Tackling Quality At Board Level - Removing The Rose-Tinted Glasses
Submitted by jason@parlezuml.com (Jason Gorman) on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 16:35.It seems to be a fact of organisational life that the further up the chain of command you climb, the more removed from reality you become.
For example, the chairman of Acme Supermarkets Plc might genuinely believe that their stores offer a friendly, enthusiastic and efficient service.
And the director of the IT department in Acme Supermarkets Plc might genuinely believe that the systems they create and support are reliable and of a generally high quality.
For example, the chairman of Acme Supermarkets Plc might genuinely believe that their stores offer a friendly, enthusiastic and efficient service.
And the director of the IT department in Acme Supermarkets Plc might genuinely believe that the systems they create and support are reliable and of a generally high quality.
Process VS People oriented test management
Submitted by Ainars Galvans on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 14:16. people issuesOnce upon a time I cared about tester certification. I’m tired to be. There is but one lesson I learned - just as scripted and exploratory testing are two extremes of all the possible testing approach, there process-oriented and people(skill)-oriented test management styles. And it does matter which one your manager is… I don’t like to work with process-oriented managers – this is something to remember when new opportunities will appear either within my own organization or outside.
CoTestive - a comprehensive testing tool
Submitted by webmaster@testdriven.com (Links) on Thu, 08/05/2008 - 16:54.CoTestive is a new testing framework. At the time of this posting, it is in its very early stages; about 90% NUnit compatible. It's goals are to be:
1. NUnit & MbUnit compliant
2. FIT compliant
3. Extensible
In essence, it is slated to be comprehensive - a single testing framework that is developer-friendly, customer friendly, and extensible to suit the changing n
1. NUnit & MbUnit compliant
2. FIT compliant
3. Extensible
In essence, it is slated to be comprehensive - a single testing framework that is developer-friendly, customer friendly, and extensible to suit the changing n
Pex at Agile 2008
Submitted by Jonathan de Halleux on Thu, 08/05/2008 - 16:40.We'll be at Agile 2008 presenting "Exploratory Test Driven Development: Red,Yellow, Green, Refactor".
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Conscientious Uncertification
Submitted by james on Thu, 08/05/2008 - 15:11.I’m thinking of having badges made which say “Conscientiously Uncertified.” It’s for those of us who want to resist the dumbing down of our craft by cynical consultants promoting bogus tester certification programs.For me, when I see that someone is certified as CSTE, ISEB, ISTQB, or CSTQE, I immediately think “there goes someone who was [...]
I don’t use math in performance testing, do I ?
Submitted by Ainars Galvans on Thu, 08/05/2008 - 14:26. performance testingI’ve seen testers recommending The Art of War or Weinberg books which are not about testing at all. I’ve also seen performance testers recommending knowledge of probability theory, statistics and modeling principles. I don’t apply this knowledge in performance testing myself – well at least not directly. I never think about things like distribution function, mean deviation, etc. Do you? Don’t I ?!
Executable Acceptance Tests Could Drive Development Rather Than UI Mock-ups
Submitted by jason@parlezuml.com (Jason Gorman) on Thu, 08/05/2008 - 14:04.Gojko Adzic is a jolly nice chap who offers some jolly sensible advice about how we can use acceptance tests to act as executable specifications - described entirely in business terms - to drive the design and implementation of our software.
He's dead right, of course. So right, in fact, that maybe he doesn't know how right he is. I would
He's dead right, of course. So right, in fact, that maybe he doesn't know how right he is. I would
Entertaining Company
Submitted by darrell on Wed, 07/05/2008 - 22:03.Apparently there is a "mobile alcohol breath testing" company for events in the United Kingdom. It's name? Blow Me.
Don't let the Emperor catch you drinking!
