Archive for January, 2007

Five Questions Interview

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Michael Hunter interviewed me for DDJ. See the interview here.
Michael’s a cool guy. He just took the Rapid Software Testing class. It’s exciting to me when a Microsoftie takes the class, considering how hostile Microsoft has become to the idea that testing could be a skilled activity, distinct from programming.

Rapid Software Testing Online

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

I’ve taught two segments of the Rapid Software Testing Online class, so far. For me, it’s working better than I expected. Here are some of the things I’ve learned about online training, so far:

GoToWebinar is a pretty good system for online training. It’s reasonably inexpensive. I’m going to stick with it unless another vendor comes […]

The Unbearable Lightness of Model-Based Testing

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Last night I gave a webinar to the CAMUG people in Calgary. About forty people attended online, as well. You can see this presentation on Google Video. The resolution is poor, so you may also want to see the slides.
The talk itself is 20 minutes long, then I answer questions for an hour.
In this […]

Coming This Summer: Cem Kaner

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Once in a long while (about every two years) Cem Kaner agrees to do a little corporate consulting and teaching. When he does, it’s through my company. Well, he tells me he’s going to be available this summer to teach his venerable Black Box Testing Class.
Considering his research agenda and university schedule, Cem is generally […]

Test Coaching Examples

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

A while ago, Mike Kelly posted two audio/video snippets of a test coaching session we did together.
See them here: http://michaeldkelly.com/media.html