Five Blogs – 3 May 2023

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

How to Differentiate Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, and Technical Debt
Written by: Johanna Rothman

On Test Cases
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Key practice: Aligned, autonomous cross-disciplinary teams
Written by: Jason Yip

7 Habits of Highly Successful Busy Leaders
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Keeping Tests Valuable: Avoid Problems In The Act Blocks
Written by: Rafael dos Santos Miguel Filho

Quote of the day:
“Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools” -Og Mandino

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Five Blogs – 1 May 2023

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

Humility Is the Key to Building Authentic Leadership Connection
Written by: McKinlee Covey

Why So Many Successful Managers Fail to Become Great Leaders
Written by: Lolly Daskal

How Managers Can Make Feedback a Team Habit
Written by: Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis

Have You Ever Been Tempted To Try These Leadership Shortcuts?
Written by: Scott Cochrane

Tale of Two Teams
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Quote of the day:
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. “ -Ralph Marston

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Five Blogs – 19 April 2023

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

To improve security, consider how the aviation world stopped blaming pilots
Written by: Laura Dobberstein

The Importance of Observability in Software Testing
Written by: Maciej Rojek

Practicing good programming principles
Written by: Bas Dijkstra

Agile Teams: Concurrent Engineering & Overlapping Work
Written by: Mike Cohn

How to Develop Leadership Skills While Managing a Busy Schedule
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” -Jennifer Nevin

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Five Blogs – 7 April 2023

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

How to Design an Automated Test Case?
Written by: Gil Zilberfeld

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

4 simple rules for team design
Written by: Jason Yip

How Empathy Can Be Your Secret Weapon
Written by: Greg Satell

How to Measure All Your Work in Progress to Make Better Decisions
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Extra:

How The Best Leaders Move Forward After A Bad Hiring Mistake
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together.” -Richard Ford

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Five Blogs – 29 January 2023

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

Why You Should Use Why Questions In Your Coaching Conversations.

Written by: Vernon Richards

Is there room for meanness in coaching? 4 ideas to use in your next session
Written by: Vernon Richards

One Thing Testers Should Remember Before Inflicting Help On Their Teammates.
Written by: Vernon Richards

One Thing That Coaches and Testers Have In Common.
Written by: Vernon Richards

The “Universal” Test Strategy (WIP).
Written by: Vernon Richards

Extra:

The Important Lesson I’ve Been Learning All Week But Didn’t Notice.
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“You want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.” -Paulo Coelho

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Five Blogs – 27 December 2022

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What is an IP address and how can you change it with a VPN?
Written by: Michael Gariffo

Collaborating to build better software
Written by: Ben Dowen

ChatGPT for testers
Written by: Matt Heusser

Everything has changed
Written by: Alan Page

When Management Asks “Why Didn’t You Find That Bug?”
Written by: Michael Bolton

Quote of the day:
“The heart will tell you what; the mind will tell you how.” -Brianna Wiest

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Five Blogs – 23 December 2022

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Leadership Tip #19: How “Team Building” Activities Help and Hurt People and Teams
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Ask Yourself What Really Matters
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

How To Handle Imposter Syndrome To Be More Effective At Work
Written by: Rebecca Fraser-Thill

Granularity Familiarity
Written by: James Thomas

The pitfalls of blocking IP addresses
Written by: Pieter Arntz

Quote of the day:
“The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.” -Leonardo da Vinci

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Five Blogs – 28 November 2022

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What to Do If You Work for a Toxic Boss
Written by: Bob Vanourek and Gregg Vanourek

Getting up to speed on a new team
Written by: Sam Connelly

How to reduce test failures in CI\CD pipelines?
Written by: Olga Sheremeta

6 Tips To Help Non-Testers Understand What’s Impacting Quality and Testing In Their Team Without Having To Become Testing Experts
Written by: Vernon Richards

Why Twitter Didn’t Go Down: From a Real Twitter SRE
Written by: Matthew Tejo

Quote of the day:
“It’s hard to be always the same person” -Dorothea Tanning

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Five Blogs – 28 October 2022

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How to increase and maintain team motivation
Written by: David Tzemach

Purposeful Planning
Written by: Steve Keating

If You Can Do Exploratory Testing, You Can Ask Powerful Coaching Questions (And Vice Versa!)
Written by: Vernon Richards

Strategy Without Purpose Will Always Fail
Written by: Greg Satell

What is Phishing Resistant MFA?
Written by: Lance Spitzner

Quote of the day:
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” -Lois Lowry

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Five Blogs – 27 October 2022

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Test Automation Framework · Reporting & Observability (Part 5/5)
Written by: Damian Moga

Electric vehicles and charging stations fuel cybersecurity concerns
Written by: Bree Tracey

Test Automation Estimation
Written by: Artur Shevchenko

Are Agile Self-Managing Teams Realistic with Layered Management
Written by: Amy E. Reichert

5 Powerful Ways Having A Positive Attitude Can Be A Game Changer
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Extra:

Here Are 7 Ways Testers Can Compare Scripting And Exploring So They Can Choose The Appropriate Approach To Use
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“Valid criticism does you a favor” -Carl Sagan

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