Mar 1, 2008 | Business of Testing, Management, Process, QA, RBCS, Requirements, Testing, Testing Career, Tools
When You Must Buy Versus Build, There Are Ways To Help You Avoid Any Slip-ups More and more projects involve integration of custom-developed or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components, rather than in-house development or enhancement of software. In effect, these...
Dec 1, 2005 | Leadership, Management, Testing, Testing Career
Twenty years ago, I was a contractor at Lotus Development when they ramped up a huge new database product code-named No Comment (it didn’t ship, but that’s another story). The QA manager found herself with 27 people who didn’t know one another, who had no idea of each...
Oct 1, 2005 | Automation, Management, Testing
Most of the functions of today’s vehicles are controlled by a computer. When your car needs an annual inspection or has a problem, your mechanic plugs in a diagnostic unit and obtains all manner of useful information on its inner workings. Now, why is it that a car...
