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Connor Roberts

@ConnorRoberts

Believer, Husband, Father, Context-Driven Agile leader and coach. Tweets are my own. Follow @ReefGiants for reefer hobby - not what you're thinking ;)

 Dallas, Texas
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Joined November 2008
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Where do we even begin on this one? #Testing is hard. But apparently reporting on testing is even harder. #qa #quality #Cyberpunk2077 #gaming kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077-bu…

Cyberpunk 2077 QA CEO Claps Back, Says People Don’t Understand Testing - Kotaku

Quantic Lab's head didn’t deny allegations against the firm, but did say people didn't have the full picture

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If true, this has got to be the worst part of the whole story... @michaelbolton @jamesmarcusbach
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.@Tesla @elonmusk Get ready for quality to drop. It's an inevitability, regardless of intentions, when you move to this model. Product familiarity, historical empathy, knowledge of risk patterns...all gone since you lose investment, which leads to higher turn over.
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A better OpEx savings strategy is do a 2 for 1 deal to get to 10%. I'd much rather have 5 invested FTEs than 10 hourly folks, but it also depends which division. Labor vs software development are very different contexts. I'm speaking to the latter.
Are you big-A Agile (rent seeking, obsessed with certifications, selling methodologies) or are you little-a agile (flexible, nimble, able to move quickly)? #agility #agile
The belief that you can automate 100% of your #testing still exists today. What are some examples of where you may not want to #automate (that can prompt healthy discussion)? #automation #softwaredevelopment
Beta testing #Android12 Hey @google this should be a UI Easter egg game: See if you can make all the settings bubbles touch! My daughter was confused as to my excitement when I won! #betatesting
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Being asked to pull forward to wait for my food, so that the drive through team can mark the order as "complete" is the most unabashed abuse of performance-based metrics. But, "Hey, we met our KPIs...Yay!" @McDonalds I'm looking at you.
The idea of extracting maximum labor is embedded in management thinking and practice. Yet in most modern endeavors, /enabling maximum learning/ will yield better results across a host of different measures. #management #leadership #HumaneWork
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A great thread... #testing #test #qa #quality #cdt
Michael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social (@michaelbolton) profile pictureMichael Bolton @developsense.bsky.social@michaelbolton9 Mar 2021
1) Documentation people and testers are like admins and secretaries. Companies came to think of them as an extravagance, and got rid of them in the name of "efficiency". But this is a completely bogus efficiency, because the cost of NOT having them is largely invisible.
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I've never gotten an MFA/2FA popup that I didn't expect (and I have been using SMS, Email and Authenticator apps with dozens of services over the years. What's the value of MFA if we never need it? It's like a passing test that has never failed. #2fa #mfa #worthless #okta
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You all realize that ALL software code is "automation", right?
And just like that... all of the sudden my feed of tweets from my non-American colleagues has gone back to posts about actual testing and software development instead of hating on the USA.
This really should not be that hard to understand... If you're frustrated by all the regression bugs making their way into your higher level environments, then your biggest problem isn't a testing one, but rather development & coding. (1/2)
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Circle the Dev wagons and let testers be a part of those meetings. Oil is being leaked into the river /upstream/ and testers aren't 100% water purification devices. You cannot 'TEST IN' quality after the fact. Go to the source - If my cake tastes bad, I need a better baker. (2/2)
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Extending the sprint time-box during this time of year is silly. Why go from 2 to 3 weeks...simply to game the numbers and make your output 'look' better? Stop it. Keep the same time-box, but just reduce scope/expectations. #ConvinceMeOtherwise #Scrum #Agile
"We're not looking for a 100% perfect pass rate, we're looking for appropriate behavior across the system. The triaging process to discover what matters is the most important part of the work we are doing right now." - our Chief Product Owner. (And every tester said "Amen!")
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Hey @CNN - When tapping on the "2016 Election" historical results map, it still shows a picture of Joe Biden, not Hillary Clinton. I bet the #automation suite was all green before the deploy though huh...Is there a problem here? #testing #USElections2020
2016 Election Results Map Showing Joe Biden's photo instead of Hillary Clinton.

ALT 2016 Election Results Map Showing Joe Biden's photo instead of Hillary Clinton.

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US Election: Surprise surprise...the polls & forecasters were wrong AGAIN. Can the #agile community learn from this & stop being obsessed with #forecasting, #estimation or #predictability, and focus more on #flexibility & #adaptability? Those are much more desirable skills IMO.
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What an insightful meeting with @ConnorRoberts! We spoke about what adopting an agility and testing mindset requires, how we learn from emotional experiences, and the validity of Weinberg's quote "No matter what they tell you, it's always a people problem…lnkd.in/dHpcupR
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