Five Blogs – 8 June 2017

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

How to Make Your Flaws the Key to Your Success
Written by: Lolly Daskal

How Corporate Values Get Hijacked and Misused
Written by: Ron Carucci

What If Every Software Tester Went on Strike?
Written by: Testuff

Trend 7: People Analytics
Written by: Jurgen Appelo

A brief comment on “Thought Leaders”
Written by: Keith Klain

Quote of the day:
“All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time…” -Mitch Albom

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 27 December 2016

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

Does A Dress Code Matter?
Written by: Jacob Morgan

How to Build a Business That’s Good for Everyone
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Should test automation be left to developers?
Written by: Bas Dijkstra

The Value of Falling into Software Testing
Written by: Justin Rohrman

Agile hasn’t failed you
Written by: Rajesh Mathur

Quote of the day:
“To write is also not to speak. It is to keep silent. It is to howl noiselessly” -Marguerite Duras

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 13 April 2016

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

Emergency Staffing Solutions
Written by: Justin Rohrman

SAFe 4.0 in plain English
Written by: Matthew Heusser

Time estimates in testing, part 1
Written by: Erik Brickarp

What do we mean by regression testing?
Written by: Matthew Bretten

Stop Chasing Money. You’ll Be More Successful Pursuing a Big Why
Written by: Chuck Blakeman

Quote of the day:
“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world” -Miyamoto Musashi

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 4 January 2016

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

25 Things You Need to Let Go Before the New Year
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Understanding the Difference Between Performance and Functional Testers
Written by: Justin Rohrman

3 Reasons It’s So Hard to Work With Your Opposite
Written by: Jennifer Kahnweiler

Your Best Employee Is Your Weakest Link
Written by: Dixie Gillaspie

The Productivity Formula
Written by: Tim Ottinger

Quote of the day:
“Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined” -Leo Rosten

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 9 November 2015

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

Principles Not Rules, part 1
Written by: Iain McCowatt

What Gear Are You In Right Now?
Written by: Michael McKinney

The 3 Power People You Need on Your Team
Written by: Dan Rockwell

Why ISO 29119 Is a Flawed Quality Standard
Written by: James Christie

The Best Pros Won’t Work For You, But You Can Still Engage Them
Written by: Stephane Kasriel

Quote of the day:
“Purpose and principle, … commonly shared, are the genetic code of any healthy organization” -Dee Hock

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 29 September 2015

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

Multitasking Is Bad, Multiprojecting Is Good
Written by: Jurgen Appelo

Hire People, Not Skills
Written by: Aarron Walter

Volkswagen and the Era of Cheating Software
Written by: Zeynep Tufekci

Design Thinking – Putting the Customer at the Heart of Development
Written by: MindTools

4 Ways to Manage Employees Who Like to Figure It Out Themselves
Written by: Matt Straz

Quote of the day:
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing–that’s why we recommend it daily” -Zig Ziglar

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 28 October 2014

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

Asking the right question?
Written by: Nicolai L. Nielsen

The 3 types of feedback
Written by: Adi Gaskell

The Essential First Step in Building a Great Team
Written by: Paul B. Brown

Stop Being So Positive
Written by: Gabriele Oettingen

Are you listening? Say something!
Written by: James Bach

Quote of the day:
“I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library” -Jorge Luis Borges

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 19 August 2014

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

Why we still need agile
Written by: Jason Little

Feedback… Criticism or Opportunity?
Written by: Gwyn Teatro

When to Delegate? Try the 70% Rule
Written by: Jim Schleckser

What Is An MVP?
Written by: Gil Zilberfeld

4 People Every Successful Business Needs
Written by: Lolly Daskal

EXTRA:

My Testing Manifesto 2014
Written by: Anne-Marie Charrett

Quote of the day:
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer” -Zora Neale Hurston

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 16 June 2014

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

Mindmapping a Go-Live Decision
Written by: Simon Knight

Are Sacrifices a Part of Leadership?
Written by: Jon Mertz

Your Work-Life Balance Should Be Your Company’s Problem
Written by: Nanette Fondas

Dealing with Difficult People: 5 Effective, Compassionate Practices
Written by: J. Elizabeth Young

‘The time I did bad work’ – it’s confession time
Written by: Neil Studd

Quote of the day:
“It doesn’t matter how much we know, what matters is how clearly others can understand what we know” -Simon Sinek

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 15 January 2014

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

5 Quick Tricks to Help Build New Habits
Written by: Taryn Fiol

Stop Basing Pay on Performance Reviews
Written by: Tom DiDonato

Ugh…I made a bad decision. Now what?
Written by: Mark Miller

Software Tester – from new to good to great
Written by: Markus Gärtner

The 7 Most Underrated Career Skills… Ever
Written by: Mark Babbitt

Quote of the day:
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.” -Martin Luther King

You can follow this page on Twitter