#agileTD

Finally: I registered for @AgileTDZone 2025.
If you plan to attend, I have an #AgileTDAmbassador discount code to share. It's not meant for public sharing, so you'd need to ask me for it in a DM. #agileTD #testing

Too bad that 'tiny ruby #{conf}' ➙ helsinkiruby.fi/tinyruby/spons is on November 21, 2025. That's too close to the other conference (hint: #AgileTD) I'll attend. — I hope for more time between them next year. I'd love to return to #Helsinki again. #Ruby #Testing #ConferenceClash

Public Service Announcement: If you'd like to save 15% of the conference fee for the agiletestingdays.com 2025, I'm happy to hand my AgileTD Ambassador discount code to everyone who asks for it. DM is open. #agileTD

Lisi Hockelisihocke
2025-05-05

The program is out now! Super excited to have been invited to curate this year's track along with Kristof Van Kriekingen and Santhosh Tuppad. 🤩

agiletestingdays.com/program/d

Looking forward to learning with the track's amazing speakers, and Santhosh joining me on my workshop "Secure Development Lifecycle Applied - How to Make Things a Bit More Secure than Yesterday Every Day". 🛡

See you in November to dive into all things together! 🤿

Michael Kutzmkutz@mstdn.social
2025-05-05

The program for the @AgileTDZone is out…

…and I'm really happy to be in it as a speaker 😃
This year I'm going to give my brand new talk on documentation. "WTFM: Where’s the F****** Manual⁈" is about

😮‍💨 understanding why documentation is hard,
📝 learning a systematic approach to know what to document when and in what form,
🙂 make documentation a more rewarding and even fun activity.

agiletestingdays.com/2025/sess

#agiletd

Yay, they're done: Two poposals for #AgileTD 2025. Hoping for the best. 😃

Agile Testing DaysAgileTDZone@fosstodon.org
2025-01-27

#AgileTD is built around 1 goal: creating a safe and fun atmosphere for learning.

With a 4-Day Pass, you’ll experience:
- Tutorials & workshops that deepen your skills.
- Talks & keynotes that challenge your thinking.
- Social events that blend fun with connection.
Tickets here: bit.ly/3W8mqSE

Lovely. "100% said good" about my "Fun with U̡̟ͩ̊̏ͬͯni͑c͐̀͢od̲̎ͅḕ̶̩͙͆" workshop at #AgileTD 2024.

Thanks for attending, participating & voting!

Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-12-07

growing once again at the unicorn land of | A Tester's Journey: Agile Testing Days 2024 - Reunion for Quality lisihocke.com/2024/12/agile-te

2024-11-30

During Agile Testing Days 2024 I helped run a musical by people from the community for the community as a "professional slide switcher".
I wrote down my experience - mostly as a reminder for myself but maybe it's interesting to some of you.
tobiasgeyer.wordpress.com/2024
#AgileTD

2024-11-28

I made it to a large conference ( #AgileTD ) and back without getting sick. Some of the attendees caught Covid, I didn't.
But as soon as I'm back with my family my wonderful daughter passes something she picked up at school along to me 😭
I'll be fine but it sure is annoying.

2024-11-24
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"Test like a developer, develop like a tester" by Filip Hric

Sketchnote of talk "Test like a developer, develop like a tester" by Filip Hric at Agile Testing Days 2024

Sketch figure with two speech bubbles: "We are both different and have so much in common" and "Why is testing and development split?"

Both teams and development require similar skills and are closely connected

Yet sometimes so divided - we need to bring them together again

As a tester, learn to understand the code of the application you are testing - build up the technical knowledge to complement your skills

As a developer, think about flakiness - we can have a flaky application

Insight, circled like a cloud: If we ignore what the app is doing, we end up testing the wrong thing

As a tester, treat your test automation as development and take it on another level

As a developer, focus on users and know your impact

Insight, circled like a cloud: As tester and developer, share what you've learned

Bring people together

Run postmortems to learn together from incidents

Think together

Include everyone in meetings instead of keeping people out as things would get technical

We can help each other grow

Insight, circled like a cloud: Be nice to each other

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"Love in Bytes: QA Engineering for Work-Life Symphony" by @tottilfc & Reumaysa Mamoojee

Sketchnote of talk "Love in Bytes: QA Engineering for Work-Life Symphony" by Toyer Mamoojee & Reumaysa Mamoojee at Agile Testing Days 2024

Two sketch figures with speech bubble: "Welcome to our journey as people, parents and professionals"

We had to embrace change and continuous improvement

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "Why are you reading my books?"

