Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://janetgregory.ca/">Janet Gregory</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/janetgregoryca">@janetgregoryca</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Janet Gregory talks with Dave Rael about the wonder and joy of the attitudes of children, the roles of a tester, and happiness in life and career </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Janet Gregory is a Calgary-based consultant, specializing building quality systems. Her passion is promoting agile quality processes in software development. She is co-author with Lisa Crispin of Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams and More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Janet Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet on being inspired by her grandchildren</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet's association with Lisa Crispin and becoming an author</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Remote coauthoring</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Responding to questions about Janet's role</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - What is a tester on an agile team?</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Janet up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet's story of failure - mistakes with inappropriate access and learning about better ways of operating; losing time in an organization not able to use her abilities</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet's path to testing from being a programmer</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet's success story - becoming an author despite obstacles and self-doubt</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Janet stays current with what she needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Janet most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet's causes of pain and suffering</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Janet likes to geek out</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Janet's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Janet</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://janetgregory.ca/" target="_blank">Janet's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321534468/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams - Lisa Crispin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321967054/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) - Janet Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.poppendieck.com/people.htm" target="_blank">Mary and Tom Poppendieck</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-088-michael-bolton-focus-on-problems" target="_blank">Michael Bolton on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/CoryHouse" target="_blank">Cory House on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acro_dance" target="_blank">Acro</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-174-lisa-crispin-just-try-stuff" target="_blank">Lisa Crispin on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/marick" target="_blank">Brian Marick</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-164-sandi-metz-grounded-leadership" target="_blank">Sandi Metz on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.toastmasters.org/" target="_blank">Toastmasters</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anne-McCaffrey/e/B000ARA0JO/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Anne McCaffrey</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Janet's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1680501836/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Way of the Web Tester: A Beginner's Guide to Automating Tests - Jonathan Rasmusson</a></li> <li><a href="http://jamesclear.com/" target="_blank">James Clear's Blog And Email List</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471081124/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach - Cem Kaner</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Janet's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Be a Question Asker</li> <li>Be open and willing to listen</li> <li>Be open for surprises</li> </ol> </div> </div>
