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Category Archives: Business of Testing
Don’t Wait, Take – A Smart Approach to Testing
It is common for testing to be given constraints around schedule, budget, team members/skills, and even tools. So, when you are asked to step out of this box and propose what you think is needed for the next project, a … Continue reading
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Tagged process improvement, risk driven, ROI, software testing, test management, value add
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Strategy: Surviving Contact by Using Mobilization and Governance
This post is in response to the latest View from the Q blog on Strategy. I don’t have anything to add to the formation of a strategy, as Bill Troy addressed this subject concisely and effectively. Instead I will place … Continue reading
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Tagged process improvement, software testing
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Did Sesame Street Impact the Adoption of Agile Methodology?
History of Sesame Street The first episode of Sesame Street aired in November 1969. It was aimed at preschoolers and was based on any number of research studies. ‘It wanted to be an educational program due to the common thought … Continue reading
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Quality Without Governance = Disaster
I found another example of how an organization’s governance undermined its quality discoveries, to the detriment of its customers and society at large. GM Cobalt Delayed Recall The link describes a scenario where General Motors recalled its 2005-2007 Chevy Cobalt … Continue reading
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Tagged people, process improvement, quality gates, software testing
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We Are Not The Quality Police
I started my testing career as part of a user group that did analysis, technical writing, training and testing in the Systems Department of an insurance company at a time when having nontechnical people involved in software development was very … Continue reading
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Tagged high performance teams, people, software testing, test management
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It’s Raid Night! Gamification for Software Test Teams?
I presented “It’s Raid Night! Gamification for Software Test Teams?” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group and I wanted to share that material with you. People, processes and technology are the pillars of any company, but without … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive biases, gamification, high performance teams, people, software testing
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Test Management: Leading Your Team To Success (Course Extract)
I have extracted a small deck of slides from my course “Test Management: Leading Your Team To Success”. Hope you enjoy. You can download the slides here: Test Management – Leading Your Test Team to Success (Course Extract)
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Tagged high performance teams, people, software testing, test management
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A Remote Tester’s Perspective – The Challenges and Solutions
On October 27, 2011, Keith McIntosh presented “A Remote Tester’s Perspective: The Challenges and Solutions” at the Software Test Professionals Conference in Dallas, Texas. Much has been written on the many challenges associated with remote testing locations whether they are onshore, nearshore or offshore. The … Continue reading
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Tagged high performance teams, outsourcing, people, process improvement, software testing, test management, value add
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Role of Outsourcing: Finding Your Vision
On February 24, 2011, I presented “Role of Outsourcing: Finding Your Vision” to VANQ.org, the Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group and I wanted to share that material with you. Consciously deciding your outsourcing approach is similar to choosing to … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, outsourcing, people, software testing
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Regression Testing – Strategic and Risk-driven, Can You Afford Not To?
Planning your testing effort for the next project: How much time do you have? How many people do you have? _How_ big was that scope again? As testing is virtually always constrained with not enough time, not enough people, not … Continue reading
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