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STP Question Series - Question 1

Friday January 18th 8am Rated 4 10 Comments STP Community News Black Box
It is 2013 and time to try a few new things to shake it up! Many of us have come back from the holiday with a renewed spirit to make a difference, make a change, make a mark, and make it up! (Just checking to make sure you are still with me).

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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Building Your Testing Reputation

Monday March 7th 2011 10am Rated 16 4 Comments Testing Development Black Box Software
“ You need someone in the organization that can mentor your career goals and believes that you are a good fit for promotion. It helps if that someone is your boss with a direct line to the CEO .”
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The Challenges of the Lone Tester: Learn to Thrive

Tuesday June 14th 2011 12am Rated 13 3 Comments Testing Quality Assurance Agile Development Black Box Software Tools
Many conference presentations and articles in industry magazines discuss how to improve communication and methodologies for test teams, or how to be an effective test team manager.
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A pointer to TWiST #27 - and a bonus

Friday January 7th 2011 11am Rated 3 2 Comments Interviews Software Testing Black Box podcast
This week Matt Heusser interviews 'doc' Cem Kaner

The Gap

Tuesday August 28th 2012 2pm Rated 2 2 Comments Testing Software Acceptance Automation Black Box
Where Matt talks about the Gap between automated checks at the browser level and what human beings actually do

Unit Testing Frameworks

Monday November 6th 2006 12pm Rated 0 2 Comments Black Box Software Testing Unit
I just posted this to the BBST (Black Box Software Testing) course discussion list; I thought it might be worth repeating here:If you aren't excited about the nUnit test automation frameworks, Test::Tutorial is an excellent alternative, if Perl-centric:http://www.

Give Yourself the Gift of Time by Developing Your Resources

Wednesday December 1st 2010 6am Rated 6 1 Comment Testing Performance Management Development Black Box Process Software White Box Tools
Test managers in this fast-paced world have an ever increasing demand on their time and higher expectations of delivering a quality software product. We are all pressed for time and you can never recapture wasted time. So, how do you give yourself more time? One of the most effective means is to develop your team’s software testing skills.
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Configuration Testing Tip

Tuesday August 24th 2010 10am Rated 5 1 Comment Testing Automation Development Teams Management Services Metrics Black Box Open Source Process Quality Assurance Software Strategy Software Test Professionals Conference Requirements Web
In my recent paper published in the July/August issue of the ST&QA magazine, I gave tips on improving test coverage
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When should a test run unattended V

Thursday August 23rd 2012 12pm Rated 1 1 Comment Testing Software Automation Acceptance Black Box
Where Matt talks about a serious problem with the term 'test automation'

STP Collaborative Launches Professional Development Division

Monday March 1st 2010 8am Rated 1 1 Comment Membership STP Community News Agile Performance Development Black Box Software Testing Training
STP Collaborative is pleased to announce the formation of its STP Professional Development division and to introduce Abbie Caracostas, director of training and professional development.
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Break the Black Box Barrier!

Monday September 1st 2008 7am Rated 1 1 Comment Future Test Black Box Testing Research
A trainer of Microsoft testers breaks out of the black box.
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We’re All Part of the Story

Wednesday July 1st 2009 7am Rated 0 1 Comment Test and QA Agile Automation Technology Certification Black Box Cloud Software Testing Unit Web
The test industry has no shortage of characters, nor accompanying points of view about how to test, train, and advance careers. The industry’s notables weigh in on the state of software testing.
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2007 - Potential Tutorials

Wednesday November 1st 2006 1pm Rated 0 1 Comment Agile Management Automation Development Acceptance Black Box How To Integration Leadership Regression Software Testing Requirements Career
I also have a ideas that could turn into half-to-multi day tutorials.

Feedback again

Tuesday October 24th 2006 5pm Rated 0 1 Comment Black Box Software Testing Unit
Due to issues with blogger I had to repost this.

TWiST #58 - with Brett Leonard

Friday August 12th 2011 4am Rated 1 0 Comments Automation Test and QA Software Testing Training Black Box Load podcast
Where Matt Heusser talks with iSqFt.com (that's i Square Foot) test manager Brett Leonard and compares social construction and financial services... wait, what?
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STP Collaborative Launches Professional Development Division

Monday March 1st 2010 8am Rated 1 0 Comments Membership Agile Performance Development Black Box Software Testing Training
“Our courses include hands-on exercises and real-world examples that testers can immediately implement in their own testing organizations,” she adds. “Our training events also off er test and QA professionals a valuable opportunity to network and share their challenges and solutions, ideas and knowledge.”
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Testers Taking Too Long?

Monday July 14th 2008 1am Rated 0 0 Comments Video Agile Development Black Box Software Testing
We had a question on the Michigan Agile Enthusist's list - the team was doing Scrum, four devs and a tester, and the testing was taking too long.

Aligning Testing With Its Context

Friday December 1st 2006 8am Rated 0 0 Comments Test and QA Automation Metrics Performance Black Box Software Testing Requirements Training Web
As testers, we manage confidence, report on risk—and ask questions to create tests that resonate with context.
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Taming The Security Beast

Thursday September 1st 2005 7am Rated 0 0 Comments Security Black Box Functional White Box Exploratory Software Testing User Web
Grab a whip and chair; it’s a jungle out there. Hackers, crackers, script kiddies-they’re all just waiting for you to slip up.
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