All posts by Mike Harris

About Mike Harris

Mike has been working in testing for 20 years and is the tester at Geckoboard. He has been a member of a test team, a Solo Tester and a Test Lead. He has also worked as a part of waterfall, lean and agile teams. He has set up and led a Testing Community of Practice and been part of a successful agile transition. He is also Vice Chair and Programme Secretary of the British Computer Society’s Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing. He also contributed to the e-books Testing Stories and How Can I Test This?. He has also had articles published by the Ministry of Testing and The QA Lead. Mike has a B.Sc.(HONS) from Middlesex University and is an Associate of the University of Hertfordshire. Mike has a blog at https://testandanalysis.home.blog/ you can follow him on mastodon: https://mastodonapp.uk/@TestAndAnalysis

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From Code to Deployment

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Maximizing Feedback for Developers with Continuous Testing

Developers need feedback on their work so that they know whether their code is helping the business. They should have “multiple feedback loops to ensure that high-quality software gets delivered to users”[1].

Mike Harris

November 22, 2023

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Read time11 Min Read

• Thought Leadership

The Role of Continuous Testing in Delivering Quality Digital Experiences

We all want to deliver quality experiences to our customers. Before we can ensure a quality experience for our customers, it is essential to establish a clear definition of quality specific to the product we are developing. Once established, embracing continuous testing becomes crucial as it can increase the speed at which features are delivered … Continue reading The Role of Continuous Testing in Delivering Quality Digital Experiences →

Mike Harris

June 8, 2023

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Read time12 Min Read

• Thought Leadership

Managing for Quality with Dr Joseph Juran

The Juran Trilogy: Empowering Management, Testers, and Development Teams for Quality Planning We can plan for quality. Dr Joseph Juran showed many companies how to do this. The Juran Trilogy helps management plan for quality, and it can also be used by testers and development teams to do the same.

Mike Harris

May 29, 2023

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Read time9 Min Read

Grow your skills with Low-Code automation tools

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Grow Your Skills with Low-Code Automation Tools

Some of the tools we can use to automate tests are low-code tools. One of the tools I use to automate browser testing is the low-code tool Ghost Inspector.

Mike Harris

April 3, 2023

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Read time9 Min Read

Continuous delivery and continuous deployment offer testers opportunities for growth

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Continuous delivery and continuous deployment offer testers opportunities for growth

Development practices are constantly changing and as testers, we need to embrace change. One of the changes that we can experience is the move from monthly or quarterly releases to continuous delivery or continuous deployment. This move to continuous delivery or deployment offers testers the chance to learn new skills.

Mike Harris

December 13, 2022

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Read time8 Min Read

What will come after “agile”?

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What will come after “agile”?

I think that probably most development teams describe themselves as being “agile” and probably most development teams have standups, and meetings called retrospectives.

Mike Harris

November 4, 2022

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Read time8 Min Read

How should we test in the Red Beads experiment

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How should we test in the Red Beads Experiment?

The Red Beads Experiment was a part of Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s four-day seminars for senior management in which he asked members of the audience to play roles in a factory that made white beads.

Mike Harris

September 27, 2022

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Read time10 Min Read