Speaking of Management: Peter DruckerPeter Drucker analyzed how General Motors was run in the 1940’s, essentially defining management as a term. He wrote a number of books, published an incredible […]
Testing Philosophy II –
About every four months, Shrini Kulkarni convinces me to drop the term “Test Automation” from my vocabulary. After all, testing is a creative, thinking process. We can automate some steps […]
My theory of software testing – I
What’s the right mix of exploratory testing, “planned” manual testing, and test automation? My short answer is “it depends.” Now, you don’t need to point out that “it depends” is […]
Models – I
AKA – Tripping through physical models of the universe(*) Aristotle proposed a model of the universe with earth at the center and the heavens revolving around it. […]
Something old …
I just got back from the wedding of a collegue. In that spirit, I am reminded of the talk I gave last year at the Indiana Quality Conference – something […]
Anti-intellectualism in Medicine …
From last week’s US News & World Report: I had become aware of misdiagnoses of family and friends. I was teaching three years ago, and I found that many of […]
Choices …
Imagine, for a moment, a retirement home. Crammed full of people, they are told where to live, what to eat, when to eat … not even allowed to leave the […]
Allmost posted this …
I allmost posted this to my SW-IMPROVE discussion list, but it’s a little bit too saracastic. I figured this audience could appreciate it a bit more for what it is, […]
Against Systems
As a military cadet, I had a few occasions to design systems – generally point systems. For example, the number of points required to graduate from a summer encampment, or […]
The Software Concept Maturity Model (SCMM)
Here’s a gift for the holidays; a software concept maturity model to lighten your mood. Level 1 – InitialAt this point, someone has an idea. It seems to work for […]
Two Roads in a wood – III (Tone)
Brian Marick once wrong something to the effect of “Methodology design is an extension of personality.” There is a large percentage of the population to who having things be stable, […]
Two Roads in a wood – II
“Deal or no deal?”“Is that your identity?”“Let’s play one verses one hundred!”“Is that your final answer?” These catch-phrases all come from simple, formulaic game shows. The shows are the same, […]
Two Roads in a wood …
(I’m still on haitus from the Agile Jumped the shark. More soon. While I work on it …) From a recent post I made to the agile-testing list … I […]
Coding Standards ?
This month’s Software Quality Professional claims on page 51 that: By having defined coding standards, developers trained in the use of the those standards are less likely to make certain […]
I’m Unprofessional …
(A Rant) Really, I am unprofessional. I’ve been told by friends and people I respect that my website is terrible. Unprofessional. Ugly. How dare I have a website without CSS? […]