Published Works
Books
- Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach, (co-author), Wiley, 12/01. (Jolt award finalist! Woo hoo! Ah nuts, we didn't win.)
- Amplifying Your Effectiveness: Collected Papers, (senior editor and contributor), Dorset House, 8/00.
- My work is also included or mentioned in a number of other books about software development and testing. Some notable examples are Software Engineering: a Practitioner's Approach, by Roger Pressman, The Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer and Death March, both by Ed Yourdon, Adaptive Software Development, by Jim Highsmith, Visual Test 6 Bible and Visual Test 4.0, both by Tom Arnold, and Visual Basic for Testers, by Mary Sweeney.
Articles
- Pairwise Testing: A Best Practice that Isn't, Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, 2004.
- Inside the Mind of the Exploratory Tester, article in Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine, 11/03.
- Troubleshooting Risk-Based Testing, article in Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine, 05/03.
- Value Without Numbers, article in Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine, 07/02.
- Testing Testers, article in StickyMinds.com 06/17/02.
- Becoming an Expert Tester, article in StickyMinds.com, 1/9/02.
- PANDEMIC II: Malicious Intrusion- Global Attack Scenario. Co-authored with Tom DeMarco. Cutter Trends Council Opinion, Vol. 2, No. 12.
- Boost Your Testing Super-Powers, article in StickyMinds.com, 11/21/01.
- PANDEMIC I: Malicious Disruption (the Halloween Scenario). Co-authored with Tom DeMarco. Cutter Trends Council Opinion, Vol. 2, No. 10.
- Explaining Testing to THEM, article in Software Testing and Quality Engineering Magazine, 10/01.
- How Much is Enough?, article in StickyMinds.com, 9/12/01.
- Where Does Exploratory Testing Fit?, article in StickyMinds.com, 7/23/01.
- The Dark Side of Component Use, Cutter Trends Council Opinion, Vol. 2, No. 5, 6/01.
- How Do You Spell Testing?, article in StickyMinds.com, 5/14/01.
- Exploratory Testing and the Planning Myth, article in StickyMinds.com, 3/19/01.
- What is Exploratory Testing?, article in StickyMinds.com, 1/29/01.
- Skill over Process, Cutter Trends Council Opinion, Vol. 1, No. 8, 11/00.
- The Role of Testing in the E-Business Era, Cutter IT Journal, 4/00.
- What Software Reality is Really About, IEEE Computer, 12/99.
- James Bach on Risk-Based Testing, Software Testing and Quality Engineering magazine, 11/99.
- Risk and Requirements-Based Testing, IEEE Computer, 6/99.
- Reframing Requirements, IEEE Computer, 2/99.
- Good Practice Hunting, Cutter IT Journal, 2/99.
- A Framework for Good Enough Testing, IEEE Computer, 10/98.
- Highs and Lows of Change Control, IEEE Computer, 8/98.
- Plans, Lies, and Videotape, IEEE Computer, 6/98.
- Certification is Discrimination, Cutter IT Journal, 5/98.
- Tripos: a Cognitive Model of Software Testing, www.stlabs.com, 10/97.
- Good Enough Quality: Beyond the Buzzword, IEEE Computer, 8/97.
- Working with Testers, article in Software Development, 3/97.
- The Hard Road from Methods to Practice, IEEE Computer, 2/97.
- Useful Attributes of an Automated Test Suite, appendix in Visual Test 4.0, by Tom Arnold.
- Software Testability Factors, section included in Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 4th ed., by Roger Pressman.
- Internet Software Testing, article in American Programmer, 12/96.
- Test Automation Snake Oil, article in Windows Technical Journal, 10/96.
- Training Testers, article in Software Development, 9/96.
- Microdynamics of Process Evolution, IEEE Computer, 2/98.
- Process Compliance vs. Problem-Solving, article in Application Development Trends, 3/96.
- Utilitarians at the Gate, Information Week, 2/12/96 [article featuring my work at ST Labs].
