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Bruce Butler, PEng.

Omnex Control Systems

Senior System Validation Engineer

Bruce Butler (a.k.a. a software developer’s worst nightmare) has 29 years of experience designing and testing embedded software systems in such diverse areas as mining automation, autonomous underwater vehicles, electronic charting, vessel surveillance, marine navigation and telecommunications. Bruce is registered as a Professional Engineer in British Columbia, Canada, is a Senior Member in the American Society for Quality and is certified by the ASQ as a Software Quality Engineer. When he's not making life miserable for software developers, Bruce likes to participate in ultramarathons and triathlons.

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Purposeful Clumsiness

Tuesday April 10th 2012 12am 19 11 Comments Test and QA

I generally take an analytical approach to testing. I evaluate the system under test and its requirements, develop an overall test strategy, then generate a set of test cases that fully exercise the system's functional, non-functional and performance requirements. I also use ad hoc and exploratory testing when it's appropriate. Together, those testing methodologies have served me well.

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Reflections on Software Testing

Thursday April 21st 2011 10am 5 1 Comment Testing Process Management Software

Testing software for a living is challenging. The habits and traits that make a good tester are well known: the mind of a detective; good attention to detail; tenacity; skepticism; a passion for analysis; curiousity; enjoying seeing things break; understanding how software is designed and coded; etc. Unfortunately, the better you are at testing, the more likely it is you’ll have to deal with the politics and inter-personal issues that arise from being the bearer of bad news.

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