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Judy Rhodes

Hartford Steam Boiler; Rhodes-West Consulting LLC

Sr. QA Technical Consultant; QA Architect



Managing Member and Founder of Rhodes-West Consulting Builder of guitars (electric and acoustic) Quality Assurance Professional with experience in organizational creation, expansion, management and training Project management consultant with specific experience with one on one PM coaching and consulting for new project managers Builder of stereo tube amplifiers Prince2PM Builder of full range speakers including enclosures Business analysis consultant Automation consultant with experience in the creation of automation departments and teams, development of automation frameworks and implementation of automation strategies 14+ year veteran of USAF, USAF Res and ANG Attorney Lic. Nebraska BA in Philosophy University of Dayton JD UD Law Pilot in training Hobbyist designer of home theaters and portable projection solutions Business Process Engineering/Re-engineering consultant Clients have included Cigna Healthcare, MetLife, Hartford Steam Boiler, The Hartford Sr. QA Technical Consultant Hartford Steam Boiler Architect of VMWare testing framework and practice at Hartford Steam Boiler

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Where worlds collide.... Pt.1

Friday August 6th 2010 8am 1 0 Comments Project Management Quality Assurance Testing
I got my first request two weeks ago. A consulting firm called me and asked if I was available to take a position as a Quality Assurance Project Manager. Then last week, several requests for a Testing PM.... Hmmmm, I think I see a trend....
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Why we really need to do performance testing....

Tuesday July 20th 2010 5pm 2 4 Comments Best Practices Performance
Okay, there are probably lots of reasons why people feel that they need performance testing done on an application - complaints from users or customers, wanting to baseline the app at inception, because they read somewhere that they should, the monetized value of error avoidance.... I'm sure there are other reasons. But I think there is a much simpler reason, read on and find out what it is....
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In response to “Are we in the business of Quality Assurance or Quality Review?” by Rich Hand

Tuesday July 6th 2010 2pm 5 3 Comments Quality Assurance
Let me start out by saying that I love this article! This is an area of real concern for me as a professional in the software testing industry and I think that others need to give this some serious thought. Normally, I’d start out by giving someone the chance to take me down but in this instance I don’t think it’s possible at this point…..
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The ethics of Courageous Testing

Thursday June 17th 2010 10am 1 3 Comments Testing
Is the conversation about ethics limited to the instances of risk associated with bad behavior or is there more to this? Do we need to consider an ethic which addresses the thousand deeds we do, witness and tolerate in ourselves and our peers which contribute to the constant struggles that under performing teams experience? Cyber-terrorism may be sexy and hacking for the "better good" may make us feel vindicated and as though we're living on the edge, champions of courage. But maybe we need to look at the decisions that bring us to the brink in the first place. One's we make everyday. Maybe that is the real ethical conversation that needs to be had....
Anonymous

Let's Embrace the Right Practices

Friday June 4th 2010 8am 2 3 Comments Best Practices Test and QA
I can't help it. I feel compelled to respond to the article written in STP entitled "A Good-Bye To ‘Best’ Practices". I love that someone is putting this issue on the table but I respectfully disagree with the author. We as the community of testing professionals needs to address the issue of "best practices" with a response that is something more erudite than ".... I've never figured out what that means therefore there probably aren't any...." Not only is this unprofessional, it's also inaccurate. Let's consider the question from a different perspective....
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