- The Challenge of Good Enough Software, American Programmer, 10/95. This paper is also referenced frequently in Ed Yourdon's book Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer.
- Software Quality on a Shoestring, article in Soft-letter, 1/17/95.
- Enough about Process, What We Need are Heroes, article in IEEE Software, March 1995.
- Tools of the Trade [column discussing my work at Borland], Software Development Magazine, 12/94, 1/95.
- Document Management as a Prerequisite to Quality Assurance, co-authored with Peter Aiken, 1990 IEEE Models and Media in Human-Computer Interaction Conference.
Seminars
- Rapid Software Testing, 3-day seminar offered through Satisfice, Inc. ('01-present).
- Black Box Software Testing, 5-day seminar co-presented with Cem Kaner, offered through Satisfice, Inc. (July '01).
- Exploratory Testing (ver 2.0), 2-day seminar offered through SQE and Satisfice, Inc. ('99-present).
- Heuristic Software Testing, 1-day tutorial at STAR East, 4/00.
- Test Techniques, 2-day seminar offered through ST Labs ('96-'97).
- Exploratory Testing (ver 1.0), 2-day seminar offered through ST Labs ('96-'97).
- Market-Driven Software Testing, 2-day seminar offered through ST Labs ('95-'96).
Keynote Speeches
- No Best Practices! How to Think about Methodology, keynote at STAR West '01, 11/01.
- Software Engineering Coming of Age? Not Yet, keynote at the Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, 3/00.
- Testing in the Next 10 Years, keynote, 16th Intl. Conference on Software Testing, 6/99.
- A Low Tech Testing Dashboard, keynote, STAR East '99, 5/99.
- Debated Dr. Bill Curtis on the subject of software processes before 1300 attendees of SEPG '95.
Other Presentations
- Writing Testing Lessons, presentation at Boston SPIN, 1/02.
- How Expert Testers Think, presentation at Rational Users Conference, 7/01.
- High Accountability Exploratory Testing, presentation at 14th International Quality Week, 5/01.
- Exploratory Testing in Pairs, presentation at STAR East, 4/01.
- Getting the Most out of Exploratory Testing, presentation at STAR West Conference, 10/00.
- The Heuristic Approach to Software Testing, presentation at 13th International Software Quality Week, 5/00.
- Evaluating Test Suites, presentation at 13th International Software Quality Week, 5/00.
- How to Explain Testing To Anybody, presentation at STAR East, 4/00.
- Helping Developers Help Testers, Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, 10/97.
- Test Automation Snake Oil, 14th Intl. Conference on Software Testing, 6/97.
- How to Be an Expert Tester, presentation at 10th International Software Quality Week, 5/97.
- Good Enough Software, presentations at SD'97, STAR'97, and the University of Colorado Distinguished Speaker series, '97.
- Risk Management for Software Projects, Northwest Developers Conference, 7/96.
- Teaching Testers: Obstacles and Ideas, 9th International Software Quality Week, '96.
- Managing the Software Test Team, presented at Software Development '96.
- Why Software Projects Need Heroes, presented at the 3rd Annual Software Practitioners Conference, '96.
- Market-Driven Software Engineering, Cadence Distinguished Speaker Series. 10/95.
- Debated Herb Krasner and Roger Pressman on the subject of the CMM at the Software World conference 10/95.
- What Every Developer Needs to Know About Testing, presented at PC Database Summit, 8/95.
- The Pros and Cons of Outsourced Software Testing, 8th International Software Quality Week, '95.
- The Immaturity of the CMM, American Programmer, 9/94.
- Process Evolution in a Mad World, 7th Intl. Quality Week, '94.
- Barbarian Risk Management, 3rd Intl. Conference on Software Quality, '93.
- The Persistence of Ad Hoc Testing, 10th Intl. Conference on Software Testing, '93.
- Organic Quality Assurance, Apple Computer internal videotape, '90.
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