Why this blog?
I’ve spent much of my career assessing and improving software delivery organizations. Along the way, I became increasingly interested in the assessment itself: What constitutes evidence? How should confidence be communicated? Are we assessing processes, or capabilities? And can assessment methodology be separated from domain knowledge?
This blog is a collection of field notes rather than finished theories. It’s where I explore ideas, question assumptions, and try to develop clearer concepts based on practical experience and ongoing reflection.
While many examples come from software quality and testing, my interest is broader: evidence-based assessment of organizational capabilities and the models we use to understand them.
Why “Field Notes”?
These aren’t polished frameworks or universal truths. They’re observations from practice, hypotheses in development, and attempts to make sense of recurring patterns I’ve encountered over the years. Some ideas will mature. Others will be discarded. The purpose is not to be right, but to make my thinking visible and open to scrutiny.