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Going to the extreme – xBTM (Christin's blog on testing)

On February 28, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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Now that the project has finished it is time to sum up my experiences of adapting Thread-Based Test Management (TBTM). Since I generally do not believe in rigorously adhering to a protocol, I ended up not using TBTM strictly, but instead embraced a h…

Going to the extreme – xBTM (Christin's blog on testing)

On February 28, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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Now that the project has finished it is time to sum up my experiences of adapting Thread-Based Test Management (TBTM). Since I generally do not believe in rigorously adhering to a protocol, I ended up not using TBTM strictly, but instead embraced a …

Between the Bullet Points (Abakas)

On February 28, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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I sat down this morning to write a slide set for a client. The first slide looked something like this:Endpoint Download:- Download from endpoint foo- Route to endpoints bar, bat, baz- Physician registration required for routing- Admin registration requ…

Keeping it in the Family (TESTHEAD)

On February 28, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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Don’t ask me why this came to mind today, but as we were visiting friends down in Fresno this weekend, we were out walking and talking about things, and I lamented that I hadn’t had time to do certain things anymore the way I used to. I joked that I …

It’s all about the channel (Dancing in the Wilderness)

On February 27, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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Why do we have radios in our cars? So we can pipe advertising to a captive audience. Why do we have TVs in our homes? So we can pipe advertising to a captive audience.  Why, when you go to the movie theater now, do you have to sit and watch commercials for 5 minutes before [...]

The Dual Nature of Context-Driven Testing (James Bach’s Blog)

On February 26, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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The Context-Driven School of software testing is a way of thinking about testing, AND a small but world-wide community of like-minded testers. There are other, larger, schools of testing thought. But CDT represents my paradigm of testing. By paradigm, I mean an organizing worldview, an ontology, a set of fundamental beliefs. When I say CDT [...]

TWiST #34 – with Dawn Cannan (TESTHEAD)

On February 25, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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I’m trying to use a lighter hand on these interviews… as many of you know, I’m a bit OCD when it comes to Um’s and ah’s and other “stutters”, and usually, I work aggressively to edit them out.

While I feel that it makes for a more pol…

Put your lips together and blow (Maverick Tester)

On February 24, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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When I first heard about Tacit Knowledge, I had a vague idea what it was. The word “tacit” sounded a bit like “tactile” so I guessed it was knowledge that you could touch. I…

Wednesday Book Review: Stephen King “On Writing” (TESTHEAD)

On February 24, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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Yes, to my astute readers, you will notice that this is being written on a Thursday, but I typically do my book reviews on Wednesday and I so hate to break up a set :) .

Having said that, some might look at the title of this week’s review and think …

Beware the Lotus Eaters (Maverick Tester)

On February 23, 2011, in Syndicated, by admin
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I wrote a feature article for Logigear Magazine February Edition entitled Beware the Lotus Eaters. I really enjoyed writing this article, I hope you get something out of it. Beware the Lotus Eaters…

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