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Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:35 AM

Managing Mistakes

A promising young executive at IBM was involved in a risky venture that lost $10 million for the company. When Tom Watson Sr., the founder and CEO of IBM, called the executive to his office, the executive tendered his resignation. Watson is reported to
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Monday, August 13, 2007 9:15 AM

Scrum Meetings for Test

A year and a half ago I talked about how I was running scrum meetings with my team. Since then, we've refined the process but have consistently held scrums on a regular basis. Note that I'm not running a full Scrum system with sprints and product backlogs
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Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:50 PM

Teaching Your Team To Program

The world of testing is becoming a lot more technical than it once was. While there is still a need for strong exploratory testing, the need for test automation is increasing dramatically. Test automation requires programming at some level. Good test
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Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:55 AM

Hiring Great Testers - Interviewing

A friend IM'd me yesterday saying he was being considered for a test manager position somewhere. In that position, he would be responsible for building up his test team. He solicited advice on what to look for and how best to interview for testing positions.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:53 PM

Hiring Great Testers - How Important Is Testing Affinity?

When it comes to the increasingly important role of test developer, hiring managers have a choice to make. They must decide what is the controlling criteria for hiring. Which is more important, testing skills or development skills? Sure, you want both
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