I came across a lot of ideas in graduate school. Some, like Test Driven Development, Extreme Programming and Scrum skyrocketed my career forward. Others were models – a way of seeing the world – that were on the way out. I am particularly struck with how we thought about the test “phase” in my introduction […]
Decline and Fall – III
I like the way my colleague, Sean, summed it up yesterday. To paraphrase what he said: Asking “Ok, but how will the decline and fall help me test this web-based app?” is probably the wrong question. It might not help you develop test cases or scenarios. What it will do is help you figure out […]
Connecting Gibbons and Systems Thinking
I was rather hoping that someone would respond to yesterdays post with: Yes, Matt, that’s all well and good, but you still didn’t answer Harry’s Question – what does the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire have to do with software testing? No such luck, but I’m going to forge ahead anyway. But first, […]
A few of my favorite things – IV
As a thought experiment, I would like to describe nation at a point in time. I’ll let you figure out the nation and time … -> The country was once, uncontested, the most powerful in the world-> … But it became embroiled in foreign wars-> Became dependent on foreign military assistance-> Created an oppressive tax […]