Mike Bland: posts tagged "Test Mercenaries" Index of and tag-specific Atom feed for posts on Mike Bland's blog tagged: Test Mercenaries 2023-08-28T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/tags/test-mercenaries.xml Mike Bland mbland@acm.org https://mike-bland.com/about.html Quality Work and Results Visibility 2023-08-28T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-28T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/28/quality-work-and-results-visibility Software Quality must be visible to promote a Quality Mindset that improves everyone's individual choices, ultimately minimizing complexity, risk, waste, and suffering. This visibility also reveals our common humanity. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Team/Organizational Alignment and Roadmap Programs 2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/25/team-and-organizational-alignment-and-roadmap-programs Team and organizational alignment is essential to making software quality a priority for everyone. Roadmap programs like Test Certified and Quality Quest help provide focus, shape conversations, and show results. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Revolution Fixit at Google 2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/09/revolution-fixit-at-google My Laggard encounter eventually inspired me to organize the Revolution Fixit in January 2008, launching new tools that drastically reduced suffering all across Google. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Rare Happy Ending with a Laggard 2023-08-07T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-07T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/07/rare-happy-ending-with-a-laggard Normally I advise steering clear of those who directly resist change, but in this case, honesty and an open mind created a profound opportunity. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Formative Experiences at Google 2023-08-02T00:00:00-04:00 2023-08-02T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2023/08/02/formative-experiences-google I learned much more about software quality and automated testing at Google—but more importantly, I began learning how to change culture. Copyright 2023 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Hiring Test Paratroopers 2019-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 2019-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2019/11/14/hiring-test-paratroopers I've had a great year at Apple so far, and now I'm looking for people to join my Test Paratroopers internal consulting team. Copyright 2019 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. "Testing Smarter with..." interview 2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00 2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/03/27/testing-smarter-with-interview Brothers John and Justin Hunter of Hexawise interviewed me for their &quot;Testing Smarter with...&quot; series, just posted to the Hexawise blog. Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Rainbow of Death 2017-03-08T00:00:00-05:00 2017-03-08T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/03/08/the-rainbow-of-death My presentation of &quot;The Rainbow of Death&quot; at DevOpsDays Baltimore 2017 went really, really well; the slides and full narrative are available here! Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. DevOpsDays Baltimore live stream details 2017-03-06T00:00:00-05:00 2017-03-06T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/03/06/live-stream-details The DevOpsDays Baltimore live stream details are posted, so tune in at 9:15am on March 8 to catch <em>The Rainbow of Death</em>! Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Revolution Will Be Televised 2017-03-03T00:00:00-05:00 2017-03-03T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/03/03/the-revolution-will-be-televised &quot;The Rainbow of Death&quot; talk I'm giving at DevOpsDays Baltimore this Wednesday, March 8 at 9:15am ET is promising to be the best talk I've yet given. Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. DevOpsDays Baltimore and other announcements 2017-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 2017-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/02/20/devopsdays-baltimore-and-other-announcements I'll be keynoting DevOpsDays Baltimore on March 8, I've made updates to my portfolio page, and I've some updates on go-script-bash v1.4.0 and more. Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Making the Right Thing the Easy Thing (January 2017 Edition) 2017-01-24T00:00:00-05:00 2017-01-24T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2017/01/24/making-the-right-thing-the-easy-thing-january-2017-edition I've delivered an updated version of my "documentation and training" talk at Royall &amp; Company at the invitation of Isaac Truett Copyright 2017 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. The Convergence of Wills (Surge 2016 Edition) 2016-10-21T00:00:00-04:00 2016-10-21T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/10/21/the-convergence-of-wills-surge-2016-edition The video of the Surge 2016 version of &quot;The Convergence of Wills&quot;, probably my favorite iteration of the talk so far, is now available. Plus a bonus go-script-bash lightning talk! Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. DevOps Handbook Case Study 2016-09-29T00:00:00-04:00 2016-09-29T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/09/29/devops-handbook-case-study Gene Kim posted about the appearance of "The Birth of Automated Testing at Google in 2005" in the upcoming DevOps Handbook. