Five Blogs – 6 September 2021

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

What Makes a Good Automated Test?
Written by: Kristin Jackvony

Quality Coaching: Preventing production issues
Written by: Kim Engel

5 Whys: The Ultimate Root Cause Analysis Tool
Written by: Kanbanize

Has the Word “Leader” Lost Its Meaning?
Written by: Wally Brock

Writing Sprints: A Simple Exercise That Benefits Every Writer
Written by: Joe Bunting

Quote of the day:
“The foremost rule is that you must take responsibility for your own life. Period.” -Jordan. Peterson

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Five Blogs – 2 September 2021

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Stray Testers Unite!
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Scales of cities, scales of software
Written by: Linus

Don’t Lose the Democratizing Effect of Remote Work
Written by: Joan C. Williams, Rachel M. Korn and Mikayla Boginsky

Coaching Problem Solvers at Toyota
Written by: Jon Miller

How Do You Choose Between Short-Term Convenience and Long-Term Pain?
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Quote of the day:
“I’m not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they’re going to do. I’m just going to do it.” -John Green

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Five Blogs – 17 August 2021

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New Feature Development: Working with a Quality Coach
Written by: Kim Engel

The Ideal Test Plan
Written by: James Thomas

5 Ways to Defend Against Supply Chain Cyberattacks
Written by: Jennifer Gregory

Monitoring Microservices – Part 1: Observability
Written by: Anderson Carvalho

On Work and Life
Written by: Peter Varhol

Quote of the day:
“You’re not a bad person because you want to be yourself” -Jodi Picoult

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Five Blogs – 13 July 2021

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Minimalism and test documentation
Written by: Nicola Lindgren

Three Skills Managers Need in a Post-Pandemic World
Written by: Angie Morgan

The Role of a Quality Coach
Written by: Kim Engel

What is the right question to ask?
Written by: Alan Richardson

Runners’ Problem – The Question You Most Likely Forgot To Ask
Written by: Antti Niittyviita

Quote of the day:
“Deserve your dream” -Octavio Paz

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Five Blogs – 17 June 2021

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How To Navigate Team Conflict | Coaching Skills for Technology Leaders
Written by: Toby Sinclair

Rest and recovery
Written by: Henrik Mattsson

What Problem Are You Trying To Solve?
Written by: Dave Westerveld

Beyond Shorter Cycles: 5 More Benefits of a CI/CD Pipeline
Written by: Raj Subrameyer

We’ve Screwed Up Capitalism, Technology And Healthcare. It’s Time To Admit It And Do Better.
Written by: Greg Satell

Quote of the day:
“Not every closed door is locked. Push.” -Norm Kelly

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Five Blogs – 15 June 2021

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Coaching Testers vs. Developers
Written by: Kim Engel

Better Tester Training Materials
Written by: Chris Kenst

10 years of Software Testing and Automation
Written by: Gaurav Singh

How to Avoid Automation Mistakes
Written by: Prashant Kumar

Don’t Be “Data-Driven.” Be Analytics-Driven.
Written by: Robert Yi

Quote of the day:
“It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures” -Ally Condie

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Five Blogs – 3 June 2021

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An introduction to contract testing – part 2 – introducing contract testing
Written by: Bas Dijkstra

IT leadership: 5 steps to foster inclusive decision-making
Written by: Sean Michael Kelly

8 Steps to Enter the World of DevOps
Written by: Sumon Dey

A Comprehensive Checklist For Front-End Testing
Written by: Harish Rajora

It’s all one elephant
Written by: Anne-Marie Charret

Quote of the day:
“Nothing great was ever achieved without a personal sacrifice. You have to pay the price to realize your goals.” -Lailah Gifty Akita

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Five Blogs – 1 June 2021

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How to miss a deadline
Written by: Seth Godin

6 Strategies to Build Trust in Your Post-Pandemic, Return to The Office Plan
Written by: Randy Conley

The Mentor in Quality Coach
Written by: James Thomas

What Do You Forget to Notice?
Written by: Johanna Rothman

An introduction to contract testing – part 1 – meet the players
Written by: Bas Dijkstra

Quote of the day:
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” -Chris Gardner

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Five Blogs – 7 May 2021

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9 Roadblocks to Success
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Limiting Beliefs About Evolutionary Design
Written by: Bill Wake

How To Compete In A New Era Of Innovation
Written by: Greg Satell

Your Leadership Is Contagious—Whether You Know It Or Not
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Are you really a Test Coach?
Written by: Maria Kedemo

Quote of the day:
“Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.” -Sarah Dessen

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Five Blogs – 6 May 2021

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Leadership Trust
Written by: Steve Keating

What locks out creative thinking is clear and simple. So, too, is what frees it
Written by: Larry Robertson

What is an Agile Technical Coach?
Written by: Llewellyn Falco and Jacqueline Bilston

Training data vs. validation data vs. test data for ML algorithms
Written by: David Carty

4 Things to Do Every Day
Written by: Wally Bock

Quote of the day:
“The past is gone, all that exists is this moment.” -Brianna Wiest

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