I really enjoyed this conference. You can now watch all the talks on YouTube.

SIGiST@sigist.bsky.social · 14h ago

The talks from the #BCSSIGiST Summer Conference 2026 are now available! 🎥 Whether you joined us or couldn't make it, you can now watch every session on demand. People. Practices. The Future of the Profession. ▶️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

"Agile Time machine". What a useful document! Full of references to books that have helped me understand "agile"

Luca Minudel@lucaminudel.bsky.social · 9mo ago

=========================== Agile Time Machine latest update =========================== The Agile Time Machine is a community-driven document capturing the original essence and spirit of Agile. You can check it out here => bit.ly/AgileTimeMac...

“At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, one of which is the error of blaming it on the computer.” — Tom Gilb

Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows

Benjamin@benjaminschneider.ch · last yr.

what book(s) come to mind that are like this?

Picard management tip: If you never fail, you aren't going boldly enough.

@automationpanda.bsky.social comes from the future to tell us about our history and the next ten years of our profession at #AgileTD. Starting out with the seminal book, the Art of Software Testing.

W. Edward Deming born in Iowa (Ph.D. Yale) was ignored by US car companies when he said to focus on quality and not profit. The Japanese heard him. Toyota was the first. deming.org/toyotas-mana...

4 Prompts That Can Tell You What Chatbots Really Know About You www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/t...

4 Prompts That Can Tell You What Chatbots Really Know About You

It can be unsettling what Gemini and ChatGPT have figured out about you and how easily your privacy can be punctured. Here’s how to find out.

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That's a wrap! 🎉 Huge thanks to our hosts Mike Harris, Andy Shaw & Gomathi Ramalingam, our speakers, volunteers, sponsors and everyone who joined us today. Thanks for making #SIGiST another brilliant day of learning, ideas and community. Safe travels

Sydney Dekker started in aviation safety and now calls himself a cognitive systems engineer. More recently looking at healthcare errors and just culture. His book, “Drift into Failure” was mind blowing. Esp when I realized it also described ethical failures. sidneydekker.com/films

Films - Sidney Dekker

Dive deeper into the game-changing principles that re-define how we approach safety, blame, and compassion at work. THE LATEST Doing Safety Differently In this remarkable documentary, you can follow K...

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Engineering Resilience The Taguchi Method for Robust Quality Transform your operations with the Taguchi Method: build processes that outsmart variability, cut costs, and boost performance. Discover real-world wins from Toyota to NASA and Sony. Click to learn actionable strategies for designing…

Engineering Resilience The Taguchi Method for Robust Quality

Transform your operations with the Taguchi Method: build processes that outsmart variability, cut costs, and boost performance. Discover real-world wins from Toyota to NASA and Sony. Click to learn actionable strategies for designing resilient systems, slashing rework, and delivering consistent quality every time.

kurums.com

if loving alt text is wrong, we don't want to be right.

kramaprasad.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/f...

From Blame to Evidence: The Hidden Sociology of the Fishbone Diagram

The Ishikawa Diagram, introduced by Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s, is not merely a technical instrument for quality management. It is also a social artifact that reveals deep sociological current…

kramaprasad.wordpress.com

Uncovering the Root Cause With the Five Whys #success #successstory #motivation #inspiration #mindset

New blog post: surfingcomplexity.blog/2024/11/23/t...

TTR: the out-of-control metric

I’m currently reading The Machine That Changed The World. This is a book written back in 1990 comparing Toyota’s approach to automobile manufacturing to the approach used by American ca…

surfingcomplexity.blog

The Toyota Way isn’t just about small gains. At its heart? Kaizen.

W. Edwards Deming is sometimes misquoted. This page is a great source of quotes from him along with their references: deming.org/quotes/

Every time you run through a process, take time for improvement! deming.org/explore/pdsa/

Jessica Amelia@loveandcrossbones.org · last mo.

Making sure this doesn't happen again

Great insights on Systems Thinking from W. Edwards Deming as realyed by Cecelia S. Kilian.

Leo@leoknid.bsky.social · 3mo ago

W. Edwards Deming (relayed by Cecelia S. Kilian)

I had a great time at yesterday's @sigist.bsky.social Software Testing Conference. It was great to meet up with so many people and hear so many great talks! www.bcs.org/membership-a...

Software Testing Summer Conference 2026

Calling all experts in software testing! The BCS SIGiST Summer Conference is just around the corner, and we're looking for knowledgeable and enthusiastic speakers to share their insights and expertise...

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Nearly at the end of a brilliant day at #SIGiST. Huge thanks to all our speakers and attendees for the thoughtful discussions across both tracks. Looking forward to the final sessions. ☕

Tomorrow's the day! 🎉 BCS SIGiST Summer Conference 2026 starts at 10am tomorrow. Thanks to our speakers and volunteers, and our delegates. Last minute online tickets are available. We can't wait to welcome you for a fantastic day! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-cent... #SIGiST #SoftwareTesting

I am looking forward to tomorrow's BCS @sigist.bsky.social Summer Conference 2026 Human-Centred Testing: People and Practices & the Future of the Profession I hope to see you there! #SoftwareTesting www.bcs.org/membership-a...

Software Testing Summer Conference 2026

Calling all experts in software testing! The BCS SIGiST Summer Conference is just around the corner, and we're looking for knowledgeable and enthusiastic speakers to share their insights and expertise...

bcs.org

An expert is not someone who gives you the answer, it is someone who asks you the right question. - Eli Goldratt #quotes #quoteoftheday

You will sometimes see this lie attributed to W. Edwards Deming. Deming's actual quote (from The New Economics): "It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth." deming.org/myth-if-you-...

“A numerical goal leads to distortion and faking, especially when the system is not capable of meeting the goal. Anybody will meet the quota (goal) allotted to him. He is not responsible for the losses so generated.” W E Deming, in “The New Economics”

*read the first 50 pages of Out of the Crisis* so like, did the agile folks just read deming and go like "oh yeah, this but software"? not that that's inherently bad, mind you

When Continuous Delivery is done right, it's the most effective approach to software delivery our industry knows. We're collaborating with Dr. Charlotte Fleming and Octopus Deploy to capture the state of Continuous Delivery for modern software teams.

"Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning." 🧵 1/4