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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.

Keeping the lights on when your battery is running low

Keeping the lights on when your battery is running low

Most of when I test I’m thoroughly engaged and involved and enjoying the moment. Then there are those “other” times. Typically for me they happen in the afternoon. My sugar levels get low, I get tired, and I stop testing well. But darn it, there’s so much testing

How to write about software testing

How to write about software testing

Based on the number of requests I’ve had to write articles recently, there seems to be a big demand for testers who can write well about software testing. I’ve been asked by a few different companies to write articles on their behalf. Sometimes I’ve been asked to

Put your lips together and blow

Put your lips together and blow

When I first heard about Tacit Knowledge, I had a vague idea what it was. The word “tacit” sounded a bit like “tactile” so I guessed it was knowledge that you could touch. I was a bit off the mark. Normally, I try to avoid starting my posts with definitions,

Beware the Lotus Eaters

Beware the Lotus Eaters

I wrote a feature article for Logigear Magazine February Edition entitled Beware the Lotus Eaters. I really enjoyed writing this article, I hope you get something out of it. Beware the Lotus Eaters [http://www.logigear.com/magazine/exploratory-testing/beware-of-the-lotus-eaters-exploratory-testing/] Drawing from the Greek mythology of the lotus eaters, Anne-Marie

Not a conference but a CASTalyst

Not a conference but a CASTalyst

Firstly, apologies for the terrible play on words, its got to be one of the worst pun ever! Put it down to a lack of imagination. I’m going to be busy at CAST 2011 this year as not only am I attending but I’ll be holding a workshop

The antipodes are calling

The antipodes are calling

I’m heading to Sydney, Australia on 22nd January 2011. I will be looking for test consulting work preferably through my Australian consulting company Testing Times [https://testingtimes.com.au]. What do I offer? I shed light on testing problems often obscured or caused by a testing process. I bring

In search of perfection

In search of perfection

I knew Flynn was in trouble the moment he created a program Clu 2 as his doppelgänger. You see, the purpose of Clu2 was to create the perfect system. Flynn, a programmer failed to understand the struggle between perfection and quality. I’m guessing he didn’t spend a lot