Test Retreat

More Agile Testing > Learning For Better Testing

This is digitalised collection of testing resources created and published by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory in their book “More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team“. For more details on their work, visit http://agiletester.ca.

All already digitalised and checked parts in this series: Introduction, Learning For Better Testing, Planning, Testing Business Value, Investigative Testing, Test Automation, What Is Your Context?, Agile Testing in Practice.

Part II: Learning for Better Testing

Books

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• Lyssa Adkins, Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition, Addison-Wesley, 2010.
• Gojko Adzic, Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software, Manning, 2011.
• Jurgen Appelo, Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders, Addison-Wesley, 2010.
• Lee Copeland, A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design, Artech House, 2004.
• Rachel Davies and Liz Sedley, Agile Coaching, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2009.
• Esther Derby, Don Gray, Johanna Rothman, Gerald M. Weinberg, Readings for Problem- Solving Leadership, LeanPub, 2013.
• Edward De Bono, Thinking for Action, DK Publishing, 1998.
• Markus Gärtner, ATDD by Example: A Practical Guide to Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Addison-Wesley, 2012.
• Ellen Gottesdiener, Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs, Addison-
  Wesley, 2002.
• Andy Hunt, Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008.
• Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
• Cem Kaner, Sowmya Padmanabhan, and Douglas Hoffman, The Domain Testing Workbook, Context Driven Press, 2013.
• Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum, Addison-Wesley, 2008.
• Robert C. Martin, Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices, Prentice Hall, 2002
• Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Software Craftsmanship, Prentice Hall, 2009.
• Robert C. Martin, The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, Prentice Hall, 2011.
• Jeff “Cheezy” Morgan,  Cucumber and Cheese: A Testers Workshop, LeanPub, 2013.
• Tim Ottinger and Jeff Langr, Agile in a Flash: Speed Learning Agile Software, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2011.
• Kerry Patterson, et al., Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
• Johanna Rothman, Hiring Geeks That Fit, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012.
• Virginia Satir, The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond, Science and Behavior Books, 1991.
• Charles N. Seashore, Edith Whitfield Seashore, and Gerald M. Weinberg, What Did You Say? The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback, Bingham House Books, 1997.
• Wendy Sullivan and Julie Rees, Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds, Crown House Publishing, 2008.
• Jean Tabaka, Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders, Addison-Wesley, 2006.

Blog Posts and Online Articles

• Appelo, Jurgen, “Feedback Wrap,”  2013.
• Ariely, Dan, “Are We in Control of Our Own Decisions?” , 2008.
• Bolton, Michael, “User Acceptance Testing,” 2006 and “Critical Thinking for Testers,” 2012.
• Cockburn, Alistair, “Characterizing People as Non-Linear, First-Order Components in Software Development,” 1999.
• Cockburn, Alistair, “Hexagonal Architecture: The Pattern: Ports and Adapters,”  2005.
• Crispin, Lisa, “Applying the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition,”  2012.
• Gregory, Janet, “About Learning 2” , 2010.
• Guest, David, “The Hunt Is On for the Renaissance Man of Computing,” The Independent (London), 1991.
• Hendrickson, Elisabeth, “The Agile Acid Test,”  2010.
• Karten, Naomi, “Are You Listening?,” Agile Connection, 2009.
• Keogh, Liz, “The Deliberate Discovery Workshop,”  2012.
• Knight, Adam P., “T-Shaped Tester, Square Shaped Team,”  2013.
• Lambert, Rob, “T-Shaped Testers and Their Role in a Team,”  2012.
• Levison, Mark, “The Beginner’s Mind—An Approach to Listening,”  InfoQ, 2008.
• McMillan, Darren, “Mind Mapping 101,” Better Testing, 2011.
• Myers & Briggs Foundation, “MBTI Basics” .
• Ruhland, Bernice Niel, “Developing Your Leadership Skills through a Journal Club,” 2013.
• Tatham, Elizabeth, “Roles in Open Source Projects,” OSS Watch, 2010, updated 2013.
• Toastmasters International.
• Tung, Portia, “Power of Play,” 2011.
• Vaage, Carol, “Play and Learning for Children” .
• Wedig, Steve, “A Software Developer’s Reading List,” 2014.
• Wikipedia, “5 Whys,” 2014.
• Wikipedia, “Ishikawa Diagram,” 2014.
• Wikipedia, “Socratic Questioning,” 2014.

Courses, Conferences, Online Communities, Podcasts

• Agile Coach Camp .
• Balamurugadas, Ajay, et al., “Weekend Testing” .
• Crispin, Lisa, and Janet Gregory, moderators, Agile Testing Mailing List.
• Derby, Esther, Johanna Rothman, and Gerald M. Weinberg, “Problem-Solving Leadership Course,” 2014.
• Gärtner, Markus, “Testing Dojos”.
• Haines, Corey, et al., Coderetreat.
• Kaner, Fiedler and Associates, “Test Design: A Survey of Black Box Testing Techniques,” 2014.
• Khoo, Trish, and Bruce McLeod, “TestCast”.
• Larsen, Michael, TWiST podcasts.
• Play4Agile.
• Satir Global Network.
• Sherry, Rosie, et al., Software Testing Club online community.
• Starter League, beginner-focused software school.
• Weirich, Jim, and Joe O’Brien, Neo Ruby Koans.