Chronicles Of Testing

For some time now, a fellow tester and friend has encouraged me to write and share a few thoughts on career development. I’m now attempting to do just that—confidently sharing the key factors that have helped shape my own career, along with a practical tip. Most of us enter the workforce unaware of what truly contributes to building a fulfilling career or how to actively develop it. So, where did I look for guidance when it came to career growth? A senior professional in the training department immediately caught my attention as a newcomer to the corporate world. This individual displayed a level of confidence in their work that stood out—not because of a fancy job title or strategic friendliness with their manager, nor by doing their manager’s job in addition to their own over extended hours. The growth I observed in them came from how consistently and brilliantly they showed up at work each day. Super confident—yes, and I also became aware that their own team members often mocked thi...

Continued notes of my presentation on Tools, Games, and Activities to Gather More Ideas To Test at ConTEST NYC, a software testing conference  Test Masters Academy hosted by Anna Royzman . Link to the previous post . Invest in learning novel and informal modes to test. Getting together just to learn can be fun. Make way for 'ah' moments as Jason Huggins shared in the expert panel or otherwise known as idea doubts. Use silence as a way to spark ideas. Asking for help is not(yet) a crime. Distractions of the right sort can help. Diverge and learn from other fields of study. I am a test leader, how can I help? [Slide for the Test Manager] Goodreads Good to know ASK: Allow Self to Know. ASKer is an active seeker of knowledge. Emphasize on hiring passionate people. Encourage questioning. Dedicate time for building a learning culture. Do not encourage or offer to give/take a bribe of any sort in a professional environm...

As I started out to mind-map the test ideas for a feature that I was testing/learning to test, many lessons were learned and are now shared below in the form of tips to use when we create or reuse mind-maps created by others. Reviewers and the community of learners helped shaped the way I today create maps. Some of them from the community who read/used the maps provided me with valuable feedback which is incorporated into my learning and is brought to you in the form of these tips. Hope these tips can help when we start out to build a map and share it with a wider audience . Make it generic  - Here it means, do not feed your audiences with steps to re-create but only act as a trigger to move on with an idea to test. Earlier shared at European Testing Conference Slides: http://europeantestingconference.eu/2017/topics/#jyothi-rangaiah http://www.slideshare.net/JyothiR2/creating-and-using-reusable-mindmaps ...