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(2009)", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/do-standards-keep-testers-in-the-kindergarten-2009/", "published_at": "2020-06-01T14:51:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-dd68-70cc-8f5a-4e0b5e65be86", "title": "What happens to usability when development goes offshore? (2009)", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/what-happens-to-usability-when-development-goes-offshore-2009/", "published_at": "2020-06-01T12:36:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-dd68-70cc-8f5a-4e0b5f21994d", "title": "The seductive and dangerous V model (2008)", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/the-seductive-and-dangerous-v-model/", "published_at": "2020-06-01T09:45:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-dd68-70cc-8f5a-4e0b601cda46", "title": "The Post Office Horizon IT scandal, part 3 – audit, risk & perverse incentives", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/the-post-office-horizon-it-scandal-part-3-audit-risk-perverse-incentives/", "published_at": "2020-05-27T12:32:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c504-dd68-70cc-8f5a-4e0b60332613", "title": "The Post Office Horizon IT scandal, part 2 – evidence & the “off piste” issue", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/the-post-office-horizon-it-scandal-part-2-evidence-the-off-piste-issue/", "published_at": "2020-05-27T11:09:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-b78f-7261-aff9-1eaaab2337b1", "title": "The Post Office Horizon IT scandal, part 1 – errors and accuracy", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/the-post-office-horizon-it-scandal-part-1-errors-and-accuracy/", "published_at": "2020-05-27T10:31:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-b78f-7261-aff9-1eaaab96778d", "title": "“You’re a tester! You can’t tell developers what to do!”", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2020/05/02/youre-a-tester-you-cant-tell-developers-what-to-do/", "published_at": "2020-05-02T17:23:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-b78f-7261-aff9-1eaaac397202", "title": "An abdication of managerial responsibility?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/an-abdication-of-managerial-responsibility/", "published_at": "2019-07-08T15:34:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-b78f-7261-aff9-1eaaace8c487", "title": "The dragons of the unknown; part 9 – learning to live with the unknowable", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/2506/", "published_at": "2019-03-07T23:11:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-b78f-7261-aff9-1eaaad796697", "title": "The dragons of the unknown; part 8 – how we look at complex systems", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/the-dragons-of-the-unknown-part-8-how-we-look-at-the-world-of-complex-systems/", "published_at": "2019-03-07T18:32:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c516-b78f-7261-aff9-1eaaade6c9ed", "title": "The dragons of the unknown; 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part 3 – I don’t know what’s going on", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/the-dragons-of-the-unknown-part-3-i-dont-know-whats-going-on/", "published_at": "2018-10-15T15:30:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d3994f2b2eb", "title": "The dragons of the unknown; part 2 – crucial features of complex systems", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/the-dragons-of-the-unknown-part-2-crucial-features-of-complex-systems/", "published_at": "2018-10-14T19:50:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d399512756a", "title": "The dragons of the unknown; part 1 – corporate bureaucracies", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/facing-the-dragons/", "published_at": "2018-10-12T14:01:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d3995cdc1a6", "title": "Has opposition to ISO 29119 really died down?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2018/07/21/has-opposition-to-iso-29119-really-died-down/", "published_at": "2018-07-21T18:52:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d3996aa591d", "title": "Risk mitigation versus optimism – Brexit & Y2K", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/12/06/risk-mitigation-versus-optimism-brexit-y2k/", "published_at": "2017-12-06T13:23:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d3997616de7", "title": "Do we want to be “compliant” or valuable?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/do-we-want-to-be-compliant-or-valuable/", "published_at": "2017-09-07T10:35:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d399810e047", "title": "Precertification of low risk digital products by FDA", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/precertification-of-low-risk-digital-products-by-fda/", "published_at": "2017-08-12T08:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d3998172564", "title": "Dave Snowden’s Cynefin masterclass in New York, 2nd May 2017 – part 2", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/dave-snowdens-cynefin-masterclass-in-new-york-2nd-may-2017-part-2/", "published_at": "2017-06-15T13:12:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d399901e505", "title": "Dave Snowden’s Cynefin masterclass in New York, 2nd May 2017 – part 1", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/dave-snowdens-cynefin-masterclass-in-new-york-2nd-may-2017/", "published_at": "2017-06-15T11:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d3999de5987", "title": "Auditors and testing – a rant justified by experience", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/auditors-and-testing-a-rant-justified-by-experience/", "published_at": "2017-05-08T21:13:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c521-9596-71d3-9c7f-2d399ace46aa", "title": "Quantum computing; a whole new field of bewilderment", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/quantum-computing-a-whole-new-field-of-bewilderment/", "published_at": "2017-04-05T15:57:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-09276d98990c", "title": "2017 Test Leadership Congress in New York", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/2017-test-leadership-congress-in-new-york/", "published_at": "2017-03-28T15:16:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-09276da919aa", "title": "Why ISO 29119 is a flawed quality standard", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/why-iso-29119-is-a-flawed-quality-standard/", "published_at": "2016-04-07T15:02:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-09276e039efa", "title": "David Graeber’s “The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy”", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/david-graebers-the-utopia-of-rules-on-technology-stupidity-and-the-secret-joys-of-bureaucracy/", "published_at": "2016-04-04T20:19:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-09276e47bae8", "title": "Frozen in time – grammar and testing standards", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/frozen-in-time-the-grammar-of-testing-standards/", "published_at": "2016-03-22T14:55:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-09276f3fe5aa", "title": "Presentations", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/presentations/", "published_at": "2016-03-15T14:12:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-0927703304ae", "title": "A modest proposal for improving the efficiency of testing services", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/a-modest-proposal-for-improving-the-efficiency-of-testing-services/", "published_at": "2016-03-14T12:28:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-0927712b8fe4", "title": "A more optimistic conclusion?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/a-more-optimistic-conclusion/", "published_at": "2015-12-09T14:03:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-092771b8096d", "title": "Permission to think", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/permission-to-think/", "published_at": "2015-12-03T19:35:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-092771c1557f", "title": "Digital Taylorism & the drive for standardisation", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/digital-taylorism-the-drive-for-standardisation/", "published_at": "2015-12-02T12:24:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52d-23c7-7249-b998-09277233c5c7", "title": "Sick bureaucracies and mere technicians", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/sick-bureaucracies-and-mere-technicians/", "published_at": "2015-11-26T21:22:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2dad1db79b", "title": "Principles for Testing?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/principles-for-testing/", "published_at": "2015-10-29T15:46:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2dad8d7de8", "title": "Audit and Agile (part 2)", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/audit-and-agile-part-2/", "published_at": "2015-10-15T13:33:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2dae6d6c9d", "title": "Audit and Agile (part 1)", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/audit-and-agile-part-1/", "published_at": "2015-10-14T12:12:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2daf108ab9", "title": "Audit, testers & whistleblowers – further thoughts on the Volkswagen scandal", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/audit-testers-whistleblowers-further-thoughts-on-the-volkswagen-scandal/", "published_at": "2015-10-07T19:18:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2daf22d3fb", "title": "The Volkswagen emissions scandal; responsible software testing?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/the-volkswagen-emissions-scandal-responsible-software-testing/", "published_at": "2015-09-29T14:18:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2dafab0fdb", "title": "Sarbanes-Oxley & scripted testing", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/09/24/sarbanes-oxley-scripted-testing/", "published_at": "2015-09-24T17:08:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2db022b60f", "title": "Games & scripts – stopping at red lights", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/games-scripts-stopping-at-red-lights/", "published_at": "2015-09-16T14:18:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2db0e083a1", "title": "A single source of truth?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/a-single-source-of-truth/", "published_at": "2015-09-14T13:17:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2db185bd9b", "title": "They can’t handle the truth", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/they-cant-handle-the-truth/", "published_at": "2015-08-27T12:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c537-c637-7178-844b-fc2db2433a7f", "title": "Personal statement of opposition to ISO 29119 based on principle", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/statement-of-opposition-to-iso-29119-based-on-principle/", "published_at": "2015-08-04T16:22:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac4-73c0-a684-2f7c80ec1f1e", "title": "Standards – a charming illusion of action", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/standards-a-charming-illusion-of-action/", "published_at": "2015-03-12T17:10:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac4-73c0-a684-2f7c817ae29c", "title": "ISO 29119: Why is the Debate One-Sided?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/iso-29119-why-is-the-debate-one-sided/", "published_at": "2015-03-10T17:04:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac4-73c0-a684-2f7c8181e723", "title": "“A novel-long standard” A1QA interview", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/a-novel-long-standard-a1qa-interview/", "published_at": "2015-02-09T11:57:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac4-73c0-a684-2f7c823e0da4", "title": "Service Virtualization interview about usability", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/service-virtualization-interview-about-usability/", "published_at": "2015-01-22T15:10:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac4-73c0-a684-2f7c825b718d", "title": "“Fix on failure” – a failure to understand failure", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/fix-on-failure-a-failure-to-understand-failure/", "published_at": "2015-01-19T16:01:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac4-73c0-a684-2f7c829c72bb", "title": "Y2K – why I know it was a real problem", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/y2k-why-i-know-it-was-a-real-problem/", "published_at": "2015-01-12T14:23:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac5-70ec-ade6-e38dddd9ad4f", "title": "2014 in review – WordPress’s report on my blog", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/2014-in-review/", "published_at": "2014-12-30T14:27:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac5-70ec-ade6-e38dddd9dae2", "title": "Interview about Stop 29119 with Service Virtualization", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/interview-about-stop-29119-with-service-virtualization/", "published_at": "2014-12-05T12:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac5-70ec-ade6-e38dde0d7f77", "title": "Too smart for checklists, and a consultants’ war?