Dateline: July 23, 2014
by PNSQC
Everybody loves to talk about their success stories. But at this year’s PNSQC conference in October, Heather Wilcox will challenge attendees to brag about their biggest failures.
What’s this, a technical session devoted to “fail”??? Yes. In fact, Heather believes it’s vital to air … Read more
Dateline: June 18, 2014
by Anurag Sharma
Lee Iacocca adequately summarized the importance of people when he said “Management is nothing more than motivating other people.”
Project management theories put forward by management gurus in the 20th century are derived from the manufacturing industry and focus more on schedule, time, … Read more
At the June 10, PNSQC Meetup, Juliana Arrighi, reprised her presentation from the Write the Docs conference which was held in Portland OR in May. The presentation generated a lot of audience participation and was well received. A short description (from the Write the Docs Conference) follows.
Information delivery doesn’t … Read more
Software features can make things better, or worse. In one case, a feature to turn off a smoke alarm with a wave sounded like a good idea. The problem discovered by testing, after the release, was that the algorithm could misinterpret movement near the detector as intentional when it wasn’t. … Read more
Dateline: Mar. 16, 2014
During his workshop entitled, Quantifying Software Productivity and Quality, held at last year’s PNSQC, Capers Jones said: “For a capable team using capable methodologies, you can predict results. Incapable teams using chaotic methods cannot predict results.” So it seems that high quality software starts … Read more
Dateline: Sept. 24, 2013
It’s football season and you may have been watching a lot of football lately. On Monday night, we saw Peyton Manning pick the Oakland Raiders apart. Noticeably, he had a cast of stars to help him as well. The Broncos put their team together carefully, just … Read more
Dateline: Aug. 12, 2013
A poster paper is:
A poster paper
can be a simple as a hand written memo sheet
or as detailed as a science fair like presentation
or somewhere in between
Submit your … Read more
Dateline: July 12, 2013
I was at the STP (Software Test Professional) Conference this past spring speaking on Mobile User Experience and had the privilege of meeting Jon Duncan Hagar and Jean Ann Harrison, who also spoke on mobile testing.
Part of their talk was on viewing the testing of … Read more
