I’m always slightly sceptical of the phrase ‘timeless’ when it comes to management literature, given the infinite variance of people and the situations we find ourselves in. The Effective Executive was described as exactly that […]
Tag: personal development
If you don’t believe it, why should anyone else?
The question of what skills do testers need intrigues me. This always occurs to me when engaged in the search for ‘good’ people to hire. We (as in the technical sphere) tend to hire predominantly […]
Agile Coaching Book Review – My Favourite Bits Mindmapped!
Quick one!Recently finished reading ‘Agile Coaching’ by Rachel Davies and Liz Sedley. Most enjoyable, plenty of wincing moments when I recognised my own faux pas on the coaching front! Lots of practical tips too, which […]
Certified Scrum Product Owner – Mission, Principles and Approach
I’ll be embarking on the ‘Certified Scrum Product Owner’ course tomorrow. Ye gods I hear you cry, ‘You’re going to be certified (or certifiable)!’ and ‘It’s methodology specific, what about context, won’t somebody please think […]
Skillz pay the, erm, billz
Apologies for the title. Which are you (as a tester) most proud of? I’m going to make you choose. Is it your domain knowledge, being the go to guy about this and that piece of […]
Diagram Industries 