SoftwareTesting
STEC - Software Testing Essentials Certificate by MoT
An up-to-date training course into the realm of software testing. A welcoming place to begin and build from. Based on true stories and experiences.
Jesper Ottosen
Strategy
Lessons in Testing Same-Same, Just Different Projects
Three key lessons for testing enterprise lift & shift programs. It's same-same to classic testing, yet very different too.
The next shift-left: Compliance
Shift Left While dreaded the “shift-left” approach for test engineering has provided an important lesson for future automation imitatives. With tests being automated and running continuously, they help to provide faster time to market. With tests being automated, we have a more precise acceptance criteria coverage and often a broader
Test Stubs as a Strategic Choice
A test stub is a simulator for an external system that you are not in charge of. It still happens in 2025 that systems are designed with a too big dependency on externally controlled systems. Building stubs enables a better strategic choice for the system owner.
Strategy
127 Requirements are Never Equal
The feeling when (TFW) you are handed 127 requirements and need to establish a way to implement and verify them.
Security
CSSLP - A Secure Development Practitioner
Gaining a ISC2 CSSLP certificate in Secure Development and what to do about it. The art is in understanding the frameworks so much to be able to tailor them to the culture and risk appetite for the company at hand.
Security
Testing Coorporate CIS18 Security
Let's help make the implementations more resilient and functional. As always.
LLM
The Big Hallucination
Would I be more effective with an LLM? Probably not, no. Maybe I just haven't seen The Emperor's New Clothes. I have seen the Stochastic parrot - that don't impress me much... Sigh.
Resilience
It’s Time for Business Continuity and Exit Plans
How hard is it for you to pull the plug for your IT services and move elsewhere? It's not a matter of when you need this - but how prepared you want to be.
ChangeManagement
IT Security and Compliance are People Problems
Days Since it was a PEOPLE PROBLEM: 0. Not DNS. Not solvable by technology. But about biases, behaviour and all the other things that make us human.
Compliance
Compliance Coaching for the Delivery Teams
I can understand why delivery teams would seem overwhelmed by the volume and think that it's a hindrance in delivering software solutions in a modern way. One way to enable the delivery teams with security and compliance know-how is to have them supported by a Compliance Coach.
WardleyMapping
Problem-solving from the stakeholders' point of view.
Understanding the landscape is critical whether you're facing any new situation. One technique that I consistently use is Wardley Mapping. Let me share with you a concrete example to visualize the landscape.