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Articles and Publications
In addition to books where Matt made a major contribution, he has also been involved as a contributor, reviewer, or reference in several other publications: You can find Matt in the credits as a peer reviewer: Robert Martin’s prior book Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Jim Brosseu’s Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success Scott Bain’s Emergent [...]
An interview column with new, upcoming, exciting, and important people in the world of software testing, where the questions come from the readers! (Matt also does some guest articles) An Interview with Perze Ababa (On Pg. 22), July 2012 Where Marlena Compton interviews Matt! (On Pg. 24), May 2012 An Interview with Michael Lyles (On [...]
Chris McMahon and I did a two-year column, back when STQA Magazine was called Software Test & Performance. It was a good run, at least we thought so. I am most proud of our article “When Software Absolutely, positively must work”, but would also argue there is not a bad apple in the barrell. The [...]
Ongoing interviews about new developments in the world of software development, testing, and general IT. Managing the Unmanageable: An Interview, October 2012 Driving Your Development With Acceptance Tests: An Interview with Markus Gaertner, October 2012 The Essence of Scrum: An Interview with Kenny Rubin, October 2012 Mobile Application Testing on a Shoestring, June 2012 Seven Ways [...]
Loads of articles, mostly on quality, testing, and the human side of software development, for SearchSoftwareQuality. A free registration may be required. Software Testing Conference Spotlight: Agile Testing Open Northwest, November, 2012 Shifting Roles in Test and QA Management, September 2012 Defining the role of the Agile Project Manager, August 2012 Process Improvement: Automate and [...]
More how-to’s, and a few “who’s who” lists, for SoftwareQualityConnection. What Medieval Castles can teach you about Web Security, May 2012 25 Agilists to Follow on Twitter, May 2011 Three Years of Scrum at Socialtext, March 2011 Four Ways to Make the Ship/No-Ship Decision, January 2011 29 Testers to Follow of Twitter
Considering the Modern Technology Career, Stickyminds.com, also Techwell, September 2012 Serious Acceptance Checking, Stickyminds.com, also Techwell, May 2012 Blending Automation Approaches, Techwell, April 2012 The Boutique Tester Revisited, Techwell, February 2012 Lessons Learned from Socialtext, Techwell, January 2012 Ten Thoughts on Technical Debt, Better Software Magazine, October 2011 Software Testing Enters the Cloud, Stickyminds, May [...]
Blogging on personal finance and investing 5 More Ways To Live Below Your Means (Adaptu.com), August 2011 Credit Card Conundrum (Adaptu.com), July 2011 The Two Income Trap — and How to Avoid It (Adaptu.com), June 2011 Five Ways to Live Below Your Means (Adaptu.com), May 2011
Two years of audio interviews with some of, as my producer claims, the best and brightest minds in the world of software testing. (Hey, he said it, not me.) Podcasting at SoftwareTestPro.com, (Free registration required for current month’s episodes; STP Professional membership required for previous episodes.), Summer 2010-Current
Blogging about software development. Something old, a few things new(er), nothing borrowed, nothing blue. I think. Maybe the hyperlinks. Community Blogging at SoftwareTestPro.com, Fall 2009-Current Uncharted Waters for ITKnowledgeExchange.com, Summer 2011-Current 21st Century IT, mostly on cloud computing, May 2012-Current Point2Security.com, on software security, July 2012-Current Creative Chaos, Matt’s free, public blog , Since 2006 Use.Perl.Org, a blog [...]
Come here what Matt has to say! These are times he is interviewed or recorded. Slashdot Interview on becoming an IT Expert, January 2013 Cloud Security: Read To Rumble?, November 2012 (Pure Video Link) Building Reputation Through Creative Disobedience, November 2012 (One of) Matt’s Lightning Talk(s) on Software Maturity, May 2010 Five Questions with Phil [...]
Matt’s writings on military science, mostly for Cadets in Civil Air Patrol, a decade before he became a consultant. Intro (Actually I): Introduction Issue II: The Myth of False Militarism Issue III: The Myth of Social Activities Issue IV: Content, Collaboration, and Choice Issue V: The Role of the Staff Officer Issue VI: Staff Officers [...]
Matt has also done some writing for Tea-Time with Testers, and Indiana test magazine Interview with a Heusser, (On Pg. 53) Professionalism in Software (On Pg. 25), September 2011
Writing for CIO.com, Dr Dobbs, The Software Development Times, and anyone else who would have me Who Says Agile Development Can’t Be Faster?, CIO.com, March, 2013 A JavaWorld Interview with Jim Showalter, Principle Engineer, Intuit, CIO.com, January, 2013 Interactive Software, Usability Top Innovations at Oredev, CIO.com, January, 2013 How Royal Caribbean Manages IT on a [...]