2020 Vision:: Leadership
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Claims that leadership must reframe testing for constant change, citing 12.6 million hectares burned and one billion animals lost as reasons systems face extreme disruption, and noting Atlassian’s permanent remote stance. Recommends concrete moves: use exploratory testing for rapid learning, give estimate ranges not absolutes, prioritize outcome over output and recovery over perfection, coach teams, push decision-making down, apply Kent Beck’s explore/expand/extract and Satir change model, and make risk the guiding star.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:322020 Vision:: Leadership Dealing with certainty in an uncertain world Anne-Marie Charrett
- 2:58UNCERTAINTY Is the new black
- 7:17PREDICTABILITY IS OUR JOB
- 8:37to increase confidence for stakeholders through evidence
- 18:09AVOID PREDICTABILITY
- 18:31Provide ranges as opposed to absolutes Share information on unpredictability of software delivery Talk about being an information provider Think quality improvement as opposed to quality at one point in time Hold workshops on what quality really means to us Emphasise learning and understanding over pass/fail "What did we learn over "Whose fault was it Think experiments and trails as opposed to big projects Consider increasing Exploratory Testing where it adds value
- 26:08SHIFT THE CONVERSATION
- 27:05OUTCOME OVER OUTPUT
- 27:47Testing Outcomes Confidence to release Threats to Quality
- 33:11LEADERSHIP Predictability in Uncertainty
- 34:08Managers promote stability... Leaders press for change
- 35:38ACCEPTANCE IS NOT JUST A CRITERIA
- 37:17GET CURIOUS NOT SMART
- 37:55THERE'S ENOUGH PIE FOR EVERYONE
- 38:33COURAGE
- 39:25VISION STRATEGY ALIGNMENT
- 42:30Risks - Too much Automation, Product Perspective, Stress Burnout, Psychological Safety, Speed, New Quality Attributes: Recoverability, Service, Spoed, Maintainability, Flow, Agility New Stakeholders: Developers - API Quality Quality Coach Emergent Strategy
- 43:34OPTIONALITY IS YOUR FRIEND
- 44:05HABITAT
- 45:02When a flower doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower
- 47:32we can expect the unpredictable, anticipate it to some degree, manage it as best we can, and learn from the experience.
- 47:52hstantly reinvent your strategy make RISK your guiding star Coaching & Training Push decision making down Keep feedback channels open Build external relationships Accept a healthy tension
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