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Farewell testingreflections!

Yes, the decision to move my blog to a new location is made. That was not an easy decision because testing reflections has become my blogging motto. Thank you Antony for everything.
There are different reasons for the decision. One of the reasons is that I feel I don’t belong here, not any more or perhaps never had. I feel like testingreflections lives primary under the agile banner. I’ve been inspired a lot by agile ideas, but I never adopted them. I reclaim my personal method .

Risk Management Strategies... and the misuse of "mitigate"

I frequently encounter people who tell me of risk management courses that they've been on and tell me of four (straight from Wikipedia) strategies for addressing a risk::

  • Avoidance (eliminate)
  • Reduction (mitigate)
  • Transfer (outsource or insure)
  • Retention (accept and budget)

I'm no risk management expert, but I've certainly got plenty of experience in it. I am a lover of language and words and immediately notice one small problem with this model - the use of the word "Mitigate".

"Mitigate" is a commonly misunderstood word. Many use it as a synonym for "reduce" but it actually has a special meaning:

to make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad -Cambridge Dictionary

After WatirCraft

As I've announced elsewhere earlier this month, Pete Dignan and I are shutting down WatirCraft LLC. We've each decided to go our separate ways. For several months now Pete has been focussing his attentions on his other business, ProtoTest. Next...