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October 2007 - Posts

To cleanup or not to cleanup

Posted Sunday, October 28, 2007 9:43 AM by alanpa
One attribute typically considered important for automated test cases (or almost any other test case for that matter) is cleanup. The test shall leave the system in the same state it was in before the test ran. This is a good theory, but I wonder how Read More...
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Goodbye Fargo

Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 8:48 PM by alanpa
I'm heading back to Redmond for a week before traveling to India. Meeting testers outside of Redmond is one of the biggest unsung perks of this job, and this trip was no exception. Midwest hospitality is exactly as we've all heard about, and I liked the Read More...
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Do I know *anything* about testing?

Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:21 PM by alanpa
Well, if you took a look at the whiteboard video series on the tester center , you wouldn't think so. If you haven't checked them out yet, watch what happens when I knock on someone's door and ask them to help me test something better. Want a question Read More...
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At long last...

Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 9:30 AM by alanpa
Several months ago, I announced that MSDN now had forums set up for discussing software testing issues. Now, I'm happy to say that there's a lot more to discuss on those forums. Today is the official launch of the Microsoft Tester Center . This is an Read More...
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Time for travel

Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:27 PM by alanpa
It's time for me to start accumulating some frequent flier miles. I'm off to Fargo ND, from October 21-26, then to India from November 4-16. I'll be in Boston, MA the first week of December and (finally) taking a family vacation to Japan later in December. Read More...
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Thinking and testing

Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:44 PM by alanpa
I realized that my last few posts have not really been about testing, but have been more about values and other things that contribute to testing organizations. As you can probably tell, think a lot about testing at also think a lot about the factors Read More...
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Rewards

Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 11:27 PM by alanpa
A large part of my job can be summed up as "improving people" - either through individual mentoring, coaching, technical training, or other organizational change. In most cases, making improvement requires making change. One thing you have to consider Read More...
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