So I’m trying to figure out my 2011 (and beyond!) professional development plan. I’ve got a lot of ideas — I like to try a lot of things at the […]
One way to transition to agile
There’s been a little bit of discussion in the blog-o-sphere lately about how to “sell” agile, or how to convince senior managers to “adopt” agile, how to get buy-in and […]
The Drake Equation of Software Testing
In the 1960’s a scientist named Frank Drake came up with a formula to predict the probability of life on other planets — specifically the chance they would evolve to […]
Types of testers and the future – I
Ok, ok, it’s not literally called boutique tester. But listen to this: You: someone who can make guesses about how a website or application is going to fail, prove that […]
CAST 2011 – August 8, 2011, Seattle Washington
If you’ve been waiting with breathless anticipation for announcements on CAST 2011, wait no more: It’s August 8-10 at the Lynwood Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. Note: I am not […]
Quality is a slogan
Some long-time readers may recall that I am a member of the American Society for Quality, one of the larger, older and more influential non-profits in the Quality Space. ASQ […]
On Skill
I just got back from the software test and performance conference in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada – conference write-up here. Just after I got back from the conference, we started […]
Software Test Estimation – VII
So we’ve had a bit of an adventure; I’ve covered three different estimation models, each with a basis that isactually sound. And there’s a problem. The problem is simple: We […]
Interlude – About Software Engineering
(More Test Estimation to come, but first: An Interlude) By now many of us know the standard ‘barbs’ – for example, that when Winston Royce designed the waterfall model, he […]
Test Estimation – VI
So far, we have two ways to predict project outcome: First by comparing the test effort to other projects, and suggesting it is “between the six of project X and […]
Test Estimation – V
So one way to estimate the testing phase (if you have such a thing), or at least testing activities, is to compare the test effort to the development effort or […]
Test Estimation – IV
So far, I’ve pointed out various issues in test estimation, pointing out the fallacies involved in simple ‘naive’ test estimation. I also pointed out that is possible to do some […]
Test Estimation – III
So previously I posted that factors outside our own control make accurately estimating the total test schedule impossible. In addition, I posted that even estimatingf simple, known, static things by […]
On Test Estimation – II
Another post I made to the Agile-Testing Group recently: Here’s a simple estimation excercise. My honest advice is don’t just read it; actually try it. It takes about two minutes. […]
On Test Estimation – I
I posted this yesterday to the Agile-Testing List, thought I would share it here as well: — In agile-testing@yahoogroups.com, “daswartz@…” wrote:>>> Can you help us understand why the QA people […]
Sheep of a different fold
For a few years now I’ve been listening and reading to the work Mary Poppendeick has produced with increasing appreciation. Then last year I had the opportunity to interview Mary […]
What Matt has been up to
Woa. Some cobwebs on Creative Chaos, eh? Seems like Matt Hasn’t been very busy, doesn’t it? Gosh, I sure hope you don’t think that. Let me bring you up to […]
Kaner On Testing
Those of you who read this blog know I’ve probably spent tens, if not hundreds of thousands of words discussing the applicability of hard metrics to the management of software […]
Is Your Software Development Organization Agile?
Elisabeth Hendrickson gave a wonderful keynote on Agile-Testing at STAREast this year, and my Friend Dan Mondello took her definition of Agile and codified it with an article. It’s a […]
Selenium IDE
The folks at TechTarget just asked me to write an article on Selenium IDE, the integrated, simple, easy-to-use, free browser-driving automation tool for FireFox. And they just published it! You […]