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Pants that are too short due to growing too fast You Can’t Rush Agile ChangeToo often, organizations try to rush agile change. It is usually because they want to see the business benefits of agile as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, change doesn’t work like that—you can’t rush it. In fact, trying to change too fast often results in no change at all. Here are some examples to avoid.
Jeffery Payne
Microphone on a stage at a conference Lessons Learned (and Unlearned) at STARCANADA 2018With a week full of sessions, tutorials, training classes, and events, the STARCANADA software testing conference had plenty of takeaways. Some highlights: what jobs will look like in the future with AI, why testers should lead efforts to make quality everyone's responsibility, and the importance of unlearning.
Owen Gotimer
medical device FDA Updates Cybersecurity Recommendations for Medical Devices

Because of the rapidly evolving nature of cybersecurity threats and risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently released a draft of updated premarket cybersecurity recommendations on how device manufacturers can better protect their products and proactively address security.
Pamela Rentz
Person holding three small plants starting to sprout How Failed Agile Transformations Can Still Have ValueNot all agile transformations are successful in the same way; in fact, it’s possible to get tremendous value out of a failed attempt. A team that doesn't end up fully transitioning to an agile framework can still borrow some lessons from agile development methods to improve their processes.
Arjay Hinek
Coworkers holding up paper feedback speech bubbles Agile for Everything: Taking the Manifesto beyond SoftwareThe values of the Agile Manifesto, while written to apply to software, can form a basis for an adaptive approach to any project. Going from specific to general and inspecting and adapting along the way are great design ideas, no matter what you’re working on. Here's how to use feedback to take agile beyond software.
Steve Berczuk
Chalkboard showing half analytical and half colorful doodles Helping Introverts and Extroverts Work TogetherThe personality tendencies of extroversion and introversion concern where people get their energy, and this is key to understanding how coworkers can perceive—and sometimes misinterpret—each other’s behavior. If the introvert-extrovert dynamic poses challenges, consider discussing these differences as a team.
Naomi Karten
Two people practicing pair programming Solo Programming, Pairing, and Mobbing: Which Is Right for You?Programming often is considered an individual pursuit, but there are other options gaining popularity: pairing, where you work with another developer or tester, and mobbing, where the entire team works on one thing at a time. Each is effective for certain kinds of challenges. How much collaboration is right for you?
Jeff Langr
man carrying bag of debt How Are You Managing Your Test Debt?

Just as debt can be good and bad in everyday life (such as a home mortgage), debt in the engineering world can also be good and bad. This applies to quality engineering as well—with good and bad test debt. As testers, how do we create a balance and stay at the right test-debt quotient?
Rajini Padmanaban