I'm not a huge fan of triangles or pyramids but there is an interesting relationship between test levels, understanding the impact of a problem and understanding the cause of the problem. #testing

Check out our new episode of the Testing Minutes podcast, where we, with @al8xr and @RobMeaney, talked about Testability. This one is awesome. And thanks, Rob, for joining us! https://t.co/K6IJM2imeT #qa #podcast #testability

By understanding this simple model, tech professionals can strategically advance their careers and understand where they need to invest their efforts at each stage.

4. Inspiration: In leadership positions, your role is to inspire. ✨ Motivate your team to strive for excellence and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Basically, be the Yoda of your tech team—wise, motivating, and occasionally speaking in riddles.

3. Influence: At the senior level, influence becomes key. 👥 Use your experience to mentor others and shape the team's direction. Think of yourself as the team's GPS, guiding them when they’re lost and rerouting when necessary.

2. Impact: As you move to mid-level, the focus shifts to impact. 💪 Apply your skills to deliver tangible results and drive value for your team. It's your time to shine like the postal worker who always delivers!

1. Interest: At the junior level, it’s all about showing interest. 🌱 Demonstrate your curiosity and enthusiasm by constantly learning and seeking feedback. Think of yourself as a sponge—no, not the one in your kitchen sink—the one soaking up knowledge!

I coach people at various stages of their careers. A simple model that I find myself sharing is The 4 I's of Tech Career Progression. I created it to help people navigate the next stage in their tech careers. Each stage builds upon the previous one:

#AgileMaxim 1: It is in the doing of the work that we discover the work that we must do. Doing exposes reality.

Our customers want a product that makes them successful not busy teams. Stop fixating on being busy, start fixating on making customers successful.

Firstly we need we need to see results, then we can optimise for experience. Why not both? Because trying to do both means there are too many assumptions baked in and it slows the feedback loop.

My approach to software product delivery revolves around discovering the least amount of work we need to do to: 1. Validate & understand the problem. 2. Solve the problem. 3. Delight the customer. Often we have to iterate through step 1 many times before we get to step 2.

In software product development we should optimise or eliminate what we have unless there's hugely compelling evidence as to why we should add something new. 80-90% of all ideas are SHIT.. treat every new feature suggestion with enormous scepticism.

If there was only one question I could ask when coaching teams in terms of software delivery it would be: "How could we make this change smaller and safer?" IME as teams get better at making their changes smaller and safer their performance skyrockets.

A generative culture is foundationa to high performing teams. Generative cultures optimise for the flow of information. Steep power gradients inhibit information flow. We need to create environments where people are not afraid to speak truth to power in fact are encouraged to

'In a world of uncertainty, learning to think probabilistically is a superpower.' - @AnnieDuke

Strategy is important, but what does it mean? Here's my first effort: "Strategy is the deliberate and thoughtful allocation of time and energy to achieve desired outcomes by leveraging virtuous cycles and minimizing vicious cycles for sustained success."

Ahhh Gad I hate this @dar_dar lad..... Only joking another fun chat with Colin and Darryn, hope you can listen in😀

If an alien landed on earth and asked me to describe Irish culture this would be pretty close

One of my favourite @KentBeck quotes "We don’t get paid for tests, we get paid for code that a) works and b) can be changed. Tests can help with that but, all else equal, less effort on tests is better."

Today I'm super proud to see @heather_reiduff deliver an amazing keynote @AgileTD. It's seeing achievements like this that make my job so satisfying, well-done @heather_reiduff 🎉