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Stabilize The Patient First
By Darian Rashid In Agile Leadership, Agile Testing, Process Posted August 10, 2017 0 Comments
So, I was watching one of those Trauma in the ER shows, and one phrase kept coming up: “We need to stabilize the patient before we can do anything else.” It makes me glad that some of us software developers didn’t go into medicine.  If we treated patients the way we treat our code, well, […]
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Does Testing Add Value?
By Darian Rashid In Agile Testing, Organizational Structure, Process, Technical Skills, Vertical Slicing Posted March 20, 2017 0 Comments
My simple answer: “No, it does not.” Ok, before you get your nickers in a twist, I am not saying you should get rid of the Q/A team or ship a product that’s hanging together by dental floss. On the contrary, we should always ship a product of the highest quality. But despite that, I […]
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Q & A is Part of the Team
By Darian Rashid In Agile Testing, Organizational Structure, Process, Technical Skills, Vertical Slicing Posted July 20, 2016 0 Comments
It is almost guaranteed that when I work with new organizations, one of the first questions that comes up is “How does the development organization work with the Q/A organization?” This question is a stinker. A seemingly simple question actually is pointing out much deeper organizational issues that go beyond testers to how we see […]
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