Anne-Marie Charrett

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Anne-Marie Charrett

Anne-Marie Charrett

Sydney, Australia

Tech Leadership. Founder of Testing Times. Anne-Marie advocates a whole quality approach to modern engineering practises. Author Quality Coaching Book. Keynote Speaker Founder SpeakEasy Diversity.

Not technical enough: Really?

Not technical enough: Really?

Meet my shadow. Her name is "Not technical enough" and she's been walking beside me for all of my working career. It doesn't matter that I studied engineering at university It doesn't matter that I learnt to program in my first role

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Staying Sane in a Post Modern Tech world

Before I start, I want to be clear. 2025 was an awesome year. I got to attend some incredible conferences such as Yow!, Agile Testing Days, Testing Talks. Plus, I got to attend a Kent Beck workshop kindly hosted by my work. I co-led a tutorial with Fiona Charles on

Comparing LLM Models

My Genie Got It Wrong: Evaluating LLMs for a RAG Chatbot

How do you choose the right LLM for a RAG chatbot? I compared Llama 70B, 405B, and GPT-4 across 100 iterations. The AI agent's recommendation was wrong.

Introducing the Quality Coach Researcher

Introducing the Quality Coach Researcher

I wrote The Quality Coach's Handbook as a practical guide, something you can pick up for an answer when a question at work arises. Now I wonder if a chatbot could supplement the book by quickly locating relevant content? I decided to build the Quality Coach Researcher, an

The girl in the purple jeans

The girl in the purple jeans

The girl in the purple jeans plucks at her embroidered threads. The sun shines on her face, blessing her. She plucks a flower and twirls it between her fingers. How can she know that in that moment, she’s to become a symbol of a time when no fear exists,

Have Your Slice and Eat It: Boost Quality with Vertical Story Slicing

Have Your Slice and Eat It: Boost Quality with Vertical Story Slicing

How product features are sliced into smaller work items has a big impact on quality. Slice your epics well, and quality will follow.