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "I want to connect with you!"

Learned about retros - we need a retro for us!

Insight, circled like a cloud: Highly collaborative teams who are open to share and have backup are those who perform best

Being in the same field allowed sharing ideas and strengthen us in partnership and profession

Agile concepts in daily life, list of three points:

Planning... but for holidays

Refining backlogs... but for personal tasks

Managing Scrum boards.... for kids activities

QA related characteristics in daily life, list of two points:

Adaptability - like changing communication styles

Persistence and consistency

Agile and QA concepts in parenthood, list of three points:

Transparency to build trust

Team players - we are stronger together

Guidelines and boundaries

Insight, circled like a cloud: "From agile teams to family dreams: adapting, improving, and thriving together." - Toyer & Reumaysa

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"Diamonds in the Rough" by Ashley Hunsberger

Sketchnote of keynote "Diamonds in the Rough" by Ashley Hunsberger at Agile Testing Days 2024

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "We are capable of great things - research agrees!"

We all face pressures that shape us ...

Insight, circled like a cloud: We go through grief when we go through org restructuring and acquisitions

Got Long Covid and suddenly needed assistive tech - sport taken away

Got a new job - and got laid off

So hard to think I wasn't enough

To get out of this downward spiral it required a lot of reflection

Job characteristics model

Core job characteristics: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback

To experience meaningfulness, responsibility of outcomes and knowledge of results

Leading to high internal work motivation, work performance, job satisfaction and low turnover and absenteeism

Job crafting: know where your energy is going, know what you value, lean into your strengths, build your relationships

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "You craft your job"

Needs, help, barriers, strategies

Our character skills are hard to get right

List of five insights, circled like a cloud: 

Be a sponge, absorb and adapt, proactive and growth-oriented

Embrace imperfection

Overcoming obstacles - resilience is a form of growth

Find what fuels your motivation

Learn together

Insight, framed:  We all have the ability to unlock our potential

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"Mistaken Identities" by Sanne Visser & @jrosaproenca

Sketchnote of talk "Mistaken Identities" by Sanne Visser & João Proença at Agile Testing Days 2024

Two sketch figures with speech bubble: "Remember when Gmail started?"

We got our accounts very early on - firstname.lastname@gmail.com

You need to know that we have very common names in our cultures

There are very famous persons with the same name

Now that we had that Gmail account, we received so many emails to the wrong person

Including a lot of sensitive data! Oh my... well, when informing, most don't respond back

Through all the mix-ups, Sanne became house owner, João was creating lots of dating accounts in France

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "Funny stories, but what is the scale?"

Receive one email per day that's not for me

So much confidential data - so many breaches! Pay slips, invoices, loans due, court claims, ID numbers, health data, ...

If you send emails from your company make sure it's sent to the right person and only include data needed

Include unsubscribe in all emails

Never have images downloaded automatically for security

Not all people understand how tech works yet still want to participate

Online identities are still based on names and emails

Deepfakes make it even scarier - you can't trust the data anymore

Continued in next imagePart two of "Mistaken Identities" by Sanne Visser & João Proença at Agile Testing Days 2024

We need to rely more on institutions again instead of media to report breaches and have proper online IDs

Insight, circled like an explosion: Think about all the emails that should have gone to you - but went to another person

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"I'm managing just fine!" by Lena Nyström & Heather Reid

Sketchnote of keynote "I'm managing just fine!" by Lena Nyström & Heather Reid at Agile Testing Days 2024

Two sketch figures with speech bubble: "Lots of folks would be excellent managers - yet firmly don't want to"

If people keep asking you to take on management, think about what they might see in you

Reasons to love management, list of four points:

Reasons? Influence!!

