Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 201 | Janet Gregory - Inspired Question Asker
Guest:
Janet Gregory talks with Dave Rael about the wonder and joy of the attitudes of children, the roles of a tester, and happiness in life and career
Janet Gregory is a Calgary-based consultant, specializing building quality systems. Her passion is promoting agile quality processes in software development. She is co-author with Lisa Crispin of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams and More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Janet Gregory
- - Janet on being inspired by her grandchildren
- - Janet's association with Lisa Crispin and becoming an author
- - Remote coauthoring
- - Responding to questions about Janet's role
- - What is a tester on an agile team?
- - The things that "light Janet up"
- - Janet's story of failure - mistakes with inappropriate access and learning about better ways of operating; losing time in an organization not able to use her abilities
- - Janet's path to testing from being a programmer
- - Janet's success story - becoming an author despite obstacles and self-doubt
- - How Janet stays current with what she needs to know
- - Janet's book recommendations
- - The things that have Janet most excited
- - Janet's causes of pain and suffering
- - The things about which Janet likes to geek out
- - Janet's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Janet
Resources:
- Janet's Blog
- Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams - Lisa Crispin
- More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) - Janet Gregory
- Mary and Tom Poppendieck
- Michael Bolton on Developer On Fire
- Cory House on Developer On Fire
- Acro
- Lisa Crispin on Developer On Fire
- Brian Marick
- Sandi Metz on Developer On Fire
- Toastmasters
- Anne McCaffrey
Janet's book recommendation:
Janet's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Be a Auestion Asker
- Be open and willing to listen
- Be open for surprises
