Webinar: "Thinking outside the box: cognitive bias and testing" - Lisa Crispin

Name: Webinar: "Thinking outside the box: cognitive bias and testing" - Lisa Crispin
Start: 2020-06-09T19:00:00-03:00
End: 2020-06-09T20:00:00-03:00

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Webinar: "Thinking outside the box: cognitive bias and testing" - Lisa Crispin

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Abstract

Finding bugs requires detective work. You look for evidence, you interrogate witnesses - and some of those might not be telling the truth! You need lateral thinking to find your perpetrator.

As testers, we often hear that the capability to think outside the box is an essential skill to have. In fact, this skill is great to have even if you’re not a tester. Thinking outside the box permits you to generate new and innovative ideas, to find bugs that nobody could think about, it can also help you find completely new ways to solve problems.

We all have unconscious biases that can limit our observational skills and creativity. In this session, we’ll discuss lateral vs. vertical thinking, and explain how our brain’s “wiring” can make thinking outside the box be difficult.

Lisa will talk about several common cognitive biases that can work against us and get in the way of effective testing. She may challenge you to try some games that promote lateral thinking, as best we can in a virtual conference! You’ll get some guidance on how to keep building up your lateral thinking “muscles”.

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About Lisa

Quality Owner focused on Observability at OutSystems. Co-founder, with Janet Gregory, of the agile Testing Fellowship, with our three day "Agile Testing for the Whole Team" course available around the world - and soon, to be available virtually!
Hands-on tester on high-performing agile teams since 2000. Co-author with Janet Gregory, Agile Testing Condensed, Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams, More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team, "Agile Testing Essentials" video course. Contributor to Beautiful Testing and Experiences in Test Automation. Co-author of Testing Extreme Programming Mission: Bringing testing joy to the agile and DevOps worlds, and agile/DevOps joy to the testing world.
Specialties: Agile testing, finding good ways for teams to deliver high quality software

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