This is what I do during the day.
Title: Test Engineer
Software Tested: web apps, mobile apps, APIs, search features, content management systems, probably other things I've forgotten
CV: regular style or experimental
Bio: Elizabeth Zagroba is a Test Engineer at Mendix in Rotterdam. Alongside her everyday work serving as the tester and scrum master for her team building a new flagship product, she encourages and supports quality throughout the organization by actively contributing to the mob testing practice, the test guild, and the agile guild she founded.
She is one of the organizers of Test Craft Camp, an annual unconference held in the Netherlands. She was the keynote speaker at Let's Test in South Africa in 2018, and she's spoken and given workshops at TestBashes and other conferences around North America and Europe. Her article about mind maps became one of the most viewed on the Ministry of Testing Dojo in 2017. You can find Elizabeth on the internet on Twitter and Medium, or you can spot her bicycle around town by the Ministry of Testing sticker on the back fender.
Email: me@elizabethzagroba.com
I've put some cohesive thoughts on the internet.
Articles published in the Ministry of Testing Dojo
How To Use Mind Maps To Develop Clarity With Your Software Testing Strategy
Defining Story Completion As A Software Tester
Stop Tuning Out and Start Tuning In: A Software Tester's Guide To Refocusing On The Details
Greatest hits from my Medium blog
Have I Tried Enough Weird Stuff ?
Update your Mac Terminal to display your current git branch and status
Sometimes I talk to people on purpose.
I presented these slides.
Workshop: Wander With A Purpose: Writing Charters for your Exploratory Testing Sessions [further reading]
Talk: Doubt Builds Trust [further reading]
Talk: Succeeding as an Introvert [further reading]
I will be presenting here.
Mob Programming ConferenceMay 2020 postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak
Nordic Testing Days
June 2020 2021 postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak
I presented here.
2020
European Testing Conference (The Netherlands)
February 2020
Dutch Exploratory Workshop on Testing [DEWT]
January 2020
2019
Let's Test (South Africa)
November 2019
SoftTest Conference (Ireland)
October 2019
Belgian Research & Exploratory Workshop on Testing [BREWT]
October 2019
TestBash Manchester
October 2019
The Cegeka Agility Days (Belgium)
September 2019
TESTJam! (The Netherlands)[keynote]
September 2019
Think About! Meetup (Germany)
July 2019
Nordic Testing Days (Estonia) [video recording]
May 2019
TestBash Netherlands
May 2019
Agile, Testing & DevOps Showcase (The Netherlands)
January 2019
2018
Belgian Research & Exploratory Workshop on Testing [BREWT]
December 2018
Let's Test (South Africa) [keynote]
November 2018
EuroSTAR (The Netherlands)
November 2018
Agile Testing Days (Germany)
November 2018
Dutch Exploratory Workshop on Testing [DEWT]
October 2018
TestBash Germany [paywall video recording]
September 2018
Ministry of Testing - Utrecht Meetup
July 2018
Agile Testing Days USA
June 2018
TestBash Brighton [paywall video recording]
March 2018
2017
Agile Testing Days (Germany)
November 2017
Quality Jam London
October 2017
Copenhagen Context
September 2017
Dutch PHP Conference [audio & slides]
June/July 2017
Romanian Testing Conference
May 2017
ConFoo Montreal
March 2017
2016
TestBash Philadelphia [paywall video recording]
November 2016
Let's Test (Sweden)
May 2016
NYC Testers Meetup
April 2016
2015
NYC Testers Meetup
August 2015
I've learned things from these places.
Books
- Accelerate: Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Organizations
by Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim - Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
by Lyssa Adkins - Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler - The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman - Explore It!: Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing
by Elisabeth Hendrickson - How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants
by David Rees - HTML5 for Web Designers (A Book Apart #1)
by Jeremy Keith - Python Testing with Pytest: Simple, Rapid, Effective, and Scalable
by Brian Okken - Responsive Web Design (A Book Apart #4)
by Ethan Marcotte - Tacit and Explicit Knowledge
by Harry Collins - There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book
by Robert M. Martin - Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman - This Is Lean: Resolving the Efficiency Paradox
by Niklas Modig
Courses
- Black Box Software Testing
- Codecademy
- CodingBat
- Hack Design
- Learn Python the Hard Way
- Ministry of Testing Dojo
- Python for Testers
- Python Koans
- Rapid Software Testing
Blogs
- Elisabeth Hendrickson
- Fiona Charles
- Helena Jeret–Mäe
- Katrina Clokie
- Keith Klain
- James Bach
- Joep Schuurkes
- Lisa Crispin
- Lisi Hocke
- Maaret Pyhäjärvi
- Martin Hynie
- Melissa Eaden
- Michael Bolton
- Selena Delesie
These are some of the places I inhabit on the internet.