agile testing: who i listen to

with agile testing i'm thinking about work to improve quality, and work to reveal quality (or lack thereof).

first an interesting idea for learning:
testing dojos

http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=114

http://www.testingdojo.org/Public+Dojos

a few people:

Gojko Adzik

• http://gojko.net/
• http://specificationbyexample.com/
• (books - esp. the above, twitter)
• focus on living documentation/ spec by example
• ex
  • http://specificationbyexample.com/key_ideas.html
  • http://gojko.net/2011/11/23/death-to-the-testing-phase-slides/

Michael Bolton

• http://www.developsense.com
• http://www.developsense.com/blog/
• (blog, twitter, book)
• focus a bit on sentient testing
• don't like scripts so much... (unless automated)
• don't like testing certification so much 
  • "infoslides", pdf
• ex: 
  • http://www.developsense.com/resources.html#exploratory
  • http://www.developsense.com/blog/2011/12/what-exploratory-testing-is-not-part-2-after-everything-else-testing/
  • http://www.developsense.com/blog/2011/12/what-exploratory-testing-is-not-part-4-quick-tests/
  • http://www.developsense.com/blog/2011/12/what-exploratory-testing-is-not-part-5-undocumented-testing/

Lisa Crispin

 

• http://lisacrispin.com
• (blog, twitter, book: agile testing)
• focus a bit on whole team aspect
• ex: http://lisacrispin.com/wordpress/2011/11/08/using-the-agile-testing-quadrants/