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Old School: Schools of testing 

February 15, 2021 by conorfi 1 Comment

Testing schools

Schools of testing were often discussed in the past. They often caused debate, so why would anyone write about them nearly 20 years later. Personally I found them incredibly useful to contrast and compare the testing approaches I had encountered over my career. This blog focuses on that personal value of the testing schools rather than hopefully … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing Tagged With: academia, Analytical school, Context-driven school, Control school, Factory school, Schools of testing, telecoms

Balanced Testers and Beyond

February 5, 2021 by conorfi Leave a Comment

For sometime whether it be social media, interviewing testers or attending conferences the debate of "Manual" vs "Automation"  testers keeps arising. Not a great fan of the terms "manual" and "Automation" tester but will use these terms as they are widely used. Two Camps There seem to be two camps, each with a classic stereotype, here is an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing Tagged With: automation, manual

Guiding Principles

December 1, 2020 by conorfi Leave a Comment

Guiding Principles

Throughout our careers we develop guiding principles, often based on the principles of others that resonate with us, perhaps coupled with our workplace experiences. Often it is good to reflect on these principles, to review what principles have influenced our thoughts to-date and perhaps give us some direction for the future.  The purpose of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing Tagged With: agile, Modern Testing Principles, Principles, Systems Thinking, Waste

Postmortem Top Ten Tips

October 6, 2020 by conorfi Leave a Comment

PostMortem

A postmortem (or post-mortem) is a process intended to help you learn from past incidents. Some examples may include a service went down in production causing some form of customer impact, or perhaps a production deployment failed. Postmortems typically involve an analysis or discussion soon after an event has taken place.  Similar to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing

Ten Takeaways from a Darknet Diaries Binge

August 24, 2020 by conorfi Leave a Comment

Often we binge on our favourite shows on Netflix and or podcasts such as Serial. A recent binge was the podcast Darknet Diaries which  focuses on true stories from the dark side of the internet. It is an investigative podcast created by Jack Rhysider, chronicling true stories about hackers, malware, botnets, cryptography, cryptocurrency, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing

Running a Tech Meetup

February 12, 2020 by conorfi 2 Comments

Ministry of Testing Cork

In May 2017 Rob Meaney and I started the Ministry of Testing Cork Meetup. In this blog, I will share my experiences and hope they are of value to others who wish to start a Meetup. The Meetup Mix 1. Brand and Ethos It's important to have a brand from the beginning, we were lucky that the Ministry of Testing was willing to trust us with their Brand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing Tagged With: Meetup, ministryOfTesting, Quality, testing

Interview on the 343 Modern Testing Podcast

January 8, 2020 by conorfi Leave a Comment

Alan Page recently interviewed me for the #ModernTesting 343 podcast. Been a fan of the podcast with some time, so was wonderful to be a guest. We covered topics such as Modern Testing, Whole Teaming Testing and how these principles apply to my role in Poppulo. Listen to the interview here  … [Read more...]

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Interview with InfoQ: Quality and Culture

December 27, 2019 by conor fitzgerald Leave a Comment

After speaking at RebelCon 2019, InfoQ interviewed me on the topic of Quality and Culture and in particular what we can learn from the Aviation Industry. Read the Full InfoQ Interview … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing Tagged With: Aviation, Culture, Quality

Certifications are they worth it? A Testers Perspective

May 4, 2019 by conorfi 2 Comments

Certification, is it worth it?

  Every so often the topic of certification comes up, which often leads to much debate between the two camps. Such debates are healthy and it is good to challenge the value of Certifications in an open and respectful manner.  Certification, Certification and more Certification  The motivation of certification for many is self improvement and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing Tagged With: Certification

A Retrospective of the Retrospective

January 12, 2019 by conorfi Leave a Comment

Retrospectives can be incredibly valuable and when well run can play a part in improving the performance of a team. Although often they can descend in to sessions where everyone complains and no positive actions are taken. Also" less vocal" members of the team who have value contributions can be drowned out by others. Having been in many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: software-testing Tagged With: improve, retrospective, software development, team

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