Five Blogs – 14 July 2012

Five Blogs – 14 July 2012

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

Mind-Mapping for more than Test Design
Written by: Rob Lambert

Do You Begin With Agreement Or Disagreement In Mind?
Written by: Bob Burg

The Inductive Deductive Schism
Written by: Bob Marshall

Test-Driven Business
Written by: Israel Gat

How to Tie Up the Loose Ends of Your Productivity
Written by: Craig Jarrow

Quote of the day:
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” -Colin Powell

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Five Blogs – 13 July 2012

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Challenges with Communicating Models
Written by: Simon Morley

Handling Requirements from Architects Outside the Team
Written by: Mike Cohn

Motivation for Testers
Written by: Savita Munde

Mock the Afflicted
Written by: James Thomas

The Face of the Mind
Written by: Bob Marshall

EXTRA:

Lateral Thinking, Fast and Slow…
Written by: Daniel Ashby

Quote of the day:
“What’s good is often forgotten; what’s bad is often hidden.” -Unknown

Five Blogs – 7 July 2012

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

Subject Matter Expertise
Written by: Matt Heusser

3 Ways Managers Can Make Work Meaningful
Written by: Shawn Murphy

Ten Lessons for World Class
Written by: Bob Marshall

On Best Practices, Or, What Marketing Taught Me About Buzzwords
Written by: Pete Walen

Tracking testing on the Scrum taskboard
Written by: Markus Gärtner

EXTRA:

7 Ways to Maintain Respect as a Leader
Written by: Ron Edmondson

Quote of the day:
“A good questions is worth of many answers.” -Unknown

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Five Blogs – 2 July 2012

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Make a plan, ask questions and challenge all assumptions
Written by: Kristoffer Nordström

Cognitive Easement
Written by: Bob Marshall

What do ScrumMaster’s Do Again?
Written by: Craig Livings

Self help: forget positive thinking, try positive action
Written by: Richard Wiseman

10 Ways to Encourage Discouraged People
Written by: Dan Rockwell

Quote of the day:
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Five Blogs – 26 June 2012

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An Inspiring Example Of The Power Of Our Words
Written by: Tanveer Naseer

Fellowship
Written by: Bob Marshall

Don’t play games with people
Written by: John Wenger

12 Habits Standing Between You and What You Want
Written by: Marc and Angel

How to Create More Margin in Your Life
Written by: Michael Hyatt

EXTRA:

Write better rules…
Written by: Ron Edmondson

Quote of the day:
“If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself… Self discipline.” -Harry S Truman

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Five Blogs – 25 June 2012

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5 Reasons You Should Take a Break Today
Written by: Craig Jarrow

6 Unexpected Ways to Make Someone’s Day
Written by: Jeff Haden

4 Ways to Pour Yourself into Your Pursuits
Written by: Ryan J. Ferrier

Launch Center Pro: A Productivityist’s Best Friend
Written by: Mike Vardy

Leadership’s Most Neglected Virtue
Written by: Dan Rockwell

Quote of the day:
“Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.” -Unknown

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Five Blogs – 16 June 2012

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Thinking about your people (and yourself)
Written by: Eric D. Brown

Software Engineers: “Forgive Me Testers, For I Have Sinned”
Written by: Mike Brown

You Call That Testing? Really? What is the value in THAT?
Written by: Pete Walen

Turnover: A Good Thing
Written by: Dan Rockwell

Learning to succeed at failure
Written by: Michele Minehart

Quote of the day:
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” -Erin Majors

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Five Blogs – 9 June 2012

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Standards and Best Practices in Testing
Written by: Petteri Lyytinen

Boost Productivity by ‘Resting’ Your Brain
Written by: Matthew E. May

Promotion Commotion
Written by: Bob Marshall

Are Agile plans Better because they are Feature-Based?
Written by: Jim Bird

How Kanban visualisations and conversations enable process improvement
Written by: Benjamin Mitchell

EXTRA:

Econsultancy’s 10 social media guidelines
Written by: Chris Lake

Quote of the day:
“A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” -Rosalynn Carter

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Five Blogs – 2 June 2012

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Everything New is Old Again
Written by: Matt Heusser

Agile Change – The Values
Written by: Donald Gray

Scrum, Agile, or Waterfall? What if the answer is none of the above?
Written by: Mike Dwyer

Is Systems Thinking optional? No. Absolutely not…
Written by: Ben Hughes

If It’s Never Right…
Written by: Catherine Powell

Quote of the day:
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The Leader adjusts the sails.” -John C. Maxwell

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Five Blogs – 30 May 2012

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Is testing a skill?
Written by: Darkage

Confidence and Uncertainty
Written by: Iain McCowatt

What makes you less interchangeable?
Written by: Rob Lambert

The Part-Time Agile Coach: no, it’s not crazy
Written by: J. B. Rainsberger

How to Motivate Employees? The Best Answer Ever
Written by: Jeff Haden

Quote of the day:
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice.” -William Bryan

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