Quality Coach newsletter #39

🚥 Stop Starting begin Finishing

I wrote this article because in enterprise one of the most powerful levers you can use is the SDLC lifecycle. Like it or not, its the backbone of of many organisations and it makes sense to focus on a process that improves rather than hinders quality.

Why Software Teams Need Speed Limits

Reducing the speed limit before a known bottleneck allows traffic to flow smoothly. While we feel we’re going slower, we actually get to our destination faster. The same principles apply in software engineering.

Anne-Marie CharrettAnne-Marie Charrett

👩‍💻Quality Coach Book

I've created a centralised point for all things Quality Coaching. For now its my book and links. I'll be expanding this to include other links and references.

Quality Coach Website

🏘️ Picks from the Community

I found Courtney Nash's interview on the unintended consequences of automation and the concept of joint cognitive systems. Go read/listen

Exploring the Unintended Consequences of Automation in Software

This article lays out some of the common assumptions and misconceptions about automation and its role in software (and software incidents), what our research has found regarding how automation shows up in software incidents, and some ideas around how people can better design automated tools to help people better handle software incidents.

InfoQCourtney Nash

I like this post for the links it provides in Go Deeper, including a research paper from the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo.

✋Stop Overcommitting and 🚚 Start Delivering: The Benefits of WIP Limit in Software Development…

💥 Revolutionize Your Development Process and Deliver Results Like Never Before: How Limiting WIP Can Transform Your Team’s Success 🎉

Learn Agile PracticesDaniele Scillia (Dan The Dev)

Let's face it anything the Charity Major's writes is worth a read. I wrote about this topic too, Charity's post is exceptional.

In Praise of “Normal” Engineers

This article was originally commissioned by Luca Rossi (paywalled) for refactoring.fm, on February 11th, 2025. Luca edited a version of it that emphasized the importance of building “10x engi…

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🎫 Conferences & Events

I'm speaking/attending the following events

Agile Testing Days

What can I say, I cannot wait for Agile Testing Days where I get to do a tutorial on Expected to Lead Quality along with Fiona Charles, plus a workshop on moving at the speed of trust. I'm looking forward to catching up with so many of you.

Agile Testing Days

Agile Testing Days - November 23 - 26, 2024 in Potsdam, Germany - Europe’s GreaTest Agile Testing Conference for Software Testers, Developers & Managers

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I'm attending Yow! Melbourne in December 2025.

YOW! Sydney 2025

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Happy reading!

Anne-Marie