A new TMMi Foundation white paper has been released on the Benefits of TMMi in Software Testing.  The paper also involved a ChatGPT experiment, this too is described in this paper. Now available for download.

Both TMMi Professional sample papers (A & B) have been updated. You freely use them while preparing for an official TMMi Professional exam, or just try them to find how much you already know regarding TMMi and maybe take the exam thereafter.

At the ISTQB General Assembly in Poland, a new to the ISTQB Foundation syllabus (version 2023) has been released. This new syllabus and also sample questions are now available. It is providing much more content on Agile Testing .

In Schiedam (The Netherlands) Erik won the Dutch table tennis championships for veterans (players 40)+ in both singles and doubles (with Peter van den Sande). In both finals there was a very convincing 3-0 win.

A new white paper has been released on the CMMI V2.0 assessments using MDD and it possible influence on TMMi assessments. The paper was written by Katalin Balla, Jan Jaap Cannegieter and Erik van Veenendaal.

Erik will be the opening keynote at the iSQE conference in Jiaozuo (China) talking about Digital Transformation and the impact of Software Product Quality, with an emphasis on what it means for software testing.

Erik nominated as an honory member of the Bonaire Table Tennis Associated (BTTB). “For his time, dedication and passion to support BTTB in developing table tennis on Bonaire, and also for being the president for many years, supporting the board.”

A new version of TAMAR (TMMi Assessment Method Application Requirements) has been released (R1.1). This new version shows the compliance of TAMAR with ISO 33002 “Requirements for performing process assessment”.

During the Bonaire table tennis championships, Erik has won the title in mens doubles together with Almar Nicolaas. After already winning together in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021, it was their 6th doubles title.

Re-elected as a member of the council of the Dutch Table Tennis Association (NTTB) for the constituency region Eindhoven. Continuing to make a (small) contribution to table tennis in The Netherlands.