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2010/May/28
the waterfall of defects
because throwing it over the wall is fun
136
2010/May/27
Copying tests between HP Service Test Projects
adding tests is still too much work
135
2010/May/26
Bulk Test Creation using HP Service Test
a sorely lacking feature... solved!
134
2010/May/25
Testing For Odd Perfect Numbers
because testing for even perfect numbers is too easy
133
2010/May/17
Lint Free Tests
no fluff
132
2010/May/17
Business Engagement Models
don't change for you, don't change a thing for me
131
2010/May/12
Survey Complete
to be continued...
130
2010/May/10
Traffic Lights vs. Ticks and Crosses
an anecdote regarding the benefits of tester specialisation
129
2010/May/07
Getting to the real issue
sometimes the first solution isn't for the current problem
128
2010/May/05
Why don’t we test our own processes?
I’ve always done it this way regardless of quality so why should I change?
127
2010/May/04
It is still a coincidence but it has trend potential
more test managers are heading back to testing
126
2010/May/03
Software Testing Research
75% of people know that surveys result in bandy-able statistics
125
2010/Apr/30
Breadth first approach to service testing
a lesson learnt in service testing
124
2010/Apr/28
Games for Testers – Sudoku
more games for testers
123
2010/Apr/27
Project vs. Enterprise Services
enterprise services are the waterfall model of the SOA world
122
2010/Apr/26
Games for Testers – Logic Puzzles
another game for testing relaxation
121
2010/Apr/24
The Most Awesomest Thing Ever
testers; they are awesome and they help you be more awesome
120
2010/Apr/23
Failure Evident Systems
should software systems too big to fail be failure evident?
119
2010/Apr/22
Futures in Software Testing
a new approach to software testing education and development
118
2010/Apr/21
Futures in Software Testing – Story #2
how Andy decided that user interaction and the business domain knowledge disciplines were right for her
117
2010/Apr/20
Futures in Software Testing – Story #1
how the disciplines in software testing model saved one tester from a career in management
116
2010/Apr/19
Futures in Software Testing – Futures and Present Self
planning a future in software testing
115
2010/Apr/18
Click here to ignore this message in future…
automating one off tests in the UI
114
2010/Apr/17
One time offer on defects
integration issues that only occur once
113
2010/Apr/16
Futures in Software Testing – Measuring Competence Pt 2.
an updated approach to the self assessment classifications
112
2010/Apr/16
Software that is too big to fail
The impact of defects is much bigger when the software impacts society
111
2010/Apr/15
Futures in Software Testing – The Security Tester
introducing the security tester discipline
110
2010/Apr/14
Futures in Software Testing – The User Interaction Tester
introducing the discipline of the user interaction tester
109
2010/Apr/13
Futures in Software Testing – The Infrastructure & Integration Tester
introducing the discipline of infrastructure and integration testing
108
2010/Apr/12
Futures in Software Testing – The Behavioural & Functionality Tester
introducing the discipline of behaviour and functionality testing
107
2010/Apr/11
Regression Tests as a Test Smell
aimless testing because we don’t understand the change or business is bad practice
106
2010/Apr/09
Futures in Software Testing – Test Lead & Test Manager
introducing the discipline of management
105
2010/Apr/08
Futures in Software Testing – The Business Domain Knowledge Tester
introducing the business domain knowledge tester
104
2010/Apr/07
Futures in Software Testing – The Performance Tester
the technical discipline of performance testing
103
2010/Apr/06
Futures in Software Testing – The Automation Tester
introducing the discipline of automation
102
2010/Apr/05
Games for Testers – Find a Word
illustrating techniques using puzzles
101
2010/Apr/04
Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Find and Replace
find and replace for Vanilla C and HP Service Test
100
2010/Apr/03
Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Windows Event Log
Checking the event log using vanilla c
99
2010/Apr/02
Futures in Software Testing – Assessment Model
measuring competency in software testing
98
2010/Apr/01
Futures in Software Testing – Fundamentals
core competencies in software testing
97
2010/Apr/01
NATA – nada
free tip: if you represent testing authorities don't have bugs in your homepage
96
2010/Mar/31
Futures in Software Testing – Disciplines
eight directions for professional testing development
95
2010/Mar/30
Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Trimming Strings
Using one simple function my strings are much more trim
94
2010/Mar/29
Futures in Software Testing – System Testing Sucks
developing futures in software testing
93
2010/Mar/28
Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Useful String Functions
making your life easier with basic string functions in vanilla c
92
2010/Mar/27
Vanilla C with Sprinkles – Windows Registry Fun!
checking the windows registry using vanilla C
91
2010/Mar/26
QC Service Test Cleanup
a job to cleanup the ridiculous number of files generated during a service testing run
90
2010/Mar/25
Useful HP Service Test Results
generating metrics from Quality Centre and Service Test
89
2010/Mar/24
Quality Centre Cycle Changer
automating cycle changes in QC
88
2010/Mar/23
HP Service Test & Quality Centre Nightly Test Runner
automating service test execution
87
2010/Mar/22
Structuring Service Tests in Quality Centre
using a folder structure to service test information
86
2010/Mar/19
An approach to software testing automation
automated tests that don't break constantly; say it ain't so
85
2010/Mar/17
Automating the passing of a failing test
annotating tests to detect changes in behaviour
84
2010/Mar/16
Testing Cross Cutting Concerns in HP Service Test
auditing, exception reporting and data persistence testing, oh my!
83
2010/Mar/10
Improving HP Service Testing Summary
collected wisdom
82
2010/Mar/08
finding bugs with luck
user testing is not a replacement for actual testing
81
2010/Mar/05
HP Service Test – Protocols Configuration bug
the bug that stops you from using different protocol configurations in the same iteration against the same service
80
2010/Mar/04
Improving HP Service Tests Part 8
being executed as!