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/too-smart-for-checklists-and-a-consultants-war/", "published_at": "2014-11-17T22:31:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c541-6ac5-70ec-ade6-e38ddeae9553", "title": "Why do we think we’re different?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/why-do-we-think-were-different/", "published_at": "2014-11-14T16:29:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee881f48ffd", "title": "What does the audit profession have to say about testing standards?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/what-does-the-audit-profession-have-to-say-about-testing-standards/", "published_at": "2014-10-08T10:28:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee882ec198e", "title": "ISO 29119 and “best practice”; a confused mess", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/iso-29119-and-best-practice-a-confused-mess/", "published_at": "2014-09-12T15:52:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee883546b59", "title": "Cynefin, testing & auditing", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/cynefin-testing-auditing/", "published_at": "2014-09-11T14:11:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee883b014e4", "title": "Know thyself (social media and self-knowledge)", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/tester-know-thyself-social-media-and-self-knowledge/", "published_at": "2014-09-09T12:16:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee88462699c", "title": "CAST Live interviews in New York", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/cast-live-interviews-in-new-york/", "published_at": "2014-09-05T13:37:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee88483a0e7", "title": "“Software testers balk at ISO 29119 standards proposal” – my Infoworld.com interview", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/software-testers-balk-at-iso-29119-standards-proposal-my-infoworld-com-interview/", "published_at": "2014-09-04T19:16:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee884beb696", "title": "“ISO 29119: Why it is Dangerous to the Software Testing Community” (from uTest)", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/1355/", "published_at": "2014-09-04T18:51:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee8856ed9f9", "title": "ISO – the dog that hasn’t barked", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/iso-the-dog-that-hasnt-barked/", "published_at": "2014-09-04T15:07:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee8866a4b01", "title": "Why do you need the report?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/why-do-you-need-the-report/", "published_at": "2014-06-25T11:58:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-62a9-711f-a982-3ee88712b2f2", "title": "Teddy bear methods", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/teddy-bear-methods/", "published_at": "2014-06-24T15:30:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4a841c7c", "title": "Testing: valuable or bullshit?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/testing-valuable-or-bullshit/", "published_at": "2014-02-07T16:16:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4b2a86a7", "title": "DRE: changing reality so we can count it", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/dre-changing-reality-so-we-can-count-it/", "published_at": "2014-01-07T20:04:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4bfbaa9e", "title": "“This could easily be the testing industry”", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/this-could-easily-be-the-testing-industry/", "published_at": "2013-12-17T15:32:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4c79ad3e", "title": "In praise of ignorance", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/in-praise-of-ignorance/", "published_at": "2013-11-25T14:29:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4d1624c5", "title": "Thinking the impossible? Or wishing for the impossible?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/thinking-the-impossible-or-wishing-for-the-impossible/", "published_at": "2013-11-18T13:35:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4d232a03", "title": "Testing standards? Can we do better?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/testing-standards-can-we-do-better/", "published_at": "2013-11-12T16:47:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4da277bd", "title": "Not “right”, but as good as I can do", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/not-right-but-as-good-as-i-can-do/", "published_at": "2013-09-24T14:05:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4e2ad0ba", "title": "Testing inside the box?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/testing-inside-the-box/", "published_at": "2013-09-18T09:35:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4e9eac91", "title": "Questioning auditors questioning testing", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/questioning-auditors-questioning-testing/", "published_at": "2013-09-07T19:30:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-b83d-7284-acf4-c44f4f891576", "title": "Binary opinions? Yes or no?", "url": "https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/binary-opinions-yes-or-no/", "published_at": "2013-08-28T11:50:39+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Will autonomous vehicles cope with local driving culture?original ↗
11 Mar 2026

