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 […]
Leading the Way and Guide to Promotion Boards:
Tea-Time With Testers:
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
Everything Else:
Writing for CIO.com, Dr Dobbs, The Software Development Times, and anyone else who would have us 5 Hidden Gem Parks Near Washington DC, MyFlightNetwork.com, Jun 2017 #NoEstimates In Action, CIO.com, […]
The New New Thing at Excelon
It’s been an amazing couple of weeks, include a week working from home, a weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana, for a board meeting for the Association for Software Testing, the […]
Let’s call the calling-off off
There’s been a fair bit of discussion lately on the test-o-sphere about the status and the future of context-driven testing. I believe Scott Barber has provided the best overview, and […]
How to Reduce the Cost of Software Testing
Plenty of software testing books tell you how to test well; this one tells you how to do it while decreasing your testing budget. A series of essays written by […]
The Clean Coder
In 2008, Matt acted as a peer reviewer for “Clean Code“, by Robert C. “Unclebob” Martin, a book about the intricate details of software construction. It is a good book, […]
Beautiful Testing
Matt contributed a chapter to this collection of essays in 2009. From the publisher: Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant […]
Your name in print – in STQA Magazine!
Each issue in STQA Magazine we have an interview column that features questions from the readers and the greater intarwebs – it’s called “Ask the Test Expert.” This next two […]
What Matt Is Up To
It’s been a busy couple of months. Test Coach Camp Heats Up First off, Test Coach Camp has reached it’s a viable number of applicants. It is on. The most […]
Meetup in NYC – Next Week!
I’ll be in New York City Next week; there is a software testers meetup including a dinner sponsored by the Financial Services Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Association for […]
Back from Vacation, Plus More Articles!
It’s been a little quiet around here at Creative Chaos lately. Let me tell you a little bit about what’s been going on behind the scenes. First, I just got […]
… I told you it would get better
The Association for Software Testing recently announced a 2012 Grant Program designed to advance the cause of testing at local user groups and events. Want to invite a speaker on […]
An Interview on Craft Academy … and more!
The folks at Informit.com recently published my interview with Ken Auer, master instructor at RoleModel Software Craft Academy. We think you’ll like it. Speaking of publishing, I’m in December Issue […]
The New New Thing
Three weeks ago, I helped break the news that Conference for the Association for Software Testing (CAST 2012) would be in San Jose, California, July 16-18, and the CAST 2012 […]
CAST 2012 – Dates, CFP is up!
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you probably know that CAST 2012 is the Conference for the Association for Software Testing. What you might not know is the exact […]
Gonna Send Five Copies to my mother!
My article “Ten Thoughts on Technical Debt”, is the cover story for this month’s Better Software Magazine. Want to start with the dessert, then decide if it’s worth paying for […]
World Quality Month … and More
After a year of participating in ASQ’s Voices of Quality Program, it seems it’s about time for me to hang up my hat. Yes, they did graciously offer to let […]
A Couple of Announcements
1) I will be presented “Hands of Quick Attacks” on Nov 15th from 5:30 to 7:30-ish in South Bend, Indiana, at the South Bend Software Craftsmanship meetup. Registration is free, […]
Come Work with me?
My current primary client is seeking full-time employees to fill programming, test/QA, programmer tech lead, and dev/test manager positions in Notre Dame, Indiana. Current openings are full-time/salaried, but that may […]