PeopleTech | Martin | Activity https://peopletech.co.za/members/martin-byker/activity/ Activity feed for Martin. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:46:28 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-ZA 30 hourly 2 05f10d62607342cb4c68186b3c017c54 Martin posted a new activity comment https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/329/#acomment-332 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:59:47 +0200 Communication is absolute key. Further to this, the PowerUp enables the power of sharing knowledge. 

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization

What did you get from today’s (18 Sept) session? Post your comments below:

]]> 5bb2dee1406be6d27665d3f9b8b53f83 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: In 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 1 as their first […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/330/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:03:12 +0200 In 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 1 as their first attempt to send a spacecraft to Venus. However, shortly after it launched, the rocket veered off course and was forced to self destruct.

The cost? $135 million (in today’s dollars).

The issue? A missing hyphen in the code.

]]> 0 f17377c8bb730750b75f002fe150a880 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: What did you get from today's (18 Sept) session? Post […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/329/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:01:17 +0200 What did you get from today’s (18 Sept) session? Post your comments below:

]]> 1 344d82d64f99c4d55c18b7a08b721743 Martin posted a new activity comment https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/318/#acomment-328 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:48:25 +0200 Objective achieved, especially based on the feedback from today’s check-in. The question now is “but how”? – soft skills are key here. The team is more empowered than ever before, just by virtue of these PowerUps. The course “The Art of Pushing Back” has important tips for engineers to make feedback easier… 

The aha moment is imminent. 

In reply to - Derrick posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization

I have feeling of disquiet after today’s session. Did I achieve the 3 objectives?

  1. Investing in Service Virtualization now will enable us […]
]]> 50e9765bbc525b61a196514ddab8d95d Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We can remove dependencies by mocking out behaviours... […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/327/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:41:30 +0200 We can remove dependencies by mocking out behaviours… this helps improve the flow of the test.

]]> 0 5a113e60d5886f29a46a12ed21f0081a Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: There is a manual step in BopCUS - this is […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/326/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:35:15 +0200 There is a manual step in BopCUS – this is where dependencies. In traditional testing, this is where human intervention is required.

]]> 0 6416f11f64894b2995a25b9e2cee824b Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We are deciding what type of transaction we want to […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/325/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:21:45 +0200 We are deciding what type of transaction we want to test with, for service virtualization.

]]> 0 b40451dc82b3a79848c4bcf12899ee7e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Earlier we discussed the way we give feedback.The […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/324/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:21:16 +0200 Earlier we discussed the way we give feedback.

The course “The Art of Pushing Back” deals with how to say no, but more importantly, it will teach you how to provide feedback more effectively. When we report back, we give a status update but we also need to give more – this course gives tips on how to bring alternatives / solutions to…

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]]> 0 d198bfd506fa46833ebd4e12a8543eca Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Excited to get going today with Service Virtualization in practice https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/322/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:08:21 +0200 Excited to get going today with Service Virtualization in practice

]]> 0 1dc506a5348fbaa7c9bbceda2e7fe129 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: When we design tests, we need to understand the flow […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/316/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:44:28 +0200 When we design tests, we need to understand the flow of information, as well as the fact that it is a contract. The key thing is we must own what we are working on…

]]> 0 9ca7c9eb85d2abbd594553d5d534ec1e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: STEP is beyond a test harness. Ina referred to our […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/315/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:34:07 +0200 STEP is beyond a test harness. Ina referred to our ability to stub? This is stubbing, on steroids.

]]> 1 0c9e952274a1e414b5ff8bb7892f9a80 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Today we are discussing Flow...the flow of value from […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/314/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:19:31 +0200 Today we are discussing Flow…the flow of value from start to finish. How is our flow affected by dependencies and how do we become independent?

]]> 1 82ab551a88d117e0a7a110117d491fe4 Martin started the discussion PowerUp Feedback - in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/powerup-feedback/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:08:27 +0200 PowerUp Feedback -

Please post your comments and suggestions here:

]]> 3b5f7fb9f2d2e1af20f43698cc2eb0da Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: As a group we are focusing our attention on how we will […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/311/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:05:40 +0200 As a group we are focusing our attention on how we will make the best use of our time…

]]> 0 251bb3c763bf68500d5d75492b8cc3f1 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: For tomorrow we will make it practical by taking an […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/310/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:03:11 +0200 For tomorrow we will make it practical by taking an example 🙂

Cannot wait to see it….

