March RoundUp of All Things MoT
With so much going on we don’t want you to miss a thing!
March has passed in an absolute whirlwind. We have an excellent time at TestBash on top of our regular online events! As always we’re on top of plans for our upcoming events and the content this month has been top notch! We’ve gathered up everything that has gone live, as well as those upcoming events, in this one monthly email!
The Club
A few selected discussions from The Club that we thought you might find interesting.
- Working with on/off-shore team members challenges? posted by Kimberley. Working fully remote, working with half the team off-shore, there can be many challenges encountered depending on the team and situation.
- What is the “Definition of Done”? posted by heather_reid. A commonly agreed definition of done is pretty hard to achieve but have you managed to at least get a common definition within your workplace?
- Memory leak and utilisation testing posted by gemma.hill1987. You’ve had that sinking feeling that something isn’t as efficient as it could be, maybe there’s a leak, do you have any tips for testing memory leak and utilisation on a web app?
- Software Test Plan: What Should Be In It? posted by heather_reid. This is something that will depend on your situation, audience and possibly even your tech stack but what advice would you give about what should or shouldn’t be in a test plan?
- Victimised — Featured TestSphere Card posted by berenvd. Something went wrong and you’re the one set up to take the blame, what’s your story?
The Club Ninja
Each month we select one of our Club users to be our Ninja of the Month. We’re delighted to announce that Andy Carrington-Chappell is our Club Ninja for March!
The Dojo
Snapshot of all the content produced for The Dojo throughout March! You’ll find articles, podcasts and videos. We have a mix of free and pro membership content — as you might expect, as a pro member you have access to all content created.
Several great articles in this year’s The Testing Planet:
- Robot Process Automation As A Power Tool For Testing by Jesper Ottosen. Business automation tools called Robot Process Automation (RPA), provide a new powerful tool for testers and business users doing testing, especially in the context of implementing large scale standard systems
- Explore Galore! 30 Tips to Supercharge your Exploratory Testing Efforts by Simon Tomes. As an exploratory tester, there’s no doubt that finding problems is important. But exploratory testing is way more than that. We know this and sometimes we need to hold the mirror up to remind ourselves. Take a step back and remember, you’re not just a bug magnet!
- A new podcast with The Super Testing Bros: A Podcast Workshop — Goal Setting with Tom Griffin and Mike Clarke. We’re trying something new with this podcast, it’s been designed to be a follow along ‘podcast workshop’. We’re joined by Tom Griffin and Mike Clarke discussing goal setting. Ready to set some goals?
- Another episode of Testers’ Island Discs: Episode 11 — Karo Stoltzenburg. With discussions about creating safe environments for learning, generating test ideas and avoiding cognitive biases in our testing, whilst also finding time to hear a range of song selections
- A brilliant new Masterclass recording with Syed Ali: Introduction to VR Testing. This masterclass aims to give you a brief introduction to this area. Helping you to understand the different ways in which your Testing approach to VR Software has to adjust. Understanding concepts such as minor issues now existing within VR, and the way your body is part of the interface.
- An insightful AMA with Anne-Marie Charrett: Ask Me Anything — Quality Engineering
Many bite-sized 99 Second introduction videos from The Software Testing Clinic:
- 99 Second Introduction to Technical Testing
- 99 Second Introduction to Scripted Testing
- 99 Second Introduction to Lateral and Critical Thinking
MoT News
Choose Not To Be A Testing Hero. Our 99 Second Talks are becoming more renowned with each TestBash. At TestBash Brighton we had some outstanding talks — one, in particular, rang all the bells. There was lots of nodding and agreement around the room as Ali Hill delivered this rousing talk titled Choose Not To Be A Software Testing Hero.
April Events
- Testing Ask Me Anything — Technical Testing — 10th April 2018
- TestBash Netherlands — 12th — 13th April 2018
- #TestChat — Accessibility Testing — 25th April 2018
Future Events
Just a quick sneak peek at what events are coming up in the next few months
- TestBash Dublin — 18th May 2018
- London Tester Gathering Workshops — 28th — 29th June 2018
- TestBash Germany — 14th September 2018
- TestBash Manchester — 27th September 2018
- Test.bash(); — 28th September 2018
- TestBash Australia — 19th October 2018
- TestBash San Francisco — 8th — 9th November 2018
