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Archives for February 2004

Career Advice

Published: February 21, 2004 by James Bach 7 Comments

I was recently asked "What are the best career advancement steps for someone who is a junior to intermediate QA professional?" Answer: If you want your career to move into programming, study … [Read more...] about Career Advice

Filed Under: For Newbies, Skills, Testing Culture

Fighting Bad Test Documentation

Published: February 21, 2004 by James Bach 2 Comments

A lot of people I teach seem to be under pressure to create more documents to describe their test process. But documenting is not testing. It is one of the chief distractions to testing. "James Bach … [Read more...] about Fighting Bad Test Documentation

Filed Under: Context-Driven Testing, Test Documentation

Lack of Will

Published: February 21, 2004 by James Bach 1 Comment

A core problem with quality in our industry is lack of will. Lack of "will work", that is. This is because it's much easier to tell that a product can work than that it will work. And too often it … [Read more...] about Lack of Will

Filed Under: Testing vs. Checking

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Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar book cover
Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar

by James Marcus Bach

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Taking Testing Seriously:
The Rapid Software Testing Approach

by James Marcus Bach, Michael Bolton,

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Lessons Learned in Software Testing:
A Context-Driven Approach

by Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord

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Amplifying Your Effectiveness

by Gerald M. Weinberg, James Bach, and Naomi Karten

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