I just posted this to a private discussion list, and thought it was worth repeating here: Chris McMahon wrote:>For every company whose expensive Six Sigma project yields>them no benefit at […]
Corey Haines on Metrics
Corey Haines is more a pure developer-type who does test automation, and he is heavily involved in the “Software Craftsmanship” movement. He’s made a bit of a name for himself […]
So prove it!
When you are listening to a software development guru, do you ever get a strangle, niggling feeling in your mind? Something like “if this guy is so awesome, why doesn’t […]
Um … what? – II
(Bear with me, it’s worth it) Recently, on the Agile-Testing List, I wrote: I’m afraid we’ve gone so far afield that I can’t remember the entire initial question. I believe […]
Er, Um … What?
//Meta: Unlike most of my blog posts, which I try hard to have concrete, detailed, and well explored before posting, this idea is not fully-formed. I wanted to throw it […]
The Boutique Tester
Generations ago, craftspeople lived in the center of town, owned the building, and lived upstairs. They generally owned their own tools. Independent craft was such a part of their being […]
Risk-based testing and the Bowl of Fruit Problem
I’ve heard this term lately – Risk-Based Testing. The idea, is, essentially, to prioritize your tests by risk, and do the riskiest (and most painful if it fails) things first. […]
On Yard Work
This weekend I spent a fair amount of time working in the backyard. When I work in the yard, I use different tools depending on how much work I’d like […]
Brian Marick on Acceptance Test Driven Development
I jut saw this interview of Brian Marick on infoq.com. The comments I found most interesting begin at 16:00 Minutes in, I’ve tried to summarize a couple of different ways […]
I just heard a great quote
I was listening to “How To Build a Lean Startup” when one statement really struck me. The speaker said that when you change a process or adopt something new, unless […]
Development Process at Socialtext
Software Development Process at Socialtext, In a very, very small nutshell, taken from my latest post to the agile-testing list: — In agile-testing@yahoogroups.com, “adam_peter.knight” wrote:>>I was recently reading Lisa and […]
Metrics, Schmetrics – III
I just left this as a comment to a post on Software Testing Club. My newest comment, on Page 2 of the thread: If you are talking about a transactional […]
Do you stackoverflow?
Stackoverflow is a relatively new community for software developers. It’s goal is to connect people with questions to people with answers. Joel Spolsky, of JoelOnSoftware fame, is one of the […]
Second-Class Citizens III
I’m reading Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto. It’s a great little book. On thing I saw struck […]
Metrics, Schmetrics – II
I’ve been putting off writing this. It is, to be honest, a little painful. Some metrics, like expenses, income, and cash flow, for example, are really really important. You need […]
Second Class Citizens, ReDux
I just posted this to the Software-Testing Yahoo Group: I’ve seen the second-class citizen issue in many disciplines. I first read it explained well in one of John Bruce’s Essays. […]
Amazon Review
Did you know that James Bach refer to Jerry Weinberg as the “Prince of Testers”? Did you know that Jerry led the first documented independent test team, in the 1950’s? […]
Metrics, Schmetrics
Long-time readers will know that I am very wary of metrics for software engineering. Oh, there’s the usual problems: 1) Generally, software engineering metrics are proxy metrics. You really want […]
In Defense of Testers
I just ran into this short article that explains some of the long-term benefits of applied critical thinking and the tester’s perspective. Stick with it through page two; it’s worth […]
Three Kinds of Improvement
Malcom Gladwell, the author of Outliers: The Story of Success, is credited with saying that “Talent is the desire to practice.”, and I tend to agree. In his article in […]