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Measuring Test Automation ROI

I just finished reading Implementing Automated Software Testing by E.Dustin, T. Garrett, and B. Gauf and overall this is a good read providing some well thought out arguments for beginning an automation project, and provides strategic perspectives to

Assessing Tester Performance

Using context-free software product measures as personal performance indicators (KPI) is about as silly as pet rocks ! Periodically a discussion of assessing tester performance surfaces on various discussion groups. Some people offer advice such as counting

The quality quandary

I often find discussions about quality to be hypothetical, and in fact unless you define your specific context the word itself is nebulous, vague, or simply meaningless philosophical psycho-babble. For a while now, I previously posted my opposition to

Thoughts on leadership

Last week I was at the Test2008 conference in India. The organizers from PureTesting planned a grand event with workshops in Hyderabad, Delhi, Bangalore, and Pune. Then the main conference was then held outside of New Delhi. When I arrived in Delhi at

Thoughts on Professionalism

As a young lad growing up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay I would often spend part of my summer vacation from grade school helping my grandfather work the crab pots on the north shore. Now, don't think "Dangerous Catch," crabbing in the Chesapeake

Quality is not Value!

I previously blogged about quality and value , but after giving it more thought I determined that quality and value are indirectly related, but quality is not value! I define testing as any activity designed to evaluate an attribute or capability of a

Testing is NOT responsible for quality!

The value of testing is important and critical to the success of many projects. However, testing is NOT solely responsible for the quality of a project! When we discuss the role of testing and quality in our internal training we emphasize the primary
 
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