Episode 174 | Lisa Crispin - Just Try Stuff

Guest: Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin Lisa Crispin talks with Dave Rael about teams, donkeys, experimenting, and impostor syndrome Lisa Crispin is the co-author, with Janet Gregory, of More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team (2014), Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams (2009), co-author with Tip House of Extreme Testing (2002). Lisa was voted by her peers as the Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person in 2012. Lisa enjoys working as a tester and sharing her experiences in the agile and testing communities. Please visit www.lisacrispin.com and www.agiletester.ca for more. Chapters: 0:57 - Dave introduces the show and Lisa Crispin2:51 - Lisa's association with donkeys5:36 - The nature of Agile7:25 - Lisa's role in a team as a tester and more - deep in business domains12:35 - Lisa's definition of value14:55 - Lisa's experience with waterfall and moving to Extreme Programming18:53 - Why Extreme Programming resonated so much with Lisa20:08 - The things that "light Lisa up"22:13 - How and why Lisa got into software and the people-orientation of programming24:52 - "Inventing" testing and the joy of testing29:24 - Lisa's story of failure - inability to overcome discomfort with the spotlight and a continuing perceived shortage of confidence despite successes - the struggle with impostor syndrome continues34:11 - Becoming a conference speaker despite fears about doing it - motivation and help from others37:20 - Lisa's success story - being an author40:23 - Lisa's book recommentation42:27 - Being a marginalized tester and finding allies44:52 - The true nature of a tester - tester vs checker - the importance of professional development48:41 - The things that have Lisa most excited50:46 - The things about which Lisa likes to geek out51:38 - Pair presenting52:56 - Lisa's top 3 tips for delivering more value53:44 - Keeping up with Lisa Resources: Lisa's Website and Blog Agile Testing Hippogriff Elisabeth Hendrickson "I do not think it means what you think it means." Aslak Hellesøy on Developer On Fire Matt Wynne on Developer On Fire Dan North Brian Marick Gojko Adzic on Developer On Fire Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing - Gojko Adzic Specification Workshops Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition (The XP Series) - Kent Beck Linda Rising on Developer On Fire Pivotal Tracker Impostor syndrome Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy Janet Gregory Michael Bolton on Developer On Fire Amitai Schleier on Developer On Fire Lisa's book recommendation: Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas - Mary Lynn Manns Ph.D. More Fearless Change: Strategies for Making Your Ideas Happen - Mary Lynn Manns Lisa's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Experiment rather than debate Collaborate - don't do it alone Try stuff