While my first book was on the more advanced topic of visual test strategies my next book will be an entry-level guide to people moving into test management and test leadership roles – primarily for all those without a background in testing. But also for testers moving into leadership. as Meg (@castusflamingo) has asked: Folks who moved into test leadership roles – what do you wish you could go back and tell yourself before you started?
I have been playing with the idea of it being a guidebook to these destinations:
- The Sea of Testing Know-How
- The Community Deep
- The Pearly Personalities
- The Leadership Lands
- Management meadows
- Shallow Shores
- Project roadways
- Transition highways
- Agile release trains
- Artifact wetlands
- Document pitfalls
- The Certification Wastelands
- Rivers of Tenacity
- And the various tool towns scattered across the land
Which parts of the testing world would you need a guidebook for? Let’s see how it goes – the voice and style will more likely be similar to the first. Currently, the introduction starts with the following verse
Once upon a time, our protagonist set out on a quest to lead a testing activity. While they searched and searched across the world, they found no clear map to guide their quest. And there, my friend, is where this story begins.
[originally at jlottosen.wordpress.com, May 2023 ]