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.

Badass Tester Marshmallow

Badass Tester Marshmallow

When Keith worked at Barclays he held me up as the pinnacle of what a badass tester was. I found this funny as only the other week I had been called a marshmallow and so the phrase ‘badass tester marshmallow’ was born. Why was I given the name ‘badass tester’

A different perspective on Boundary Testing

A different perspective on Boundary Testing

The book ‘Boundaries after a pathological relationship [https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00NHTXEOK/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title]‘ by Adele Birch has a load of practical advice on boundaries in relationships. As Trish Khoo [https://trishkhoo.com/] who recommended it to me said: “even if you don’t

Quality and the Toyota Production Model

Quality and the Toyota Production Model

I saw this tweet the other day prompting this post on quality, visualisation and quality at pace. > Don't worry @Tracey_san, I am not going to tweet the entire book. "The Toyota Engagement Equation." #lean [https://twitter.com/hashtag/lean?src=hash&ref_src=

Test Leadership is here to stay

Test Leadership is here to stay

In his article “What leaders do” [https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj316Sl0MLSAhXHtpQKHSnUAMgQFgggMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhbr.org%2F2001%2F12%2Fwhat-leaders-really-do&usg=AFQjCNHJk95brQjOtTMk0v_

Quality Workshop

Quality Workshop

One sure way to liven up a meeting is to ask attendees for a definition of quality. My experience has been that this is most entertaining particularly if you have both devops and testing in the room. It turns out that many people feel very passionate about Quality. It also

What Teenagers and MVP have in common

Teenage children can be the classic MVP’s (Minimal Viable Products) in action. Here’s why: 1. They tend to be self deterministic 2. They tend to experiment constantly 3. They don’t attempt to predict the future but learn from their experiments 4. They typically have no endstate in

Building the Quality Inn

Building the Quality Inn

Building Quality In integral part of moving to a DevOps culture, at least according to the State of DevOps 2016 [https://puppet.com/resources/report/2016-state-devops-report/]. But what exactly does that mean? Sure, the report cites Deming, in particular “Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for