2025

Is internal audit dead?original ↗
3 Oct 2025
2025 Ministry of Justice consultationoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2025
No Grok, I have never worked for Capita!original ↗
11 Mar 2025
They didn’t know what they were doing, part 3 – Fujitsu believed what it wanted to believeoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2025
They didn’t know what they were doing, part 2 – an excruciating failure to dispel confusionoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2025
They didn’t know what they were doing, part 1 – a contractual messoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2025

2024

External IT auditors – a theatrical performance?original ↗
27 Dec 2024
The presumption in England and Wales that computer evidence is reliable – time for actionoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2024
Ok ChatGPT, write an article about the Post Office Horizon IT scandal in exactly the same style as software testing and IT audit expert James Christieoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2024

2023

The Law Commission and the presumption that computer evidence is reliableoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2023
Eleanor Shaikh – Tony Blair and Horizon: A Letter to the Public Inquiryoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2023
The mysterious role of external audit in the Post Office Scandaloriginal ↗
14 Feb 2023

2022

The myth of perfect software – IT audit and governance aspects of the Post Office scandaloriginal ↗
3 Jun 2022
“The Great Post Office Scandal” by Nick Wallis – my revieworiginal ↗
30 Mar 2022

2021

External auditors – “arrogant beyond their competence”original ↗
12 Nov 2021
“Privileged accesses” – an insight into incompetence at Fujitsu and the Post Officeoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2021
Bugs are about more than codeoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2021

2020

The last straw – the project that convinced me to resignoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2020
Teachers, children, testers and leaders (2013)original ↗
5 Jun 2020
Quality isn’t something, it provides something (2012)original ↗
5 Jun 2020
Traditional techniques and motivating staff (2010)original ↗
5 Jun 2020
Testers and coders are both developers (2009)original ↗
4 Jun 2020
Bridging the gap – Agile and the troubled relationship between UX and software engineering (2009)original ↗
4 Jun 2020
Business logic security testing (2009)original ↗
3 Jun 2020
Do standards keep testers in the kindergarten? (2009)original ↗
1 Jun 2020
What happens to usability when development goes offshore? (2009)original ↗
1 Jun 2020
The seductive and dangerous V model (2008)original ↗
1 Jun 2020
The Post Office Horizon IT scandal, part 3 – audit, risk & perverse incentivesoriginal ↗
27 May 2020
The Post Office Horizon IT scandal, part 2 – evidence & the “off piste” issueoriginal ↗
27 May 2020
The Post Office Horizon IT scandal, part 1 – errors and accuracyoriginal ↗
27 May 2020
“You’re a tester! You can’t tell developers what to do!”original ↗
2 May 2020

2019

An abdication of managerial responsibility?original ↗
8 Jul 2019
The dragons of the unknown; part 9 – learning to live with the unknowableoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2019
The dragons of the unknown; part 8 – how we look at complex systemsoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2019
The dragons of the unknown; part 7 – resilience requires peopleoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2019

