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How would you test this?

Tuesday September 29th 2009 12pm Rated 1 18 Comments User
Last Tuesday I went to XPWestMichigan, where we talked about craft in software development.

Evaluating Mobile User Experience

Friday July 27th 2012 12am Rated 7 9 Comments Mobile User Quality Assurance
User Experience (UX), a term that first appeared a decade ago, still has no formal definition or standard. So its not surprising that as mobile applications inundate the app stores, mobile user experience is starting to garner serious attention because some app developers are wondering why their app is not getting much uptake while others who may have less features for more money are.

Best New Software Test Writing

Friday September 4th 2009 12pm Rated 0 8 Comments Software Testing User
Over the summer, I've noticed a trend that bothers me just a little.

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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Getting started with web automation: A Java approach to Selenium

Tuesday November 23rd 2010 1pm Rated 17 5 Comments selenium Unit User podcast Tools
The article is part 1 of a 3 part series. The series is about automation of web applications using Selenium. If you are unfamiliar with Selenium, I suggest you to go to the Selenium website or listen to Matt Heusser‘s podcast on Selenium before proceeding.
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A Brief History of Software Testing

Friday July 16th 2010 6pm Rated 17 5 Comments Test and QA Metrics Development Acceptance Integration Software Testing Unit User
When STP announced the call for nominations for the Software Testing Luminary award, it got me thinking about how software testing came to be a role separate and distinct from software programming with unique and identifiable skills and responsibilities. It also got me thinking about the pioneers who blazed the trails that today’s luminaries strive to bring out of the shadows and into the light, sometimes revealing new trails along the way that improve software’s journey through what I like to call “testerland”.
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Another Day in the Life of a Tester

Tuesday June 14th 2011 12am Rated 6 5 Comments Testing Career User
“ The first step of being successful is showing up on time. Today was not that day.”
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Automatic Automation

Monday May 3rd 2010 1pm Rated 2 4 Comments Automation User
Not too long ago, and not too far away, I was a software developer for an insurance company, and I worked on a system called filemover.

You Want to Launch When? Mobile App Testing Tips for Startups

Thursday May 19th 2011 12am Rated 7 3 Comments Mobile Testing Automation Functional Strategy User Web
The purpose of this article is to provide some essential tips and examples of how the world ’s most promising companies test their mobile apps .
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Improving User Interface Automation – Measurement and Design

Tuesday October 27th 2009 7am Rated 0 3 Comments Newsletters Test and QA Automation User
The success of your user interface automation depends on having a smart navigation design. I will try to show how using a web-like design rather than the traditional tree will provide more accurate test counts, improve coverage, make tests easier to write and, best of all, make your test suite rock on even when big bugs appear.
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The Secret Skill – How to Sell Testing

Tuesday August 23rd 2011 12am Rated 4 2 Comments Testing Performance Management Services Development Software Project Management Technology User Training
We’ve all had that after meeting discussion with ourselves of, “I thought I explained that point clearly to them. I couldn’t get them to buy-in to what I was talking about. Why don’t they see my point, they just don’t get it.” Sound familiar? It wasn’t that they didn’t get it; it was a problem with how you sold it. You didn’t know about the secret skill.
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A bug story

Wednesday January 19th 2011 11am Rated 4 2 Comments Software Testing Quality Assurance Process Development Acceptance User Web
How do you find corner-case bugs, anyway? Matt Heusser gives a real world example.


Easter Eggs,Brown M&M's, and other goodies

Tuesday March 8th 2011 7am Rated 3 2 Comments Software Test and QA Testing Quality Assurance User
Matt provides a diagnostic test technique he learned from Van Halen. No, seriously.

Case study of the Resource Ordering & Status System (ROSS) Project

Monday December 20th 2010 9am Rated 3 2 Comments ST&QA Magazine Project Management Management Development Acceptance Integration Unit User
I started on the Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS) project in August, 2005 at one of the largest government contractors in the United States. The U.S. government uses ROSS to order and status resources for numerous types of incidents, mainly wildfires.
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Data-Driven Modeling Scenarios

Tuesday November 10th 2009 8am Rated 1 2 Comments Test and QA Management Acceptance Software Testing User
To get a clear picture of how a system will perform, create a realistic framework built on real-world data.
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Bacon-Driven Development!

Tuesday April 1st 2008 12pm Rated 0 2 Comments Development Acceptance User
As most folks know, I am increasingly disappointed in X-Driven-Y.

Performance Requirements: An Attempt at a Systematic View

Wednesday June 15th 2011 12am Rated 6 1 Comment Performance Requirements Process Software User
“Response times (in the case of interactive work) or processing times (in the case of batch jobs or scheduled activities) define how fast requests should be processed.”
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The continuing saga of bungalow bill the tester

Tuesday December 7th 2010 11am Rated 5 1 Comment Software Testing Leadership Test and QA Process User
Matt tells a story about an early experience with testing, and what value testers can bring
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