notes and rants

In my previous post, I mentioned that Goals in GQM should be S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time Bound). A reader questioned how applicable SMART is to every scenario, and I thought it would be worth it to reply here. I use Read More...

I was typing a response to Matt on his blog to this post , when I realized two things. 1 - the comment forms on blogspot blow 2 - due to the length of my reply and #1 above, I thought it would be ok to respond here. NOTE: If you don't know what GQM is Read More...

I’ve been thinking about testing and quality again lately. Across the industry, testers call themselves “quality assurance”, or “quality engineers”, and testers say they “measure quality”. I’ve had serious thoughts recently whether the two terms (“quality” Read More...

How can such a simple question have so many answers. ISO has an answer, Crosby has an answer, Juran has an answer, Weinberg has an answer, and thousands of others have their own answers or variations on the answer. The problem with most answers is that Read More...