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Michaël PilaetenTest Manager
You should read my blog, because it gives an interesting overview of my day-to-day activities and the challenges I encounter every day.
Michaël Pilaeten
Teleworking
When I had to pick my company car, almost 4 years ago, one of the options I requested was a Bluetooth system for my cellphone. Fines in Belgium non-handsfree driving with a car are just too high, without even taken into account the security aspect.
The system worked fine for several years, picking up all conversations of both mt private and corporate cellphone. Hassle-free conversations in the car, it's just a bliss.
iX Preparation
We're prepping for tonight, when 20 enthousiastic CTG testers will come together for the first iX session at CTG.
iX: let your experience speak
At CTG, we are always looking for new paths towards professionalsm and knowledge sharing.
Trainings can be an excellent method ito achieve a higher level of knowledge, but often it remains a one way street. Even with workshops, the borders are set up front and the timespace is limited. CTG offers its employees up to 8 training days per year, in numerous formats.
Wanted: testers (all sorts and sizes)
During the financial crisis of the last 18 months, we faced some difficult times. The tide seems to be turning, and the demand for testers is rising.
The good news? We're hiring again!
Are you interested in testing? Or do you maybe even have some experience? Than take your chance now and join our fabolous testing team!
We're looking for test engineers, test managers, test consultants and test specialists. There's even an open position for a pre-sales consultant testing!
The child or the bathwater?
As a test manager, almost every decision you have to make faces serious consequences.
Take for example my current project at customer X. Customer X has 3 different environments: ITT (voor system/developer tests), UAT (voor system integration and user acceptance tests) and PROD (the production environment).
To deploy an a different environment, certain quality gates should be taken into account.
The troubles with testing
I agree completely: testing is fun.
But it can also be a real pain in the "behind".
Yesterday, tests for one of my projects have started. The first scneario's were executed, defects were logged, meetings were held, ... Business as usual. My team was working very hard at finding the most important defects first.
And then, this morning... Nothing works anymore.
The reason: an unplanned deployment of another application. No one was aware, nor informed. Multiple projects are blocked. ETA for a fix: tonight at the earliest.
Thinking together
Last Friday, a group of CTG testers with a level 6 or higher wasinvited to join in on a strategical session.
The goal? To explain the business plan for testing in 2010, and to ask us for remarks and a path to the future. Because that is what CTG is all about: working together towards a goal, with a broad view on all trends - and pitfalls - that are currently on the market.
The whole concept on CTG 2.0 was on the table, ready to be chopped in pieces and to be dissected into ideas, opinions, plans and goals.
Welcome
Just a few lines to wish you a warm welcome to this blog.
Please stay tuned for regular stories about CTG, testing, and maybe my personal life.
Enjoy!
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