Don’t just Test, be a Tester

In the team I currently work with, we came to the conclusion, that the software contains to many bugs when we think it is finished. Since we don’t have a dedicated tester on the team (I know that is a mistake) we decide to invent the role of “Tester of the Week”. Every week one [...]

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Possibly the Most Important Skill for Managers, Coaches, Teachers and Parents

I am writing this during a chess tournament for kids and I just talked to a mother, which triggered this post. When her son made a mistake which resulted in loss of his queen and as a result loss of the game she said: “I better don’t talk to him. I’d only scold him for [...]

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The Social Web is a Tool, Fool

Many companies lately come to the conclusion, that they have to do something about this social web thingy. But when I listen to the discussions, I feel like traveling back in time to the end of the last millenium, when everybody thought the web (release 1.0 at that time) was the way to print money. [...]

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