What could possibly happen to Matt Heusser that he wouldn’t blog for a couple weeks? Well, try the flu – which found it’s way into my lungs and became bronchitis. […]
What’s an SDET, Again?
I just got my copy of How We Test Software at Microsoft in the mail. Weighing in at 420 pages, it will be awhile before I can digest the whole […]
Time and Attention
The agile movement is beginning to recognize the importance of tech debt, the value of exploratory testing, how distributed development can be done in an Agile way, and the importance […]
Metrics
Michael Bolton just did a wonderful blog post that summarizes his position on metrics – it is very close to my own. I highly recommend that you not only read […]
Black-Belt Testing Challenge – III
About a month ago I threw out a black-belt testing challenge. This one was a little bit more involved than tests in the pasts – I designed it to both […]
Context or what?
There’s been a lot of conversations recently on twitter about context. Specifically, the context-driven-school of software testing, which says that the way we do our work should be (strongly) influenced […]
Agile Testing Preview
If you’d like to hear a basic seat-of-the-pants overview of my current thinking on agile testing, you might want to check out my interview with David Starr on his podcast […]
30th Anniversary of the Spreadsheet
On the Software-Testing Yahoo Group lately, we’ve been debating the pros and cons of W. Edwards Deming. Among that group, I am surprisingly pro-Deming. Here’s a quote from his wikipedia […]
This is how we do it …
Adina Levin, our VP of Products, presented “how we develop software at Socialtext” yesterday at a meeting of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association. Slides: Socialtext Distributed Agile View SlideShare […]
Black-belt testing challenge – II
(A hint) The challenge involves watching a video that introduces a simple web-based application, and describes a testing strategy – then identifying your own testing strategy for the same web-based […]
Black-belt testing challenge
I’ve got a black-belt thinking analysis problem I am working on. It is non-trivial; your expected involvement would be on the order of 1.5 hours. At this point, /I/ am […]
James Bach on Test Improvement
James is one of the best-known skilled testers in the world – and he can explain his ideas well. Those three things are key: 1) He’s made an effort to […]
New Blog Up
Happy New Year! It’s time to try something new! I’ve decided to try a little experiment and split my blog, based on my interests. Creative Chaos will remain an exploration […]
"Correct" Requirements
Warning: This is one of my, how shall I say it – more “opinionated” posts. It is geared toward a specific audience; I posted it as a reply on the […]
My Agile 2009 Proposals
Bit by bit, the Agile movement grew until it was massive. So now you have people – thousands of them – eager to learn how to develop software the ‘agile’ […]
New Testing Challenge – V
(The next installment in the New Test Challenge Series) My next steps on the testing challenge depend on the reaction I get to the first attempt. Let’s say I get […]
What has Matt been up to?
Well, a lot, but blogging hasn’t been among them. Here’s what’s up: The December issue of Software Test&Performance Magazine is out. You can download the issue here; our column, which […]
SideBar – II
The test challenge is my attempt to explain that skill, practice, and critical thinking – the things no defined process can create – matter in software development – in the […]
New Testing Challenge – IV
So let’s see here. We have a simple test project on it’s face. Management hired us to figure out if the store if following a set of rules. I hope […]
Process over People – I
More testing challenge /today/. This sidebar will not continue to interrupt our regular broadcast. That said … BY THE WAY: If you’ve been reading Creative Chaos for long, you know […]