tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166487924843918388.post2555054310102606215..comments2023-10-24T09:17:42.258-04:00Comments on Peak Performance: Context-Driven School (of thought): "I'm not dead yet... I feel happy!"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11678206907629678117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166487924843918388.post-73069878013344149022012-03-06T12:30:32.025-05:002012-03-06T12:30:32.025-05:00I've spent a lot of time with a lot of organiz...I've spent a lot of time with a lot of organizations, testers, managers & executives around the world over the last 10 years. Yes, there most certainly are pockets of good out there and I'm please to hear that you are in one of them!<br /><br />That said, I stand by my assertion. "Average Jane/Joe effective tester" may be effectively achieving or exceeding corporate expectations. S/he may be providing value. But in the overwhelming propensity of organizations s/he is still viewed on the corporate P/L report as an unfortunate necessity.<br /><br />That, I believe, is the root of the problem. Corporate doesn't understand what value they *should* be getting via testing, and testers don't understand what value they *could* be providing to the business.<br /><br />That is the topic of the post I'm finishing up now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678206907629678117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166487924843918388.post-72588314272128493352012-03-06T12:12:40.682-05:002012-03-06T12:12:40.682-05:00Why is it that, even with all of the focus on educ...Why is it that, even with all of the focus on educating & training testers to be able to do "better" testing by scores of organizations over the last dozen years (or more) that testing and testers are no more effective or respected than they were a dozen years ago?" <br /><br />In 15 years I've seen both the effectiveness of and the respect for testing and testers steadily increase. If you are always working for broken companies then it's easy to focus on the negative. But I assure you there exists many companies wherein the effectiveness and respect are increasing<br /><br />Maybe the question is why do we only see the bad side of the industry in the twitters and blogs? "Testing is DEAD!" "CDT is DEAD!" "If you do XYZ you are doing it wrong!" "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY LISTEN TO ME!!!" Meanwhile average Joe effective tester is busy keeping his head down and doing his thing.@qamobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166487924843918388.post-64996348164709902852012-03-05T01:53:25.281-05:002012-03-05T01:53:25.281-05:00It is a generalization in the sense that I am refe...It is a generalization in the sense that I am referring to a global collective, not any one individual.<br /><br />Thus is the nature of averages, norms, commonalities, etc. There are bound to be exceptions on either end of the spectrum, but the propensity lies somewhere in between. Focusing on the exceptions can be interesting and educational, but moreso when the lessons are brought to the middle.<br /><br />It sounds like maybe you are an exception. That's great! I hope you have, and continue, to share your lessons with others, 'cause wouldn't it be nice if tomorrow's propensity looked more like today's (positive) exceptions?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678206907629678117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166487924843918388.post-1016580374392600952012-03-04T22:36:53.706-05:002012-03-04T22:36:53.706-05:00"that testing and testers are no more effecti..."that testing and testers are no more effective....."<br /><br />I'm pondering while looking forward to Part IV, but... are you comfortable with that general statement? Should it be labelled a generalisation?<br /><br />I think I have become more effective as a tester, but maybe that's because I'm passionate about what I do and the service I provide. The 'general' population of testers maybe aren't so much?David Greenleeshttp://martialtester.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com