79
2010/Mar/03
Improving HP Service Tests Part 7
fixtures for validation
78
2010/Mar/02
Improving HP Service Tests Part 6
validating fault behaviour
77
2010/Mar/01
Improving HP Service Tests Part 5
great fault expectations
76
2010/Feb/26
Service Testing – What are we checking?
for every service outcome there exists some validation we have to do
75
2010/Feb/25
Improving HP Service Test Part 4
surfing the pipeline
74
2010/Feb/24
Improving HP Service Tests Part 3
configuring service tests for use
73
2010/Feb/23
Finding the Minimum Set
a workflow for service testing new operations
72
2010/Feb/22
Improving HP Service Tests Part 2
focus on the delta!
71
2010/Feb/19
Automated Data Integrity Testing
trust me; it's freaking sweet
70
2010/Feb/18
Pre-Integration Environments
function test and system test are old fashioned, out dated and finally, stoopid names.
69
2010/Feb/17
Passing the failing test
identifying change in regression tests
68
2010/Feb/15
Quality Assured
Google Buzz and why it probably passed testing
67
2010/Jan/28
The Great Australian Internet Blackout
a look at the complexity of testing nationwide web filters
66
2009/Dec/09
Improving HP Service Tests – Part 1
one small step for writing less code
65
2009/Dec/08
all aboard the failboat
how to miss the basics of testing and usability in a very simple web application
64
2009/Nov/26
Finding bugs is not always fun
why I waited 35 minutes at 2 in the morning for a taxi
63
2009/Nov/11
Shorthand Methods in HP Service Test
62
2009/Nov/10
Local Parameters and HP Service Test
61
2009/Nov/09
Parameterisation and Strings in HP Service Test
60
2009/Oct/27
Better default run time settings for HP Service Test
59
2009/Oct/19
Data Dependant Service Testing
58
2009/Oct/17
Peculiar Bugs…NetBeans IDE 6.5.1
57
2009/Oct/12
Identity Specific and Anonymous Data
56
2009/Oct/03
Peculiar Bugs…Nokia N95 redux
55
2009/Oct/02
Speeding Up Test Development in HP Service Test
54
2009/Oct/01
Structuring HP Service Tests
53
2009/Jun/05
Test Execution Peer Reviews
52
2009/Jun/04
The How of Testing
51
2009/Apr/10
Performance Testing the Cache – The Point of it all
50
2009/Apr/09
Load Testing the Cache – User Quantities and Expected Behaviours
49
2009/Apr/08
Load Testing the Cache – Memory Usage Over Cache Access
48
2009/Apr/07
Testing the Cache – Forcing Cache Collisions
47
2009/Apr/06
Testing the Cache – Auditing
46
2009/Apr/05
Testing the Cache – Security
45
2009/Apr/04
Testing the Cache – Shared vs. User Level Caching
44
2009/Apr/03
Testing the Cache – Multiple Caches
43
2009/Mar/31
Testing the Cache Priority Policy
42
2009/Feb/26
Testing the Cache – Cache Dependency
41
2009/Feb/19
Testing the Cache – Sliding Expiration Policy
40
2009/Feb/18
Testing the Cache – Absolute Expiration Policy
39
2009/Feb/18
Testing the Cache – Quick Clarification
38
2009/Feb/17
Testing the Cache
37
2009/Feb/02
obscure integration bug
36
2008/Nov/27
Improving Tests
35
2008/Nov/18
How can we make testing sexier?
34
2008/Nov/08
I have no idea
33
2008/Nov/03
When knowing quality matters
32
2008/Oct/20
Agile Gripes – Testing by HAL9000
31
2008/Oct/19
CakePHP Unit Testing Gripe #703
30
2008/Oct/19
CakePHP Model Testing Addendum
29
2008/Oct/16
CakePHP Unit Testing Gotchas
28
2008/Oct/15
The Testing of Services Summary
27
2008/Oct/14
A Case against Early Integration
26
2008/Oct/13
Service Testing – How It Should Be Done
25
2008/Oct/10
Service Mockery and Automated Integration Testing
24
2008/Oct/02
Which Questions to Ask?
23
2008/Sep/30
May I Ask a Question?
questioning the name of the game
22
2008/Sep/26
A Different Model for Service Testing
21
2008/Sep/25
Service Testing Focus
20
2008/Sep/24
Service Documentation & Testing Implications
19
2008/Sep/23
Service Implementation Testing Implications
18
2008/Sep/22
Non Functional Service Testing Implications
17
2008/Sep/21
Service Testing Directions
16
2008/Sep/18
Crowd Sourcing Testers
15
2008/Sep/14
Code Coverage
14
2008/Jul/21
Testing is in the eye of the beholder
13
2008/Jul/18
All quiet on the testing front…
12
2008/Jul/07
Technical and Semantic Compliance
11
2008/Jun/24
Rapid Test Case Creation
10
2008/Jun/23
Testing body image
9
2008/Jun/04
Why I am making defects public
8
2008/May/11
Testing Tip #1 – Boundary testing business objects
7
2008/Apr/29
Controlling Testing Environments
6
2008/Apr/22
Usability: What is the ideal date control?
5
2008/Apr/18
Usability Case Study: Facebook Advertising
4
2008/Mar/06
Project Development Iterations
3
2008/Feb/03
Test Case Structure
write more tests in less time
2
2008/Jan/14
Testing SOA: Service dependencies and their impacts on testing
managing service dependencies during dev & test
1
2008/Jan/10
Testing SOA – an introduction
an overview of the issue of who should be testing services