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Implementing Automated Software Testing
Elfriede Dustin sent me a review copy of Implementing Automated Software Testing (IAST), which she and her colleagues Thom Garrett and Bernie Gauf recently published. I am familiar with some of Elfriede's work on test automation, so I was looking forward Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:30 AM by micahel | 5 Comments

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How We Test Software At Microsoft (Sometimes, Somewhens)
Some time back, Alan Page sent me a review copy of How We Test Software At Microsoft (HWTSAM), which he, Bj Rollison , and Ken Johnston published late last year. I was curious to read this and discover whether their view of testing matches mine. Now that Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:30 AM by micahel | 4 Comments

Baskets Of Bugs
My life of late seems to be one bug after another. It all starts with my product: Live Mesh for Mac. I have set some setting on my Mactop that prevents our Mac client from running on it. No one else has reported this issue, and I cannot reproduce it on Read More...

Posted Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:30 AM by micahel | 0 Comments

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Banking Expectations
For weeks now I have been seeing ads for a local bank. These ads consist of a vast expanse of white space disturbed only by the phrase "(This space intentionally left blank)". These ads baffled me. Yesterday, however, I realized that the last word in Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:30 AM by micahel | 2 Comments

Falsely Responsible
Newbie testers often believe they can actually stop their product from shipping. Product teams often foster this belief by forcing their testers to sign off on their product before shipping it. Can you imagine the result if we decided to exercise our Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:30 AM by micahel | 9 Comments

Story Time
How many different stories do you know about your product? Do you know the stories your best customer tells? The ones your worst customer tells? Your management? Help Desk? How much of your time do you spend inventing new stories, versus discovering stories Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 1 Comments

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Eavesdropping On Testing
On the bus the other day I overheard a woman discussing her upcoming nuptials. She was quite the modern girl, it seems, and was not going for any of the traditional ceremonial wedding stuff. Well, maybe a small wedding party, like three bridesmaids and Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 4 Comments

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Games Testers Play
What are you favorite testing games? I learned Headline News from Elisabeth Hendrickson many years ago, and it has since become one of my favorite games. The idea is to dream up headlines involving your application or feature which you really do not want Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 5 Comments

Nike Testing
When I started writing this blog I had no idea what I was going to write about. I don't remember that ever happening before - usually I know exactly what I want to talk about and more-or-less how I want to say it. When I test, however, I find myself in Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 1 Comments

Rhymeless References
If you want to learn more about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, personality types, neuro-linguistic programming, and representational systems, I suggest you start with the following. (Full disclosure: I have no affiliation with any of these websites, Read More...

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 3 Comments

Finally! The Finish!
So that is MBTI, and that is NLP. Which still leaves the puzzling, mysterious A&P. I know some about "A" and much less about "P"; Your doctor knows much more, that I guarantee! "A" is for "anatomy", where you learn to see How to tell your elbow from Read More...

Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 0 Comments

Trio Of Tastes
Visual people learn with their eyes. They peek and they look and their world clarifies. "I see what you're saying!" they exclaim with a cry; Use picture words back else you'll be in disguise. Auditory people learn with their ears; Tho some choose to read Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 0 Comments

New Lingo Please!
NLP is a science (tho some say it's not) Which claims to explain how people come to a thought. Neuro Linguistic Programming can help you avoid being caught In the communication perils with which life is fraught. This science holds that people think, say, Read More...

Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 0 Comments

Timely Play
"J" is for "Judging", though not the critical kind. It simply describes the way we unwind. Or don't, for we often put our play far behind Our work which we want to be completed on time. "P" stands for "Perceiving"; however I call it "Play"! For us Ps Read More...

Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 0 Comments

Feeling Logical
"T" is for "Thinking", so called because we Decide with our brains, not our feelings. We use our logic to decide and to see Exactly how we want our world to be. "F", on the other hand, logic deplores At least when it means pushing people down to the floor. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:30 AM by micahel | 0 Comments

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