Comments on: Satisfice India

By: Debasis

Debasis — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:31:28 +0000

Congrats Pradeep. Don’t get surprized to receive this comment after so long time. Rather this congratulation is for being interviewd by Michael J. Hunter of Microsoft for Dr. Dobb’s Journal. Once again you have proved your worth as a *skilled* tester. Keep inspiring us by your exceptional good work in field of S/W Testing…

By: domain name freek

domain name freek — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:17:58 +0000

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By: Pradeep Pillai

Pradeep Pillai — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:24:39 +0000

Hi Pradeep,

saw this announcement on James website,Congrats Man.I have few years of experience in testing but i saw your blog and feel that i am new to testing.Your zeal for testing is infectious.Its a great site..keep blogging..

And congrats again for Satisfice India

By: Yan Zhu

Yan Zhu — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:20:41 +0000

I love, well, among other things, software engineering. Mostly because it is done so poorly
by so many people. I lost count how many times I witnessed complete failures from software engineering projects. It is a mystery and something that most people I know have no real answers for. Testing, and/or quality assurance, of course plays a important role in SE so naturally I am interested in QA. But mainly I am highly interested in how these different pieces of puzzles all fit together so that a group of professionals can consistenly deliver software products on time, within budget, and with quality.

By: Ron Wilson

Ron Wilson — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:09:55 +0000

I love testing. I am currently a software test manager and I really enjoy hands on testing.

By: Yan Zhu

Yan Zhu — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:50:07 +0000

Pradeep,

Congratulations! I love your passion for testing. Passions like yours
are rare in this world and should be greatly valued. Go for it Pradeep,
sky is the limit!

yan

By: Techie

Techie — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:50:13 +0000

Congratulations Pradeep!

I have been reading your blog regularly and glad to read James’ announcement about Satisfice India.

All the best bro!!

By: Ainars Galvans

Ainars Galvans — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:26:38 +0000

Exactly this was my point. The questions you asked have either a Rote answers (like I use methodology X), a book-size answers or answers that depend on context. No wonder Pradeep answered in context “I’ve been asked this by James Bach, He don’t want the right answer he want to see me critical thinking about possible answers”, no wonder his answers only raise more questions. For example - how do you know if you “stop testing at the right time?”

[James’ Reply: Ainars, I don’t agree that they have rote answers. I think anyone who attempts a rote answer to them will be exposed as a fool.

Also, I don’t think it’s fair to say that his answers “only” raise more questions. They provide useful information while raising more questions. An important quality of a good answer is that it provokes useful follow-up questions. And sometimes, the better answer is to challenge the question itself.

Knowing when to stop testing is an interesting and complex social and technical issue. I’m not surprised that Pradeep did not launch a full explanation of that point! But if you’d like one, I’ve already written several articles about that.]

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:08:35 +0000

James, your comments above explained away all of my questions, except for ‘Explain testing in three minutes or less’. Who do you imagine a Satisfice tester having to answer that to? I expect the explanation to be context dependent, and am working through it myself and trying to imagine the different situations. Wondering what some of the more unusual places you’ve had to give that explanation are? How have you had to adapt the explanation to different audiences?

[James Reply: People rarely say “three minutes”. But that’s about the attention they will give to the answer, so you should know how to do it. Variations of this question come to testing consultants all the time. What’s special about how you test? What is your test methdology? I don’t understand how you test, can you explain it? Etc. The most interesting situation where I was asked this was during a court case, in a deposition. The next most interesting was when I was trying to convince investors that the company I worked for had a decent test process.

It also come up when you are training a new tester.]

By: Venkat

Venkat — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:19:52 +0000

Hi Pradeep,

Congrats man in the first place. You have more challenges that are ahead. Wish you all the best.

Venkat.