Lean and agile practices can be said to have started with the work of W. Edwards Deming.
Speaker
Mike Harris
Agenda
5:30pm - Light refreshments and networking in the Cantor Atrium
6:15pm - Zoom room opens
6:30pm - Event starts
7:30pm - Event ends
Synopsis
Mike's talk will introduce the audience to the Deming Cycle, which is a cycle that helps us learn and improve, and to his 14 Points for Management, which gives leaders a framework for cooperation and the realisation of human potential. He will also give a background about Deming and his role in Japan.
About the speaker
Mike has been working in testing for 20 years and is the tester for Geckoboard.
He has been a test team member, a Solo Tester and a Test Lead. He has also worked as a part of waterfall, lean and agile teams. He has set up and led a Testing Community of Practice and been part of a successful agile transition.
He is also Vice-Chair and Programme Secretary of BCS’s Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing. He also contributed to the e-books Testing Stories and How Can I Test This? LambdaTest publishes posts from Mike.
In his spare time, he coaches junior cricket. Mike has a blog you can follow and you can also follow Mike on Mastodon.
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