]]> 0 9d97145e81e168834b5c30c883609c37 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Our conversation around the BOPCus 3 Lesotho will […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/309/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:00:46 +0200 Our conversation around the BOPCus 3 Lesotho will continue tomorrow. We need to map our business story onto the technical landscape, so we can undertand where to inject messages and also in what format they need to be.

]]> 0 79f8919d190eebe2c12ae313862da1e3 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: walking through a FNBOnline transaction. Where does it originate? https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/308/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:56:04 +0200 walking through a FNBOnline transaction. Where does it originate?

]]> 0 def8641a4dba46c03891f2af21b3cedc Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: With SV we are telling the testing story. Mapping this […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/307/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:52:03 +0200 With SV we are telling the testing story. Mapping this onto the technical landscape helps us understand how and where we will be using SV for BoPCUS 3

]]> 0 fec66e3dee7cccd473fce99d3fcdf15a Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: You need to understand therefore WHY you are going […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/306/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:47:30 +0200 You need to understand therefore WHY you are going through SWIFT and Hogan

]]> 0 47b5a24da10c5e3905ee2ca08dbf6a0e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lesley: Explaining from a RAS perspective...messages […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/305/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:47:08 +0200 Lesley: Explaining from a RAS perspective…messages already coming from SWIFT. you are reporting on what is coming through your system. The process via Hogan is what we are processing. So it doesn’t matter how it gets into the system. FNB validated exactly what needed to reported. only what was applicable to FNB. The way we tested it was…

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]]> 0 335fcd539544962a5d99b33f414df987 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lesley relates how they tested BOPCUS in FNB... used a […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/304/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:44:39 +0200 Lesley relates how they tested BOPCUS in FNB… used a file and excluded what is not tested. So checked the data between BOP and non BOP. FNB has its own database where this information is kept. Is this different because it is Lesotho? Are they reporting differently? We might not be accurate in our understanding of this message flow in…

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]]> 0 b32158dbd8cb346f47e68ebfe40a90d0 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We validate the structure and content. If we know this, […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/303/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:39:03 +0200 We validate the structure and content. If we know this, we don’t really need verification here. If the message is correct it will be verified

]]> 0 27987ccec73b8b0e4b04e450cb2a1558 Martin posted a new activity comment https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/300/#acomment-302 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:38:11 +0200 We need to have a step in our test sequence where this capture is taking place. We therefore test the structure and content for for instance the VODS adapter, and not the response. The question is when it is not up and running, the dependency is still there? 

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization

Lungile – a settlement in SARB – how do we verify this? If FNBOnline is virtualized, how do we go around this?

]]> 1897ef068183159498f31c03150f0a16 Martin posted a new activity comment https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/300/#acomment-301 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:35:31 +0200 …so are we virtualizing responses too, as is the cae above?

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization

Lungile – a settlement in SARB – how do we verify this? If FNBOnline is virtualized, how do we go around this?

]]> 8b731279cad6ddecad17cf1229dcf03b Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lungile - a settlement in SARB - how do we verify this? […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/300/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:34:09 +0200 Lungile – a settlement in SARB – how do we verify this? If FNBOnline is virtualized, how do we go around this?

]]> 2 596598709f62045f92619a1ecb20467c Martin posted a new activity comment https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/295/#acomment-299 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:29:33 +0200 …and all systems affected by transaction flow…Tibco, FNBOnline, Bancs, Hogan…

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization

What else can be affected by BoPCUS 3?

]]> bb51c83a370f0d13585aaac7e7d02d15 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We have sufficient background to know and understand that […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/298/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:28:44 +0200 We have sufficient background to know and understand that we can test this from a SOAPUi perspective.