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Speaking at Surge 2016 2016-09-19T00:00:00-04:00 2016-09-19T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/09/19/speaking-at-surge-2016 I'll be delivering &quot;The Convergence of Wills&quot; one more time at Surge 2016 this Friday at 11am. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. A Song of Freedom and Responsibility 2016-08-23T00:00:00-04:00 2016-08-23T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/08/23/a-song-of-freedom-and-responsibility One more iteration on the Google Testing Grouplet story, this time tailored to Netflix's culture of "Freedom and Responsibility". Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. "Making the Right Thing the Easy Thing" presentation 2016-06-16T00:00:00-04:00 2016-06-16T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/06/16/making-the-right-thing-the-easy-thing I delivered a talk on the importance of documentation and training to the culture change mission during the Chadevs weekly lunch Meetup. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Live from Chattanooga 2016-06-15T00:00:00-04:00 2016-06-15T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/06/15/live-from-chattanooga I delivered a talk Monday, am halfway through the automated testing workshops, and will be live streaming another talk Thursday at noon. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. DevOpsDays DC recap 2016-06-10T00:00:00-04:00 2016-06-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/06/10/devopsdays-dc-recap Links to the video and slides of my &quot;The Convergence of Wills (abridged)&quot; talk, as well as an extra surprise. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. DevOpsDays and the TVA 2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00 2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/06/07/devopsdays-and-the-tva A last minute announcement of my DevOpsDays DC talk and upcoming unit testing workshop in Chattanooga. Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. "The Convergence of Wills" slides 2016-05-03T00:00:00-04:00 2016-05-03T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2016/05/03/the-convergence-of-wills-slides Here are the slides to my Beyond20'16 presentation, "The Convergence of Wills". Copyright 2016 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. DevOps Enterprise 2015 Presentation: Pain Is Over, If You Want It 2015-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 2015-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2015/11/06/pain-is-over-if-you-want-it The video for my talk at the 2015 DevOps Enterprise conference, in which I talk about Google and 18F, is now available on YouTube Copyright 2015 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Fingers Crossed 2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/25/fingers-crossed Turns out I couldn't let the Apple SSL bug go quite yet, as I've submitted an article to Communications of the ACM for consideration Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Felina 2014-03-19T00:00:00-04:00 2014-03-19T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/19/felina Hopefully the Apple SSL bug is out of my system, having given an AutoTest Boston lightning talk and written a Testing on the Toilet-esque article Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Mercenary (Slight Return) 2014-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 2014-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 https://mike-bland.com/2014/03/04/test-mercenary-slight-return I've published a new article on AutoTest Central about the Testing Grouplet's Small, Medium, and Large test size schema, and more on the Apple bug. Copyright 2014 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Mercenaries 2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00 2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2012/07/10/test-mercenaries A team of developers within Google dedicated to helping development teams participate in the Testing Grouplet's Test Certified program Copyright 2012 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Testing on the Toilet 2011-10-25T00:00:00-04:00 2011-10-25T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/10/25/testing-on-the-toilet The Testing Grouplet's weekly publication for spreading testing news and views throughout Google, in the most opportune of places Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Test Certified 2011-10-18T00:00:00-04:00 2011-10-18T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/10/18/test-certified The Testing Grouplet's program for promoting good automated developer testing practices throughout Google Engineering Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Testing Grouplet 2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 2011-09-27T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/09/27/testing-grouplet The grassroots volunteer team which made automated developer testing a core practice of Google engineering culture--and had fun doing it Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details. Grouplets 2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 https://mike-bland.com/2011/09/20/grouplets Google Engineering Grouplets, aka Intergroups, Intergrouplets: Volunteers using their 20% time to make Google Engineering better Copyright 2011 Mike Bland. Except as noted, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See https://mike-bland.com/policies.html for details.