the schedule for next week with great anticipation (on a Friday evening. Yeah, I’m a big nerd. It’s cool.) So in celebration, I’m counting down to my...
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What I Did For My Summer Vacation – Part 2
For Science! Our geek gals weekend was quite a memorable one! We had an email thread going around discussing all of our excitement that culminated in: Road Trip Retrospective Liked Beginning new...
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Here are the slides from my full length Big Visible Testing talk, presented at Agile2013 in Nashville, TN on August 6, 2013. Big Visible Testing (Full Length) from Claire Moss My experience report...
View ArticleMy stupid human trick
When I was growing up, my family and I would watch shows like America’s Funniest Home Videos that often involved montages of people showing off their ridiculous talents – sometimes inadvertently! One...
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Always On
So there we were, Josh Gibbs and I, enjoying our lunch break on a lovely sunny day at Centennial Olympic Park. As an Atlanta native, I was living here when the olympics came through town and have a...
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Story Time!
As Agile2013 considers itself a best in class kind of conference “designed to provide all Agile Team Members, Developers, Managers and Executives with proven, practical knowledge”, the track committees...
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Sick and Tired
On the first full day of STARWest 2013, I ended up at home with my sick son. (Stomach bug. Boo.) Fortunately, most of the excitement had passed by morning and the day turned out to be blessedly...
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Tea Time
A little history So as you may have gathered, I’m an American. But not just any American. I’m from The South. In fact, I’m a very special kind of Southerner: the mythical Atlanta native. (Though some...
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