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There really is a difference to CAST
Jul 20th
I just got back (alive) from CAST2009 in Colorado Springs, where I did a presentation on Testing Intelligence. It was my first CAST and thus I wanted to share some of my observations and comments.
My presentation itself went pretty well (I think) and many people agreed with the TI approach, no surprises there. But the real value for me came from the people who initially thought the method was not doable (or even realistic!) for their workplaces since it involved to many changes and education of their management on this new approach.
Reviewing the subject together with them I got to More >
In the CAST conference this week
Jul 13th
This week I am in Colorado Springs in the Annual Conference of the Association of Software Testing.
I will be talking tomorrow (Tuesday) about Testing Intelligence. They even published and interview about my and the topic, so if you are not attending and want to read about it you can check it out here.
I will also post a summary of the comments I get during the presentation.
Wish me luck since I am little nervous about it
Great testers, not so great CVs…
Mar 24th
Last week I wrote about the Project Guy Ariely from AQUA was organizing, where people from the Testing Community in Israel donated their time and experience, and gave short presentations (90 min to 3 hours) about various topics related to Testing and QA.
I presented a session about QA Management Systems, and based on the questions asked there were in the room at least 10 to 15 Testers I’d like to interview next time I have an open position in my QA Team.
Where’s the problem, and I’ve seen this in Israel but I am guessing it is also an issue in More >
Initiatives for Challenging Times
Mar 15th
Times are tough, but in some cases this helps to bring out the best in some people.
Like a colleague here in Israel, Guy Arieli from AQUA, who came up with an idea to help Test Engineers looking for a Job who want to expand their theoretical knowledge in Testing and QA. He organized a FREE 8 session course where the Engineers learn about stuff ranging from Freeware Automation Tools to the Basic of Mobile Application Testing, and cover important practical topics like preparing for Job Interview and the like (this is the site for the course in Hebrew).
Each session is imparted More >
Acceptance Tests in the Delivery Room
Mar 9th
My wife gave birth to a healthy baby girl last Thursday at 6:18 am.
Before I write another line I feel the need to say something to the women readers of these posts:WOW!!! There’s a reason God put you in charge of delivering babies, we men simply don’t have the guts to do it as well as you do!
Since this was my second time as a Dad on the Delivery Room, I was able to pay more attention at the things going on around me (instead of worrying like crazy and standing in the way of all the people trying to More >
Why Software SUCKS…
Jan 17th
I just finished reading a book that EVERYONE who has anything to do with the software development process needs to read ASAP (and I mean, before you write your next line of code or perform your next tests).
The name of the book is
Why Software SUCKS… and what you can do about it
by David S. Platt
(you can read the first chapter here for free)
First of all, I need to thank my friend Arie for recommending it. And if you go and read it after this article tell me what you thought about it.
The book is not intended for developers or tester (I More >
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