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Why Testers and QA Engineers Need to Learn Continuously
Information technology changes fast, and none of us knows what our future holds. It’s hard to keep up with new programming languages, patterns, tools, frameworks, design techniques, and practices. If you’re a programmer who doesn’t keep her skills up to date, you won’t get the best job opportunities—in fact, you might not get any. Yet, we observe many people who call themselves testers or quality assurance professionals but don’t make much effort to learn new things.
Becoming Lean – The Why, What and How
Although many companies may have heard that the concepts of lean production would be of use to their organization, they do not see how something that sprang from manufacturing practices could apply to software development. This article presents a different way of looking at Lean Software Development—one that is independent of Lean’s manufacturing heritage.
Kanban System Design
The author introduces Kanban software development, including its origins and what practices it borrows from manufacturing. He explores the ways that Kanban leads to improved systems thinking, better workflow, visualization techniques, and less work-in-process. Kanban encourages continuous learning and improvement while helping teams develop a sustainable cadence in their work.

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