]]> 0 5fcc21579ed8f39d8968670b393c2666 Martin posted a new activity comment https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/295/#acomment-296 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:23:06 +0200 up and downstream systems

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization

What else can be affected by BoPCUS 3?

]]> 6a0275d8c2b9d60c06ee4db47a9a8c7f Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: What else can be affected by BoPCUS 3? https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/295/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:17:46 +0200 What else can be affected by BoPCUS 3?

]]> 2 86ca81e0de36e18480393ca829266610 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Value reporting is crucial. Nkosi raises this as very important... https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/294/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:17:13 +0200 Value reporting is crucial. Nkosi raises this as very important…

]]> 0 6543e951f25e947913b5974857da292e Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: it is about ringfencing the functionality. But […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/293/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:16:44 +0200 it is about ringfencing the functionality. But let’s include the process of reporting as it is part of the scope.

]]> 0 bd1518321ae7a23d76e9750b5129d7ca Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Lungile agrees: Scoping for this project was a bit of […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/292/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:14:53 +0200 Lungile agrees: Scoping for this project was a bit of an unknown. We have scope firmed up.

Marcus expresses importance of understanding the difference in data that defines scope.

]]> 0 90efe55abf75130fb94579ea23327519 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: We are starting with the strategy https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/291/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:13:03 +0200 We are starting with the strategy

]]> 0 2790047ac7607419ec0a6f1061312e7d Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Let the games begin!!! Marcus taking the team through […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/290/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:12:48 +0200 Let the games begin!!! Marcus taking the team through the idea around using peopletech in the context of powerups

]]> 0 45e5e409d48ef1f26a840711281fb001 Martin started the discussion PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp 1 - Feedback in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/powerup-bopcus-3-powerup-1-feedback/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:43:53 +0200 PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp 1 - Feedback

Hello guys,

Big thank you for participating in today’s session. Please post your comments or feedback on today’s session here. If you want to review the session, you can access the video here:

https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/

]]> a30a9160bf41bd708390dbe65fb8bbcf Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: If anyone are having difficulty accessing the video […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/283/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:32:09 +0200 If anyone are having difficulty accessing the video of today’s session, I have uploaded it to YouTube:

https://youtu.be/gNchngheolM

]]> 0 b6d9ea1ab9abb2f77e6b87b9f07f0494 Martin posted an update in the group SQE API and Service Virtualization: Hello guys, The video recording for […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/281/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:13:41 +0200 Hello guys,

The video recording for today’s PowerUp:

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/0093dae2-5fab-4fda-9a25-9c04269a5bf0

]]> 1 0c85c8723a52f36631f608852934e8ec Martin started the discussion Quality Engineering Strategy in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/quality-engineering-strategy/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:50:19 +0200 Quality Engineering Strategy

This is the strategy draft as background to the BOPCUS 3 project:

https://peopletech.co.za/wp-content/uploads/Test-Strategy-BoPCUS-3.1-Lesotho-Draft.docx

@Jerome @Lesley @Lungi @Kini @Marcus @Nkosi

]]> 0c353c41ce87af424e7dd15a28ab7b2b Martin started the discussion PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp Agenda in the forum Service Virtualization Forum https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sqe-api-and-service-virtualization/forum/discussions/powerup-bopcus-3-powerup-agenda/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:49:04 +0200 PowerUp - BOPCUS 3 - PowerUp Agenda

Hello Team,

The proposed agenda for this (and next) week’s PowerUps is below:

Please provide your input or feedback by responding to this discussion thread.

@Lesley @Kini @Nkosi @Marcus @Lungi @Jerome @Marcus

  • Introduction – Lean Quality Engineering (overview of the strategy)
  • Aligning Quality Engineering to…

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]]> d30661446f91e65f3e8cf48091830bef Martin started the discussion Time and Accountability PowerUp - The concept of Work in Progress limits in the forum Time accounting for value measurement https://peopletech.co.za/groups/time-accounting-for-value-measurement/forum/discussions/time-and-accountability-powerup-the-concept-of-work-in-progress-limits/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 07:23:50 +0200 Time and Accountability PowerUp - The concept of Work in Progress limits

What are Work in Progress Limits? Let’s say you select 3 items to work on for a particular day and you have decided that you want to finish all three on the day. Item 1 will take 4 hours, item 2 will take 2 hours, but item 3 will require 6 hours. Would you be able to finish these 3 items in an 8 hour day? What should you do?

