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27 authors, 23 chapters, 10 months in development and ...

Tuesday November 10th 2009 2pm Rated 1 35 Comments Agile Testing
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History of Ideas in Software Testing

Monday March 23rd 2009 2am Rated 4 21 Comments Agile Performance Automation Metrics Development Acceptance Exploratory Functional Integration Process Software Strategy Testing Teams Unit Six Sigma selenium Web
Yesterday I started reading Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams by Crispin and Gregory.

... nor tolerate those among us who do

Tuesday December 8th 2009 4pm Rated 0 18 Comments Agile Management Project Management
The World Agile Qualification Board has, for a second time, plagiarized the work of Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin by cutting and pasting the outline for their book and using it as a course outline - without permission or attribution.

Visual Test Challenge

Thursday September 24th 2009 12pm Rated 0 12 Comments Agile selenium
First, the video: Seriously, please, watch the video.

STP’s eSeminar: “The Great Agile Debate”

Thursday August 6th 2009 7am Rated 0 12 Comments Services Agile
Two of the industry’s leaders debate the pros and cons of working in an agile environment. Become a standard or premium member to have access to this 90 min. debate.
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Why Agile? Why Now?

Thursday November 5th 2009 8pm Rated 1 10 Comments Agile Automation Development Software Testing
I've noticed something really odd in the past three months - I've started to write articles about Agile Software Testing.

Conferences on the cheap

Monday January 18th 2010 3pm Rated 0 9 Comments Agile Development Open Source Process Quality Assurance Software Testing Unit Research
I went to my first major software conference in 2003 - the Open Source Conference in Portland, Oregon.

Golden Rules of Testing

Tuesday May 10th 2011 11am Rated 48 8 Comments Agile Testing Process Management Automation Acceptance Integration
I've put together what I think are the golden rules of testing that still apply. So when someone says "that's not how we do it in Agile" (and believe me - they will) don't take none of it and stick with the basics.
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Models Models Everywhere

Tuesday January 12th 2010 1pm Rated 1 8 Comments Agile Performance Software Testing
I've made no secret of my disappointment in the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model.

The Agile Process Creates Testing Puzzles... Which Are Solved When Agile Is Performed Correctly

Wednesday July 1st 2009 7am Rated 0 8 Comments Agile Development Process Performance Software Testing Unit User Requirements
Boon the mankind or over-hyped fad? Read this point-counterpoint and decide for yourself.
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The Meme's the thing

Friday July 31st 2009 3pm Rated -1 8 Comments Agile Automation Development Acceptance Software Testing
At the very end of yesterday's post I mentioned Yo Dawg.

Who builds the Test Scenarios?

Tuesday June 7th 2011 8am Rated 18 7 Comments Agile Test and QA Requirements
My favorite book is Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. Without ruining the book for those that have not read it there is a great quote in the book. The phrase “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes” is Latin for “Who guards the guards” I believe this is from the Roman poet Juvenal. The interesting point here is on an Agile team when the developers build and run unit tests, or even integration tests, who checks these?
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The creative tester

Thursday April 2nd 2009 12pm Rated 0 7 Comments Agile Testing
My latest post to the Agile-Testing List:I heard an interesting line awhile back from James Bach; I will paraphrase him.

Ways to Improve Your Software Testing Skills

Wednesday September 1st 2010 8am Rated 17 6 Comments Test and QA Conference Presentations Development How To Training Agile Black Box Software Testing Software Test Professionals Conference
Ongoing self-discovery and learning have been critical in my own skills growth, and in managing test departments. Even after mastering a technique or achieving a desired outcome, my experiences have shown there is always a better way to do something. Learning new skills is critical for being able to discover those improvements.
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Tips on Improving Test Coverage

Monday August 9th 2010 3am Rated 9 6 Comments Testing Agile Management Automation Development Functional Process Software Strategy Software Test Professionals Conference
I guess you are familiar with the situation. Testers have finished performing all planned tests and finally there are no high priority defects left unresolved. After the celebration is over, the application goes to production. The next day some customers are already complaining that they can’t even install the product. The whole engineering organization is embarrassed. why did it work in the testing lab, but not work in the customers’ environments? how did we miss the bugs that the customers reported? The subject of this article is to answer these tough questions by using proven practical tips.
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Don'ts of Automation

Tuesday January 25th 2011 1pm Rated 7 6 Comments Agile Automation
Let's talk about some common mistakes organizations make while hurrying up on the automation effort. Some of the DONTs in this article are applicable for any kind of software considered for automation while others are strictly catered to testing e-commerce applications...
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New Ways of Thinking in Software Testing

Monday November 28th 2011 6pm Rated 11 5 Comments Agile Software Test and QA Technology Strategy Process Editorial
Five years ago, Cem Kaner held up his cell phone.

Test Automation - IV

Friday August 3rd 2007 11am Rated 1 5 Comments Agile Security Automation Functional Testing Tools
Right now one of the "louder voices in the room" for test automation is the "Agile" test automation voice.

The Four Pillars of Testing in an Agile Environment

Wednesday July 1st 2009 7am Rated 0 5 Comments Agile Automation Development Exploratory Regression Acceptance Testing Unit Requirements
What’s most important when implementing agile testing in our organization? Learn from a self-made vertical solution provider who brought agile methods to his own company.
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Er, Um ... What?

Friday June 19th 2009 10am Rated 0 5 Comments Video Agile
//Meta: Unlike most of my blog posts, which I try hard to have concrete, detailed, and well explored before posting, this idea is not fully-formed.
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