2018

The dragons of the unknown; part 6 – Safety II, a new way of looking at safetyoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2018
The dragons of the unknown; part 5 – accident investigations and treating people fairlyoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2018
The dragons of the unknown; part 4 – a brief history of accident modelsoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2018
The dragons of the unknown; part 3 – I don’t know what’s going onoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2018
The dragons of the unknown; part 2 – crucial features of complex systemsoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2018
The dragons of the unknown; part 1 – corporate bureaucraciesoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2018
Has opposition to ISO 29119 really died down?original ↗
21 Jul 2018

2017

Risk mitigation versus optimism – Brexit & Y2Koriginal ↗
6 Dec 2017
Do we want to be “compliant” or valuable?original ↗
7 Sept 2017
Precertification of low risk digital products by FDAoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2017
Dave Snowden’s Cynefin masterclass in New York, 2nd May 2017 – part 2original ↗
15 Jun 2017
Dave Snowden’s Cynefin masterclass in New York, 2nd May 2017 – part 1original ↗
15 Jun 2017
Auditors and testing – a rant justified by experienceoriginal ↗
8 May 2017
Quantum computing; a whole new field of bewildermentoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2017
2017 Test Leadership Congress in New Yorkoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2017

2016

Why ISO 29119 is a flawed quality standardoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2016
David Graeber’s “The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy”original ↗
4 Apr 2016
Frozen in time – grammar and testing standardsoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2016
Presentationsoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2016
A modest proposal for improving the efficiency of testing servicesoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2016

2015

A more optimistic conclusion?original ↗
9 Dec 2015
Permission to thinkoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2015
Digital Taylorism & the drive for standardisationoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2015
Sick bureaucracies and mere techniciansoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2015
Principles for Testing?original ↗
29 Oct 2015
Audit and Agile (part 2)original ↗
15 Oct 2015
Audit and Agile (part 1)original ↗
14 Oct 2015
Audit, testers & whistleblowers – further thoughts on the Volkswagen scandaloriginal ↗
7 Oct 2015
The Volkswagen emissions scandal; responsible software testing?original ↗
29 Sept 2015
Sarbanes-Oxley & scripted testingoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2015
Games & scripts – stopping at red lightsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2015
A single source of truth?original ↗
14 Sept 2015
They can’t handle the truthoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2015
Personal statement of opposition to ISO 29119 based on principleoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2015
Standards – a charming illusion of actionoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2015
ISO 29119: Why is the Debate One-Sided?original ↗
10 Mar 2015
“A novel-long standard” A1QA intervieworiginal ↗
9 Feb 2015
Service Virtualization interview about usabilityoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2015
“Fix on failure” – a failure to understand failureoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2015
Y2K – why I know it was a real problemoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2015

2014

2014 in review – WordPress’s report on my blogoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2014
Interview about Stop 29119 with Service Virtualizationoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2014
Too smart for checklists, and a consultants’ war?original ↗
17 Nov 2014
Why do we think we’re different?original ↗
14 Nov 2014
What does the audit profession have to say about testing standards?original ↗
8 Oct 2014
ISO 29119 and “best practice”; a confused messoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2014
Cynefin, testing & auditingoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2014
Know thyself (social media and self-knowledge)original ↗
9 Sept 2014
CAST Live interviews in New Yorkoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2014
“Software testers balk at ISO 29119 standards proposal” – my Infoworld.com intervieworiginal ↗
4 Sept 2014
“ISO 29119: Why it is Dangerous to the Software Testing Community” (from uTest)original ↗
4 Sept 2014
ISO – the dog that hasn’t barkedoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2014
Why do you need the report?original ↗
25 Jun 2014
Teddy bear methodsoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2014
Testing: valuable or bullshit?original ↗
7 Feb 2014
DRE: changing reality so we can count itoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2014

2013

“This could easily be the testing industry”original ↗
17 Dec 2013
In praise of ignoranceoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2013
Thinking the impossible? Or wishing for the impossible?original ↗
18 Nov 2013
Testing standards? Can we do better?original ↗
12 Nov 2013
Not “right”, but as good as I can dooriginal ↗
24 Sept 2013
Testing inside the box?original ↗
18 Sept 2013
Questioning auditors questioning testingoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2013
Binary opinions? Yes or no?original ↗
28 Aug 2013
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