This was really an excellent session and it was especially great as the things teached do not only apply to one’s professional life, but can really be useful beyond. Probably I still have to do some thinking on this, but here is what I was able to note down from the session.
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So, this session is apparently about TPI, and the acronym was now already mentioned a few times, and maybe I should now it, but I don’t. So in contrast to yesterday, where I was expecting everybody to know what BDD is, now I am the one who does not know what most of the others (a quick show of hands confirmed that) do know. So let’s find out.

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Key Note Lisa Crispin – Are Agile Testers Different?

Visited and written by: Andreas & Thomas

The answer to the question from the tile of this keynote is: Yes! As already partly in the tutorials yesterday Lisa has again emphasized how important it is that there are no silos in agile teams. Instead it is all about solving the given task (developing quality software) in a collaborative mode. To do so (agile) testers are as important as (agile) developers and all other potential members of the team.
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The first of the agile testing days has passed. Weeks ago I classified the conference as minor and german. But when I learned at Agile 2009 in Chicago that many people are coming, I suspected that it is going to be bigger and more international than I first assumed. This has been confirmed today. Many interesting discussions and contacts spawned from the atmosphere that was created within the well equipped and arcitectural interesting venue.

A dinner downer: The speaker all took of for the speaker dinner, which left all of the regular visitors on themselves. Thomas and I will check were we can find other agile testers for dinner.

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Designing a Lean Software Development Process, by Mary and Tom Poppendieck

Visited and written by: Andreas

According to the abstract of that tutorial, it should show possibilities how plateauing productivity improvements of agile teams can be analysed. Also options for improvements should be shown.
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Travelling by train is a thing that always makes me feel very relaxed. And while I was still thinking whether to use the time on the train by preparing for my SCWCD exam or not I peacefully felt asleep. After waking up in Bielefeld (which felt strange as that City does not exist) I decided to grap my Netbbok and start writing some different kind of article for our company blog, which is by nature quite technically . Looking out of the window it is grey and rainy, but my seat in the ICE is nice, warm and dry while we are heading with 200 KM/H towards the Agile Testing Days Berlin.
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Wow, the weekend and also the first day in Chicago are gone. Even before the conference started, I had the opportunity to meet many people whom I only knew from books and blogs. On Saturday night, shortly after arriving at the hotel, I met Scott Duncan (@softqual) and Bernd Schiffer (@berndschiffer) for a drink. We managed to arrange that over Twitter, very unique experience for me. We met in the BIG bar of Hyatt, with a splendid view over Chicago by night, and slowly warmed up for the conference.

Pizza, Chicago Style (pic by George Dinwiddie)

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