In this week’s This Week in Quality, @AdyStokes brought up the book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” and how the book provided a perspective that acts as a guide when it comes to testing.
I’m scanning my bookshelf now and will come back when I have a good answer, but what books, podcasts, or topics have you found helpful as a guide in your testing, even though they had nothing to do with testing at all?
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Some none testing ones I have really enjoyed, or have ready to go are;
One that comes to mine is “The Luck Factor” by Richard Wiseman. — Also read my blog post “Being Lucky” about a keynote I gave at Agile testing Day 2019, I which i reference & cite the book → Being Lucky — A Keynote at the Agile Testing Days 2019 – Seaside Testing .
A part of finding bugs is luck. However, as Wiseman found out, some people have more luck that others. Therefore, it seems to me that we can train ourselves to be more lucky in finding bugs.
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown was a very good read about cultivating leadership.
Love Zen… fantastic book and I’m sure it has influenced my outlook. That guy really, really liked quality!
I liked following:
I recently read Sys-Tao: Western Logic - Eastern Flow by Bob Browne, which is the story of a business that adopted ideas from east and west to become successful. It gave me an insight into another, which I found useful.business