Monthly Archives: July 2006

With Feedback, It’s Kind to be Firm

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Johanna

  A couple of weeks ago at our Managing One-on-One workshop, Esther and I were teaching about how to give feedback. Here’s the “recipe”: Create an opening to deliver feedback. Describe the behavior or result in a way the person … Continue reading →

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Starting With Rolling Wave Planning

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Johanna

  Also this week, over at the AYE Conference, my Starting With Rolling Wave Planning is up.

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Paying Off Technical Debt

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Johanna

  I’ve had technical debt on my mind recently, so I’ve been writing about it. This week, the good folks at Stickyminds published my column, An Incremental Technique to Pay Off Testing Technical Debt. Enjoy!

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Creating Transparency

Posted on July 3, 2006 by Johanna

  I was at the Better Software conference last week, met a bunch of great people (including Jim Shore and Joel Spolsky). Another important person is someone who’s not famous–and important nevertheless. A senior tester explained her situation and asked … Continue reading →

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