There are testers I follow, there are developers I follow…and then there’s Elisabeth Hendrickson. Aside from being a consultant for agile testing, Elisabeth is the founder of Entaggle. When it comes to software and building it in a collaborative way, she knows. When I was getting started in testing, her cheat sheet helped me out many times. (I think everyone in testing must use it at one time or another.) When I met her at the first Writing About Testing conference I didn’t tell her, but I was in a state of fangirl awe. Elisabeth is a pragmatic wonderwoman of software as evidenced in posts such as:
Testing is a whole team activity.
Agile Backlash? Or Career Wakeup Call?
Specialized Test Management Systems Are an Agile Impediment
Why Test Automation Costs Too Much
Next Thursday, October 6 at 12:30 pm (PDT), Mozilla is lucky to have Elisabeth give her talk Lessons learned from 100+ Simulated Agile Transitions which she previously gave at Agile testing days in Berlin. The talk will be broadcast on air.mozilla.com which means you are also invited. If you are deliberating whether or not this will be worth an hour of your time, I suggest you read this blog post of hers. Oh…and then there are the stunt hamsters. (I’m not joking!!!)
By the way, Elisabeth is giving a rare public 3-day class on Agile Testing at Agilistry Studios which includes the word count simulation. Believe me, if I weren’t giving a talk at PNSQC, I would be going.
Update… Fellow tweep @mubbashir put together this world clock for the talk so you can find the time closest to your locale.