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Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:46 PM

Pairwise Test Matrices

I've been real busy with all the planning work we're doing now. Part of that is writing test plans and such - which includes lots of thought about test matrices. I was very happy to see what Michael Hunter wrote about using pairwise combinatorial methods
Posted by chappell | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:24 PM

This Beta Bug's Life

There was an interesting question on Encarta's Beta newsgroup recently. In a nutshell, it was asked: How does a bug submitted during a beta get fixed? Beta testers have many drastic differences in their backgrounds. They range from professional software
Posted by chappell | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:06 PM

Spec Reviews

After Greg's last two posts I can see this is going to work out great. While Greg's product (Encarta) is getting close to shipping and he's going through all the things you go through to get a product out the door, my product (Office) is just about to
Posted by chappell | 5 Comments
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:34 PM

Interesting in Beta Testing?

Interesting in getting involved as a technical Beta Tester for Microsoft products? There's some instructions on how to apply here . -Greg
Posted by chappell | 2 Comments
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:33 PM

Characteristics of great Beta Testers

Things have been particularly busy here for the Encarta Test team as we roll out the Beta for our next version, Encarta 2005. This seems like a good time to talk about characteristics of a good Beta tester, and is something that I would like to elaborate
Posted by chappell | 5 Comments
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:48 PM

Test Costing

Most people know that part of software planning and scheduling is developers taking a look at the spec and trying to guess how much it will cost. They go through the features and come up with their best guess for how long they will take (a SWAG.) Then
Posted by chappell | 2 Comments
Friday, April 09, 2004 4:53 PM

Interacting with Customers

A reader named “Iam N” left an interesting comment about his search for a career that *matches* what he loves to do. He posses some interesting questions (see his original post here ). One questions he presents is: Who are your customers?
Posted by chappell | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:21 PM

Visiting Speakers on Microsoft campus

Time for a foray into a “hidden“ perk of working at Microsoft. One of my favorite perks of the college-style atmosphere that we have here on the Redmond campus is a fairly wide array of interesting lecturers. Not only do we have our own people
Posted by chappell | 0 Comments
Monday, April 05, 2004 8:50 PM

Characteristics of a Good Test Case

Let’s pretend today is one of your first days on the job as a Tester at Company X. You see the following testcase: “Verify HighDPI ” What should you do? 1. Hide under the desk 2. Run for the door 3. Shout out “Help!!!!” Hint:
Posted by chappell | 7 Comments
Monday, April 05, 2004 1:42 PM

Languages I Use For Automation

Mike asked what languages I use when I write test automation. It turns out there's a lot of them. Right now I'm doing all my work in C#. The whole Office test team has shifted over to .Net languages for writing automated tests for the next version of
Posted by chappell | 1 Comments
Friday, April 02, 2004 5:02 PM

"Automated Testing Basics" Article

Well, I know I said I'd have this done on Wednesday, but I ended up writing a bit more then I expected. Writing is always strange for me. I continually underestimate the amount of time it will take. A part of me is just like “I know what I want
Posted by chappell | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:19 PM

Career Fair Tips

I just arrived back from the RIT career fair. Thanks everyone that stopped by our booth! I think very highly of the school, especially now that I've had a chance to visit and interact with some of the students. Here are some tips for those of you approaching
Posted by chappell | 2 Comments
 
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