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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.

Raising Female Technology Leaders

Raising Female Technology Leaders

I was invited to a panel discussion by Roisin Parkes [https://www.linkedin.com/in/roisinparkes] alongsideRohan Smith [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanjamessmith] (Technology Leader – Optiver), Owen Senior [https://www.linkedin.com/in/owensenior] (CTO – Ansarada) and Wendy Glasgow [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyglasgow] (CTO – OFX) in a

Agnostic Testing - Do you believe?

Agnostic Testing - Do you believe?

For a while now, the concept of ‘release’ has seemed perfunctory to me. I remember the first moment when the thought hit me. It was over 10 years ago and agile was gaining traction as the method of software delivery. We were releasing to a two-week cadence As the test

Metrics, T-shirts and Quality Engineering

Metrics, T-shirts and Quality Engineering

I got up early to give an AMA on Quality Engineering with those fabulous people at Ministry of Testing. Turns out when you say Ask Me Anything (AMA)- it really does mean that. My favourite question is – what *is* that on your t-shirt? Well, there’s a story on

How to avoid being fooled in software testing

How to avoid being fooled in software testing

As software testers, our role is to avoid being fooled by stuff that is potentially fooling others. For instance, we try to avoid being fooled by the product, we do that by testing with more than one piece of data. We try to avoid being fooled by stories as they

Quality is a journey - but do you know your destination?

Quality is a journey - but do you know your destination?

After any decent exposure to software testing, Jerry Weinberg’s definition of quality tends to gain traction and respect. That is “Quality is value to some person”. You like it because of its subjectivity. You may also hate it because of its subjectivity. Remember that bug report you raised only

Free Online Coaching on software testing

Free Online Coaching on software testing

[the offer for free coaching is now closed. Coaching is available but a fee applies] I’m offering free online coaching on software testing this week and next week. The coaching session is approximately 90 minutes where you will test something for me and we will then review and discuss

Five Crimes against Testing

Five Crimes against Testing

Five crimes against testing that I see repeatedly executed. Testing and Quality are the same things Just because you test, it doesn’t mean you have a quality product. Sounds obvious right? But why then is quality assigned to one person. Why have a Quality Gatekeeper? Testing shines a light