Archive for October, 2008

My Travels

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

I will be embarking, soon, on a series of classes and speaking engagements in several countries.
October 20-22, I’ll be in South Korea, for the first time, teaching rapid software testing.
After that I’ll be in different parts of Sweden for most of my trip, through December 3rd. However, on November 3rd I will be in Amsterdam, [...]

Brother’s Got a Brand New Blog

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

My brother, Jon, is now a test manager at LexisNexis after being a consultant with Quardev for some years. Jon is one the best test managers in the business, so I’m excited about this. His role will enable him to apply context-driven testing and exploratory testing methodology on long term projects. His team– whether they [...]

What the Certification Sales Lady Said…

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

At the Star conference, this week, the lady at the ASTQB booth was executive director Lois Kostroski. The ASTQB is the American chapter of the ISTQB. Here’s the gist of the conversation we had about certification…
James: “Do you need any experience to get certified?”
Lois: “No, you just have to pass the exam.”
James: “What are the [...]