Early Days as a Consultant
While adjusting to the early hour, the new commuting plan, and the woefully allergenic office mate had me concerned for a day last week, Friday things started to click for me on my new project...
View ArticleBeing a blogging consultant is harder than being an unemployed blogger.
Last week I learned that only employees get to whine. Consultants get to bring solutions. Immediately. Without whining. Chris--Stop reading--metaphors beyond this point will drive you crazy. I met a...
View ArticleAgile-Because Chasing Profits is Like Chasing Tail
I recently had an online chat with a friend going through some unexpected relationship changes. He talked about his past and it struck me how he said, "Once I stopped simply chasing tail,..." There is...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Testers
On his first day at the new job Phil was really excited to be working again. With the economy struggling, he was thrilled to be working in testing once more and was determined to be the best tester he...
View ArticleAnkle Biters Part 1-Why I don't blog about tester certification
Many months ago at the Writing about Testing conference I did a short point/counterpoint with Jon Bach about certification. I explained why I don't care about the topic. The reason I gave was that...
View ArticlePitbulls Part 1-The Agile Perversion in Interviews
If all you knew about testing you learned from the interview, what would you assume after watching interviews for testers at the top 10 software companies? Testing is an activity where you write code...
View ArticleKnowing for Certain
"That is the only way we can know for certain," insisted a wise co-worker after he requested detailed analysis on how the application handled a missing reference. Do we have to know for sure? What will...
View ArticleDon't Shut Up and Test, but DO Test
Opinions are worth less than a test result. A long hypothesis about what WILL happen is not worth much. Go test and find out what does happen. The best part about being in test? It is a verb. Go test....
View ArticleTest Driven Development Reality Check
When I first heard about Test Driven Development, I think my bias for testing blinded me. I was only thinking about the first part! Test Driven. That is when the fantasy began. What would Development...
View ArticlePitbulls Part 2-The Agile Perversion from Financial Incentives
On time and under budget do not matter to end users, yet it still is rewarded and desired at most businesses, even those who claim to be "Agile". It doesn't matter if the team "does agile" if the...
View ArticleSTPCon Slides
Collaboration 9 tipstoencouragecollaborativetestingstp con View more presentations from lanettecream. Agile Testing Ninjas Agile testingninjasst pcon View more presentations from lanettecream. Pairing...
View ArticleConsultant Learnings-Simple Tools Kicking It Old School
You Want it When? Doing test planning for my current project phase has been a challenge because we have so many things to complete in a short period of time. I was totally overwhelmed looking at the...
View ArticleThe Future of Testing is Wide Open
There has been plenty to read lately about the Future of Testing. Some of it from testers who I greatly respect, and up until now I've held my tongue and instead rambled on about topics I know more...
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Video Blog Chatter-5 Testy Minutes
Firstly, I must now approve all comments as spam has run rampant. This is an attempt to manage it. Once I approve you to comment, you can always comment, so please be patient as I try to make my...
View Article9 Tips To Encourage Collaboration Webinar
Thanks to Frank and Saurabh from pushtotest.com for hosting a webinar! It is a bit more than an hour long. There are many webinars which are more technical and developer oriented at the site as well to...
View ArticleWaterfolly la, la la la la
Deck the halls with specificationsWater folly lolly la, la la la laWad up the changed versions for decorationsWater folly la, la la la laDon we now our passing deadlinesWaterfall folly la, la la...
View ArticleTesting the Boundaries of Testing
My current project is quite busy right now for me. I'm on my forth week of overtime, and despite being prepared for the crunch, I'm becoming a bit weary. Therefore, I'm taking a break to share with you...
View ArticleDefine cheap. You gave me $0.02 & told me to buy lunch with it.
Today I tested a feature which supposedly allows a user to upload a training video. I reported a bug that I was unable to load any of our small files, even the smallest video we had. I got an...
View ArticleI'll take "What is the question?" for $1000, Alex!
What is the important part of a test?Why do so many companies track them step by step? Is it the charts? Business people LOVE the chart, the number, show me how you saved money/earned money. What is...
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The Joy of Failure
One of the important testing questions that I don't see asked often enough are performance related design questions.1. How long do we keep trying for?2. What do we do while we are trying?3. When we...
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