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  • Where the Bugs Aren’t By Iain McCowatt And Dee said “Help Please! Is there any way I can interest you in writing something for the AST newsletter for April?” Unfortunately, I seldom write like that. I prefer to write when something catches my attention, tickles my fancy, intrigues me: I rarely flick a switch and write on demand. I wracked my brains, and nothing came to mind. Then a gift arrived. “YOU have been ...
  • Bugs Seen ‘Round the World By Rajesh Mathur I attended the International Conference on IT Management and Engineering Practices (ITMEP2013) in January. Before me there was another speaker who insisted that testing is expensive. When I spoke, I had to say that testing is not expensive, not doing it is expensive. People laughed. As the laughter died down the questions erupted. Suddenly this ...
  • Miyamoto Musashi on Software Testing By Pete Walen In 2012, I found myself talking with a far broader range of people than I have in previous years. These were generally software professionals of some sort. Some were experts in writing code to be delivered to production. Some were experts in designing databases. Some were experts in software application and solution design. ...
  • We need help – Resolutions. Restarting. Re-energizing. Greetings testers!! The AST Community News is wrapping up 2012 and getting ready for a new year. We’re excited about the changes we want to bring in 2013. In January we will be unveiling a new newsletter with a new format. Our goal is to bring you an increased level of high quality content on all kinds ...
  • AST Meetup in Singapore By Leah Stockley Wednesday, the 5th of December saw the inaugural AST sponsored Test Forum in Singapore.  The first software testing community event for Context Driven testers by testers held in Singapore. Despite the typically Asian challenge of late night meetings to EU/US, more than 50 testers from companies as diverse as investment banks to gaming, escaped the office ...
  • AST Grant Report – OZWST 2012 in Review OZWST 2012 in Review Attendees: Scott Barber (Facilitator) Anne-Marie Charrett (Content Owner) David Greenlees (Facilitator in training) Alessandra Moreira Andrew Dempster Aman Suri Kim Engel Mark Tolfts (day 2) Oliver Erlewein Richard Robinson   Day 1 As this was the first LAWST-style Peer CONFERence in Australia the majority of the attendees had not experienced the format.  Scott provided a brief overview, however preferred the ‘just in time’ approach to ...
  • Observation, Inference, Oracle. By David Greenlees In a recent testing coaching session with Anne-Marie Charrett we touched on the above three subjects.  Obviously an hour and a half is no where near long enough to go into any great level of detail, so Anne-Marie left me with a challenge to write about oracles in software testing.  I will be ...
  • Evolving Leadership within AST By: Doug Hoffman A question was recently asked about the future of AST in light of shifting leadership. Where does AST go as leaders in the context-driven community become more or less involved with and/or drift apart? I’d like to address these questions as one of the people who helped shape the community, a founder of ...
  • Financial Services SIG Report: Dinner and Panel Discussion On the evening of Tuesday, January 24th, the AST’s Financial Services SIG organized a free dinner and panel discussion for NYC’s software testers. Sponsored by AST, Liquidnet, and QualiTest, about 40 people showed up to meet and network with peers, enjoy a hot buffet and cold beer, and participate in a discussion on the topic ...
  • Acceptance Test Driven Development is About People Working Together I spent a majority of my early career testing in a siloed waterfall team. I didn’t know there were other ways to develop software. I assumed this was the way everybody makes software. Some product team from on high writes PRDs (product requirements document) and throws them over the wall to engineering. Development managers then ...
  • An Explorer Inspired by a Buccaneer This article is a little different. I’d like to share a more personal, real-life experience about how I left my regular testing job for more freedom, experience, autonomy – and less pay – at least for the time being. If you’ve ever considered leaving your day job to become a full-time freelancer, then this article ...
  • 2011-2012 Board of Directors Election Results The annual AST Board of Directors election was held August 7th at 12:00 am (GMT) – August 9th at 12:00 am (GMT). To recap, there were three open positions this year and the candidates were: Matthew Heusser 

Cem Kaner Michael Larsen Catherine Powell Peter Walen We are excited to share that the elected board members are Matthew Heusser, Cem ...
  • The ‘Great AST Board of Directors Debate’ Podcast Series The 2011 election candidates held an interactive debate sharing their interest in participating on the AST Board of Directors. Check out the series of podcasts here: Introduction to the Candidates Candidates Share “Why Vote for Me?” Candidate to Candidate Discussion Conclusion and Summation Keep in mind the candidates are hosting a live, town-hall style event on Twitter on Monday, August ...
  • ‘Ask the Candidates’ Event The 2011 Board of Directors election candidates are hosting a live, town-hall style event on Twitter on Monday, August 1st from 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM (EDT), 1:00 AM – 2:00 AM Tuesday, August 2nd (GMT). Participants are encouraged to ask questions using the hashtag #ASTElect. Questions can be directed at specific candidates or general ...
  • What being a Context-Driven Tester means to me (sbarber's blog) I guess it’s that time again.  What time is that, you ask?  It’s the time when discussion/debate flares up over Context-Driven. I’m not going to weigh in on the whole discussion of pros/cons, value/distraction, etc.&n…
  • International SPIES in Testing By: Nancy Kelln The complexity of translation testing is often overlooked. In past projects I’ve heard – “All we need to do is check that everything is in French and there is no missing content on any of the pages”. Ha! If only it were that easy! There are many aspects to consider. On my most ...
  • The Road Ahead… By: Benjamin Yaroch At the start of each New Year, some people like to make resolutions or set goals for themselves. While I am not one for resolutions, I do want reflect on this past year and discuss the year ahead in regards to software testing. Overall, I am encouraged by the progress software testing has ...
  • Skype Coaching with James Bach By: James Bach I’ve been offering testing coaching sessions over Skype (via instant messaging) for the last year, now. I’ve done more than a hundred of them. Coaching over instant messaging presents some interesting challenges. One challenge is that it takes more time than coaching face-to-face, because of the typing interface, and sometimes students have a lot ...
 

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