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 – 8 August 2021

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Has the Delta Variant Disrupted Your Office Reopening Plans?
Written by: Nikhil Bhojwani and Deborah Lovich

A Beginner’s Guide to Machine Learning
Written by: Chris Doty

3 End-to-End Testing Pitfalls to Avoid
Written by: Laura Cressman

Why I Don’t Emphasize Sprint Goals
Written by: Mike Cohn

3 Ways to Create More Margin in Your Personal Life
Written by: Michael Hyatt

Quote of the day:
“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind.” -Chuck Palahniuk

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Five Blogs – 18 March 2021

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Why the Popular & Easy Career Ladder Prevents an Agile Culture, Part 1
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Three Strategies for Fitting Refactoring into Your Sprints
Written by: Mike Cohn

Do You Have a Strong Work Ethic?
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Four Essential Trends For Every Post-Covid-19 Business Strategy
Written by: Jeroen Kraaijenbrink

7 Things You Should Never Take for Granted In Your Leadership
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“Blood might make you related, but loyalty makes you family.” -MariaLisa deMora

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Five Blogs – 14 April 2020

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What 5 People Management Skills Should Every Manager have?
Written by: Vartika Kashya

5 Visual Testing Features that Foster Collaboration Between Remote Workers
Written by: Angie Jones

Putting People First: Leading in an Era of Constant Transformation
Written by: Tanmay Vora

Four Things That Can Sabotage a Sprint
Written by: Nishi Grover Garg

The Joy of JWTs
Written by: Kristin Jackvony

Quote of the day:
“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” -Steve Maraboli

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Five Blogs – 19 July 2017

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Are Your Scrum Sprints Becoming a Backlog in Disguise?
Written by: Clemens Lode

A Manifesto for Agile Change Management
Written by: Jason Little

You Can Speak More Powerfully Without Ever Raising Your Voice
Written by: Anett Grant

What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest
Written by: Candice Morgan

Improve Coding Productivity
Written by: Dave Westerveld

Quote of the day:
“Don’t listen to yourself; listen to the advice that you give others” -Michael Lottner

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Five Blogs – 1 June 2015

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

Make Time for the Work That Matters
Written by: Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen

Minimum Viable Product = Maximum Expensive Learning?
Written by: Henrik Ebbeskog

Dominos to illustrate communication in pair testing
Written by: Katrina Clokie

Self-control and Success
Written by: Art Markman

What Does QA Do on the First Day of a Sprint?
Written by: Chris Burns

Quote of the day:
“I don’t want to die without any scars” -Chuck Palahniuk

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Five Blogs – 12 March 2015

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Control Your Environment
Written by: Francisco Sáez

The Dark side of Continuous Deployment
Written by: John Stevenson

10 Scientifically Proven Ways to Build and Manage Great Teams
Written by: Jeff Haden

How Full to Fill a Sprint
Written by: Mike Cohn

How to Manage Someone Who Can’t Handle Ambiguity
Written by: Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Quote of the day:
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet” -Mahatma Gandhi

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Five Blogs – 1 January 2015

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Effective communication for Testers
Written by: Raj Subramanian

Why I Prefer Commitment-Driven Sprint Planning
Written by: Mike Cohn

The Top 7 Public Speaking Posts from 2014
Written by: Michelle Mazur

We Owe It to Our Kids
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Hard Skills > Culture Fit
Written by: Ash Winter

Quote of the day:
“Managers who don’t know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure” -Russell Ackoff

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Five Blogs – 7 June 2013

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Scrum of Scrums: Running Agile on Large Projects
Written by: Leandro Faria

Purpose Of Estimation
Written by: Martin Fowler

Sticking to Your Principles
Written by: Adam Knight

3 Things You Don’t Really Need to Be a Great Leader
Written by: Les McKeown

Coding, Testing, and the “A” Word
Written by: Alan Page

Quote of the day:
“Don’t judge me by my past. I don’t live there anymore” -Unknown

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Five Blogs – 23 June 2012

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R.O.Why?
Written by: Iain McCowatt

Let’s Get the Party Started!
Written by: Curtis Stuehrenberg

Can You Really Test Prod Deployments?
Written by: Eric Jacobson

The Agile Project Manager — Voilà: The Great Reveal
Written by: Robert Galen

The Coder and The Tester
Written by: Harry Robinson

Quote of the day:
“Failure is a path, not a destination.” -Robert Logan

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