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Three ways that “Manual Testing” is a waste*

* when done at the wrong time, and depending on how you define “manual testing”. Callum Akehurst-Ryan had a post recently that broke down much better ways of thinking about manual testing, but I’m using it here how it’s used at my current company and presumably many others: scripted tests that have to be run… Read more

The first Ministry of Testing meetup in Toronto

Last week I organized the first meetup in Toronto under the banner of the Ministry of Testing. There have been tester meetups in the city before, but they tended to be infrequent and or short-lived, with the event I was aware of almost a year ago. With Toronto as a fast growing tech hub, with… Read more

Playing Agile Testing Jenga

While at CAST last summer, one of my goals was to get ideas about how to get non-testers more interested in testing early. One woman (I think her name was Mel or Meg) suggested Agile Testing Jenga as an activity she often ran with teams that might help. There are a lot of posts online… Read more