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TIP-ING SERVICES TESTING BLOG #1: THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
24 November 09 10:28 PM

For some time now I’ve been promising to lay out all my thinking on Testing in Production (TiP). I first introduced the topic in a blog post in June 2009 titled “ Ship your service into production and then start testing! ” Over the summer I had some family Read More...

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The Demise of the Test Lab – An Ode to when Testers worked in test labs
18 November 09 09:45 PM

Since I have been in software it has been readily accepted that in order to test software one needs hardware. At most software companies this means that there is a test lab filled with computers and devices to assist in the testing. My experience has Read More...

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MINNEAPOLIS AND BACK TO TALK CLOUD TESTING
12 November 09 03:41 PM

Who in their right mind agrees to fly all morning from Seattle to Minneapolis, drive to a local software testing special interest group (SIG), talk for 90 minutes, and fly back home that same night? For a number of reasons, the most important of which Read More...

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HWTSaM vPodcast – Chapter 3 Engineering Life Cycles
30 July 09 10:46 PM

All three authors of " How We Test Software at Microsoft ", Bj Rollison , Alan Page , and Ken Johnston actually made it for this recording.  Warning, I had a bit too much fun with my green screen.  The discussion covers how different Read More...

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Microsoft Cargo Container Data Center comes Online
02 July 09 05:29 PM

Recently I ran into a friend who was reading chapter 14 of How We Test Software at Microsoft . He commented on the picture in the book of the Rackable Ice Cube container full of servers. This was pretty cool to think about purchasing servers pre-racked Read More...

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AN UNEXPECTED PLUG FOR “HOW WE TEST SOFTWARE AT MICROSOFT”
19 June 09 04:16 PM

This BLOG post is a thank you to all the individuals who have read “How We Test Software at Microsoft,” and posted something on the web about it (that Alan, BJ and I been able to find that is). We are thrilled by the very positive response readers of Read More...

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NOTHING TO DO WITH S+S – I LOVE THE WORD PENULTIMATE
11 June 09 07:22 AM

Alert: this post has nothing to do with S+S or operations or testing but it’s a small slice of life that I just had to share. “P” words such as penultimate, pontificate, plethora, plebian, and polyglot have failed me more than once. Have you ever found Read More...

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When I Train I Always Learn Something New
08 June 09 08:13 PM

Today I hosted four hours of interactive learning on S+S testing with table topics such as "Testing in Production, How far can we go?" and "Release Cadence in an S+S era." Every time I get together with smart engineers new better ideas are generated. Read More...

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Ship your service into production and then start testing!
03 June 09 11:31 PM

Think about Services shifting the Testing into Production The topic of Testing in Production (TiP) is a growing area of debate in SaaS and S+S testing groups. While I don’t personally really believe you should ship your service and then start testing Read More...

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1+1 Redundancy Just Isn't Good Enough
22 April 09 06:22 PM

1+1 redundancy for production services is a flawed design approach. +1 redundancy is like the kind of logic my wife uses with me when I go on an overnight business trip. She will insist that I take at least two pairs of socks in my bag even though I plan Read More...

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