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Why I hate the word "Testing"
This is going to sound pretty unusual for someone who has for a large part of his software development career had the world "Test" in his...
Craig Risi
Sep 7, 20183 min read


Transitioning non-technical teams to be technical – Part 4 - Measuring success and continued change
Now any transition would not be possible, if it were not able to measure how you are performing in that transition. You can put systems...
Craig Risi
Aug 24, 20184 min read


Transitioning non-technical teams to be technical – Part 3 - The mentoring process
Once you’ve set the vision, created an environment for tolerance and learning and tackle your recruitment to now cater for the technical...
Craig Risi
Aug 17, 20184 min read


Transitioning to technical testing – Part 2 – Recruiting Right
The best way to help transition your workforce to be more technical is to ensure you bring in technical people from the get go. Which...
Craig Risi
Aug 10, 20186 min read


Transitioning to technical testing – Part 1 – Setting Expectations
What is Technical Testing? We have heard the phrase automation tester, test engineer or even the more generic backend or frontend tester....
Craig Risi
Aug 3, 20185 min read


Managing your critical path
Testing everything and having absolute confidence is something testers know all too well is not going to happen. While we like to do our...
Craig Risi
Jul 18, 20184 min read


Less is more when it comes to CI quality
It’s been a while since I’ve last posted an article because I spent the past few weeks focusing on launching another new initiative. That...
Craig Risi
Jul 5, 20183 min read


Moving from monolith to microservices
Many large companies have little appetite for risk and innovation and as a result are hamstrung by their old, monolithic systems which...
Craig Risi
Jun 7, 20184 min read


Building a successful team – Part 3 – Creating an environment for excellence
You have a team culture and have brought in people with the rights skills and team fit to make it all happen, however that doesn’t mean...
Craig Risi
Jun 4, 20184 min read


Building a successful team – Part 2 – Choosing your successful team
It perhaps should go without saying that recruitment is one of, if not the most important aspect of any company. The type of talent you...
Craig Risi
May 24, 20183 min read
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