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PNSQC Slides

Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:10 PM by alanpa
Thanks to everyone who attended my talk today. Feel free to fire more questions here if you have them. Slides are available here . Read More...
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HWTSAM in China

Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 5:48 PM by alanpa
I’m excited to see that the Chinese version of HWTSAM is out (and soon to be followed by a Korean translation). You can find information here: http://www.china-pub.com/196002 and on Amazon . Read More...
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My STAR talk

Posted Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:21 AM by alanpa
My talk’s over – I’ve received a lot of positive feedback (although the people who hate my talks never track me down). I did have fun though, so at least one person in the room had a great time. My slides (which are nothing like the slides I submitted) Read More...
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Another HWTSAM Video Podcast

Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:33 PM by alanpa
This one is a recap of chapter 2. We’ve filmed though chapter 8, but we’re a little behind on production. We hope to catch up by end of summer.   Read More...
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More HWTSAM reviews

Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:23 PM by alanpa
Been incredibly busy lately, but wanted to share a few other HWTSAM reviews. There’s a review on stickyminds that’s pretty good (and yes, I agree that Ken may have been a little to “rah-rah” about testing at Microsoft, but to each his own). There’s also Read More...
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Another review of HWTSAM

Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:41 PM by alanpa
So far, the blogosphere in general has had a better experience with the book than the amazon reviewers :) Here is a link to the latest review I found. Thanks Michael for taking the time to write this up. Read More...
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PNSQC 2009

Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 3:19 PM by alanpa
It looks like (pending paper composition and acceptance) that I’ll be heading three hours south this October to present at the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference in Portland, OR. I’ll be presenting on “The role of experienced testers on software Read More...
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Odds and Ends

Posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:04 PM by alanpa
It’s been busier than normal for me at Microville recently. My friend (and frequent soccer match viewing partner) James Whittaker ended his 3-year run at Microsoft last week. James still lives locally, and I expect that we’ll continue to collaborate in Read More...
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The HWTSAM bug list (so far)

Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:28 PM by alanpa
No book on testing would be complete without a bug list. HWTSAM is no exception! Some “book people” call this stuff errata, but let’s just call a bug a bug. There are two distinct types of bugs: Author bugs, and Production bugs. The Author bugs are those Read More...
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Worst Practices

Posted Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:22 PM by alanpa
I know several people (not just context-driven folks) who cringe a bit at the concept of "Best Practices". The point of controversy is that practices depend on context. What's "best" for one context may not be a good idea at all in Read More...
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Connecting with the community

Posted Monday, March 09, 2009 9:01 PM by alanpa
Every once in a while, a strange idea pops into my head. Occasionally, I actually remember the idea for longer than a few moments. Sometimes I am even sitting at a computer - with my blog editor open when this phenomenon occurs. Of course, this isn't Read More...
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HWTSAM on the Microsoft Press blog

Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:26 AM by alanpa
I almost forgot to mention that I did a guest post (including a lengthy excerpt) over on the Microsoft Press blog. Check it out ! Read More...
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Inside HWTSAM – the video Podcasts

Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 4:29 PM by alanpa
The other authors and I are putting together a series of video casts to share a little about each chapter in How We Test Software at Microsoft . Here’s Ken and I talking about how the book got its legs: And here’s Ken and I talking about chapter 1. Read More...
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Boulderdash review of HWTSAM

Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 4:19 PM by alanpa
This review is a few weeks old (yet still relevant)! Check it out . Read More...
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Another HWTSAM Review

Posted Saturday, February 07, 2009 12:56 PM by alanpa
The Evil Tester has a review of How We Test Software at Microsoft here . Here's an excerpt. I expected more of a techniques book, instead I got a much more readable and enjoyable description of some of the testing life inside Microsoft. Plenty of stories Read More...
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