@Kini and @Lungi .…

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]]> ac8bc30a46522b3c682d49be4ee69d22 Martin started the discussion Time and Accountability PowerUp - The concept of PULL in the forum Time accounting for value measurement https://peopletech.co.za/groups/time-accounting-for-value-measurement/forum/discussions/time-and-accountability-powerup-the-concept-of-pull/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 07:19:36 +0200 Time and Accountability PowerUp - The concept of PULL

@Lungi and @Kini :

The video below highlights the concept of pull in Kanban:

Also read the short article here (if you cannot access the video):

https://dzone.com/articles/kanban-pull-system-a-simple-way-to-improve-softwar

Please add your feedback… 🙂

]]> d8e1d21db106446b8b70843bf9e4e639 Martin posted an update in the group Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing: The Continuous Integration PowerUp page is now live. […] https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/272/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:32:16 +0200 The Continuous Integration PowerUp page is now live. Go check it out here:

https://peopletech.co.za/ci-powerup-recipe/

]]> 0 3651a50e0ba30779d082b7ef70b32149 Martin started the discussion Your Understanding of Digital Commuting in the forum Digital Pause Area https://peopletech.co.za/groups/digital-pause-area/forum/discussions/your-understanding-of-digital-commuting/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:31:51 +0200 Your Understanding of Digital Commuting

What is Digital Commuting?

What is your expectations of the information and learning contained in this recipe?

How will you apply it in your new context (working remotely)?

Why would what you will learn be of value to you?

]]> f4df80025bd51230bbfd858791315ea1 Martin started the discussion Your understanding of Time Management and Accountability in the forum Time accounting for value measurement https://peopletech.co.za/groups/time-accounting-for-value-measurement/forum/discussions/your-understanding-of-time-management-and-accountability/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:31:45 +0200 Your understanding of Time Management and Accountability

What do you understand under Time and Accountability?

How would a better understanding be applied in your context?

Why would a better understanding of Time and Accountability be useful in your context?

]]> c884f7cb43f751deb6ad027469f94e5e Martin started the discussion Your Understanding of Specification by Example in the forum Specification By Example https://peopletech.co.za/groups/sbe-learning-group/forum/discussions/your-understanding-of-specification-by-example/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:19:59 +0200 Your Understanding of Specification by Example

What is your understanding of Specification by Example?

How would it be of benefit to you in your current context?

Why is it of value to you?

]]> 9f888067f89f9df605142403159c382f Martin started the discussion Your Understanding of Continuous Integration in the forum Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing https://peopletech.co.za/groups/continuous-integration-and-continuous-testing/forum/discussions/your-understanding-of-continuous-integration/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:55:41 +0200 Your Understanding of Continuous Integration

What is your understanding of Continuous Integration and Testing?

How would it be of benefit to you in your current context?

Why is it of value to you?

]]> 9b18873ef45ea3b936025123a0137aa9 Martin posted an update: Feeling frustrated. I just don't have enough time in the day.... https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/255/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:13:05 +0200 Feeling frustrated. I just don’t have enough time in the day….

]]> 1 db3aad01a5aaee99b025d9f896d854c4 Martin replied to the discussion Working from home - the challenges in the forum Digital Pause Area https://peopletech.co.za/groups/digital-pause-area/forum/discussions/working-from-home-the-challenges/#post-50296 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:06:02 +0200 Reply to Working from home - the challenges

Another challenge is we have a tendency to no longer be innovative….has anyone picked up on this?

]]> 9ba7e4d0e219eaf05b655acb143feef2 Martin: The site is live @CEODB https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/253/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 09:06:21 +0200 The site is live @CEODB

]]> 1 c11e31ea9a9cc2af2d041956c9f8af8c Martin joined the group Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing https://peopletech.co.za/news-feed/p/252/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 14:21:48 +0200 0