Testers' Island Discs Ep49 - Thomas Rinke

With summer in full swing, we welcome Thomas Rinke to the island, to talk about his career in testing, talking through some of the challenges and achievements associated with guiding teams along their agile journey, from both a tester and manager’s perspective.

We also talk further about the concept of “whole team quality”, the joy of exploratory testing, the importance of promoting team diversity, and how we can each help to elevate new voices.

In an episode recorded in early July, Neil makes some eerily accurate predictions for the outcome of the rescheduled Euro 2020 tournament, and there are some rock/pop-infused musical selections that include the first appearance of a James Bond theme song.

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Ministry of Testing: The Club

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YouTube: AgileTD: Janet Gregory - Testing is a Team Problem

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James Bach: Exploratory Testing 3.0 (“All testing is exploratory”)

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Exploratory Testing: What are microheuristics and how can you find and use them? with Alexandra Schladebeck

https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/series/software-testing-webinars/lessons/masterclass-exploratory-testing-what-are-microheuristics-and-how-can-you-find-and-use-them-with-alexandra-schladebeck

Exploratory Testing Week 2021: Video of Thomas’s experience report

Exploratory Testing Week 2021: Thomas’s Club thread with mind maps

99-Minute Workshops: Lena Wiberg: Speed-testing Using Mind-maps

Berlin Marathon

Netflix: Coded Bias

Better Allies on Twitter: @betterallies

Cucumber Podcast: Sexual Harrassment in Tech

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Racket: Richard Bradshaw - Rewarding the MoT team with August off

Thomas on Twitter: @thomrinke

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