A Strategist?...

It was recently remarked on to me that I am a strategist.  I wasn’t sure what this remark meant to me… Was it a compliment?  Was it a reason to take inventory of what I do and ensure I am doing a good job?  Was it a reason to investigate my behavior?

This inevitably led to some research… it doesn’t take much for me to go running for information… for understanding… for knowledge…

In my search, I came upon some interesting and somewhat revealing information.  First of all, I found a blog post titled "Do you think you’re a strategist? You’re probably wrong," by Penelope Trunk. 

I remembered the Personality Type quiz I took, which revealed I “am” an INTJ… I seriously recommend taking the Jung Personality Type quiz  so you can learn about you… about how you learn, how you see things, your possible strengths and weaknesses… to get to know YOU a bit better…

 

Anyhow… one search leads to another in my world… and I stumbled upon Marketing Optimization: How to create a test that gets results you can use ... 

I found some interesting tidbits to chew on in this article, which has nothing to do with software testing, but testing in general… gathering information that is…

This is a great blog post on testing in general… read it… think about… and try to apply it to what you are thinking when you are considering testing… Especially take to heart the “Learn from your tests to optimize all of your marketing efforts” section, but apply it to YOUR project… try to make it fit to the context of the information you are trying to gather for YOUR stakeholders.

 It is a great way to make yourself think about things in a different light… a personal “post-mortem” of your own efforts in testing.

I believe if you take into account your own Personality Type (strengths and weaknesses), and seriously endeavor to look for ways to improve what you do, that you will find ways to do so… as long as you continuously test yourself and your own processes/ideas/thoughts.