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Sporadic blogging...
Submitted by Antony Marcano on Tue, 26/02/2008 - 15:27.Quite a few people have been asking me what I've been up to lately... Partly because my blogging has been sporadic... partly because they haven't seen me around or heard from me much lately... I'd like to think that this wasn't a grateful observation but was instead because they want me to blog more regularly and see me around more often :-P
So - if you were wondering why my blogging is so sporadic or why I've been a bit quiet and not been around the usual haunts...
So - if you were wondering why my blogging is so sporadic or why I've been a bit quiet and not been around the usual haunts...
Return Of The Son Of Project Voodoo
Submitted by jason@parlezuml.com (Jason Gorman) on Tue, 26/02/2008 - 17:33.Back to my perennial rant. Everybody, sing along!
It's all too easy to delude ourselves that the reason it rained today is because we shook our rain stick and did our little rain dance, or that the reason the boss gave us that promotion is because we used a voodoo doll to control his actions.
And it's even easier for what are essentially support staff - you may know them as managers - to walk away from a project under the misguided impression that the software was delivered by them.
It's all too easy to delude ourselves that the reason it rained today is because we shook our rain stick and did our little rain dance, or that the reason the boss gave us that promotion is because we used a voodoo doll to control his actions.
And it's even easier for what are essentially support staff - you may know them as managers - to walk away from a project under the misguided impression that the software was delivered by them.
When to Test Manually and When to Automate
Submitted by SteveRowe on Tue, 26/02/2008 - 18:36.There's a balancing act in testing between automation and manual testing. Over my time at Microsoft I've seen the pendulum swing back and forth between extensive manual testing and almost complete automation. As I've written before, the best answer lies somewhere in the middle. The question then becomes how to decide what to automate and what to test manually. Before answering that question, a quick diversion into the advantages of each model will be useful.
Agile Open Northwest 2008 - Mar. 18-19 in Seattle, WA
Submitted by Wayne Allen on Tue, 26/02/2008 - 19:42. |
I attended AONW last year and had a fabulous time. It was great to reconnect with some of the local practitioners and have some really interesting conversations and be introduced to new idea. |
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