Lisa Crispin

It's not that we can't afford for human rights and welfare like decent healthcare, it's that we can't get people to pay sufficient tax to do so. We saw exactly this same pattern of increasing populism with increasing inequality long before there was an Internet, in the late 1800s through WWI.

Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into Your Product - Agile Testing Available for purchase online.    Holistic testing is a comprehensive term to encompass testing throughout the development cycle from the start of an idea, through to customer interaction with a deliv...

I 💜 seeing software folks use the word "holistic" in a lot of contexts. Delivering quality new stuff to customers frequently, confidently, sustainably takes the whole team working together around the whole SDLC. Our Holistic Testing Model helps craft a good strategy. agiletester.ca/holistic-tes...

Lessons from nature to improve how we work - Holistic Testing with Lisa Crispin A book explaining how to look at nature's edges and boundaries to learn how to identify and grow new relationships and improve organizations

I'm loving the new book _Nature's Blueprint for Business_ by Ines Garcia, shared my thoughts here: lisacrispin.com/2025/10/02/l... Highly recommended!

I'm curious what you think of Saul Williamson's demo in our DORA community meeting yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Goq... Also, this SPARC framework, which intrigues me a lot: github.com/ruvnet/sparc (I have no hands-on experience with any of this!)

It gets scarier here every day. I join the protests, I'm active with our local Indivisible chapter, I donate to Bernie and our other Vermont reps and to many orgs and candidates that are fighting. So many people are suffering and no doubt it it'll be my turn at some point.

This is not a drill

Pictures of Janet Gregory, Karen Spanier, Lisa Crispin with her donkey, thumbnail to their 12 minute 45 second video chat, "Helping women thrive in career turning points"

Our latest Donkeys & Dragons @agiletfellow.bsky.social video chat is up! Janet Gregory and I had such a mind-blowing (for me) conversation with Karen Spanier about helping women thrive in key career turning points. I'm shocked how many women's careers are derailed by perimenopause! lnkd.in/eK-wjf2b

Steve Fenton, Head of DevRel & Principal DevEx Researcher at Octopus, shares findings from Octopus’ Platform Engineering Pulse research. He explains why making security and operational policies mandatory often drives healthier platform adoption, how GitOps and Argo are shaping deployments, and which Policies, Not Platforms: Practical Lessons for GitOps & DevEx Success

I had a great conversation with Twain Taylor on the Software Plaza podcast. We spoke about the research we've doing at Octopus on #PlatformEngineering and #GitOps and came up with some crucial points that I think folks will find super-helpful.

Aww, what a lovely kitty! One of ours is also a lovely white cat, though she has a malicious side! 😄

AI is an Amplifier, Not a Silver Bullet The first State of AI-Assisted Software Development report has arrived and it's from the same team that brought us a decade of DevOps research. The new report is based on almost 5,000 responses from technology professionals worldwide and over 100...

AI's primary role in software development is that of an amplifier. It magnifies the strengths of high-performing organizations and the dysfunctions of struggling ones.

Find out why you should be grabbing a copy of DORA's latest report...

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#AI #SoftwareDevelopment #DORA

TIL that if you put `-ai` after a Google or DuckDuckGo search (maybe others, I only tried those two), you will not get the AI assistant-generated content at the top. Content which always looks plausible, but is often dead wrong. Example:

continuous delivery obstacles -ai

Try it!

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Little brown and gray donkey with his head over a wall a bit too tall for him, making a wry expression with his mouth

Happy Monday!

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The Open Security Conference is getting close and we're getting excited! 🤩

Meanwhile, our organizer team is prepping everything for making this an insightful event and unforgettable experience for everyone. 🌟

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DORA | State of AI-assisted Software Development 2025 DORA is a long running research program that seeks to understand the capabilities that drive software delivery and operations performance. DORA helps teams apply those capabilities, leading to better ...

The 2025 DORA report -State of AI-assisted software development is out! The main message is: AI's primary role in software development is that of an amplifier. dora.dev/research/202... (Note to Europeans, this is nothing to do with EU's DORA, this is Google's research group).

Get traction on continuous delivery with holistic testing at Agile Testing Days - Holistic Testing with Lisa Crispin The evolution of our Agile Testing Days tutorial to apply the holistic testing model and succeed with continuous delivery

Here's how @ashleyhunsberger.bsky.social and I evolved our @agiletdzone.bsky.social full day workshop over the past several years. Learn tried-and-true ways your team can collaborate for CD success! Plus, a 15% discount code for registration - early bird ends soon! lisacrispin.com/2025/09/15/h...

You scratch my back…

Bagel Bites: Enter the GOAT No, I'm not referring to THEM. I'm referring to HIM.

i've seen enough.

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So sorry this took so long!

NEW: "The Corporate Sleaze"

The USO is over and we're left with a lingering ick about that orange guy and how the USTA handled it. Of course, we also talk Carlos and Aryna's big wins, commentating outside the lines, and actually protecting women in sport

Oops forgot alt text. Standard donkey hitched to cart that I’m driving, looking out at fields of goldenrod with trees in the background

Great goldenrod crop this year! 🎉🌻🐝

Last year, my mom was called by seemingly "me", crying, claiming they had an accident and urgently needed money. Very lucky I had that talk with her just a few weeks before. She hung up and wrote me via a chat messenger if I was okay.

We put a lot into this one. First, out of gratitude to our listeners who afforded us this experience, and second because the agenda wrote itself. And we didn't even get to celebrate that guy crashing out pushedly while recording. A special note for Félix on the next episode

🙌🎉💜

Can’t blame ‘em

Building an audience: you get all the rewards.

Building a community: the rewards get invested back for the people

If your community work skips the research, you’re skipping the opportunity to create healing.

Seeing. Listening. Documenting.

It's how we challenge harm and start rewriting the system.

YouTube video by Agile Testing Fellow "Testing and AI" with Brittany Stewart.

Our latest @agiletfellow.bsky.social Donkeys & Dragons video chat is available! @janetgregoryca.bsky.social and I talk with the awesome Brittany Stewart about testing, AI and much more - we squeezed a lot into 15 minutes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxL6...

Mini donkey in work harness hitched to cart, looking off to the side of the hay field where there are wildflowers and birds. Round hay bales in distance.

We’ve been driving together 22 years and we both enjoy it so much. 💜💜💜 Grateful for cool weather today because it’s been way too hot to go driving lately.