Risk and reward

Shifting left

Budget and people

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "Seeing you made a difference for someone is so rewarding"

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "But I am already leading!"

Insight, circled like a cloud: As specialist you lead initiatives more directly - as manager you lead indirectly through the specialists you lead

Transferable skills: critical thinking, risk analysis, system thinking, question asked, tech advocacy, glue work

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "Hm... but I'm scared of change! Of everything..."

Loneliness: part of team but keep a distance; transparent but confidential; find your confidants

Dealing with performance and firing: document everything; be direct, timely and honest; make space for recharge

What does success look like? Win together, fail together; time slows down; direction is key

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "Can I take the specialist persona back...?"

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "You can always make a new choice!"

Continued in next imagePart two of "I'm managing just fine!" by Lena Nyström & Heather Reid at Agile Testing Days 2024

You don't need to know everything

Insight, framed: Find your support network, set your boundaries and have ways to fill your batteries

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"Testing, Identity, and Symbols" by @TheyWrestleTest

Sketchnote of keynote "Testing, Identity, and Symbols" by Jenna Charlton at Agile Testing Days 2024

Sketch figure with thought bubble: "Why are testers different? What are our motivators? How do we become testers? What is our perception of ourselves? Who are we?"

Am I the only one asking these questions?

Worldviews, list of four points:

Critical theory - systems of power

Postpositivism - empirical

Pragmatism - whatever works

Constructivism - social sciences

Theoretical framework: symbolic interactionism. What makes you, you? What crafted your reality? What symbols are in your identity? Is your identity affirmed?

Symbolic incongruence: doesn't fit what I do, how I see me, how I see the world

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "I don't understand my title"

Professional identity formation: identities are often formed during education - not applicable to testers

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "'Because you are a tester you are not capable of...' But we are!"

Insight, circled like a cloud: Let's build a new future together where testers are valued and have real impact

Find ways to affirm identity

Let's think how we can help the next generation

How to help us feel like we belong, feel connected

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"Make a fearless start with security testing" by Sander van Beek

Sketchnote of talk "Make a fearless start with security testing" by Sander van Beek at Agile Testing Days 2024

Sketch figure with two speech bubbles: "Security is an act of defense" and "Attackers will attack the weakest link"

End goals: money, data, make you suffer, thrill

Intermediate goals: how does your system work, collect data, run their code on your machine

How to start? OWASP Top 10

Injection: input validation is good but no blanket solution; you need sanitization: form inputs, API inputs, frontend URLs, file uploads

Vulnerable and outdated components: test for outdated dependencies and infrastructure; dependencies and infrastructure with known vulnerabilities

Security misconfiguration: simplify infrastructure, infrastructure as code, periodically review and update configuration

Broken access control: can I access without login or the wrong login? Can I expose unlisted data by changing URLs?

Make security a habit so it's less likely you slip up

The things you do for production code you should also do for test automation

Insight, circled like a cloud: make security a team habit

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social
Lisi Hockelisihocke
2024-11-24

"Technical coaching development teams using the Samman method" by @emilybache

Sketchnote of keynote "Technical coaching development teams using the Samman method" by Emily Bache at Agile Testing Days 2024

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "Software is built by teams"

Cross-functional teams

Testing is an essential part of software development: feedback on what's working, identifying and assessing risks

TDD, list of three points:

Red, green, refactor

Essential and effective to create good design

Not adopted well - less than other technical practices: continuous integration and trunk-based development, automated customer / acceptance tests, pair programming, exploratory testing, continuous / frequent small releases

Insight, circled like a cloud: Tech leadership to lead and encourage agile technical practices; technical coaching to teach coding skills and build engineering culture

Proficiency taxonomy, list of six steps: familiarity, comprehension, conscious effort, conscious action, proficient, unconscious competence

Sketch figure with speech bubble: "It's not enough to talk about practical skills, you need to be able to do them"

Learning hours: code katas, hands-on and interactive, team learning

Ensemble: work on product, strong style, technical communication forum, embed new skills and ways of working

Both together: the Samman Method

Insight, framed: Investing in team learning is going to pay back

Sketchnote author: @lisihocke@mastodon.social

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