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How to Think About Roles and Actors

What I mean by a role is a task that is associated with a contract. In other words, it is a situation where someone has agreed to do something. This is a little more specific than the typical … [Read more...] about How to Think About Roles and Actors

How Albina Wrecked My Tester Evaluation Method

How meeting an "empathic" tester proved that testing skill is mainly tacit, and is not reliably detected in an ordinary interview. … [Read more...] about How Albina Wrecked My Tester Evaluation Method

Test Estimation Poster

This is a set of guidewords and questions that help me navigate the problem of estimating a test project. … [Read more...] about Test Estimation Poster

Dinner With a Rapid Software Testing Manager

Jon Bach is an excellent test manager. One of the finest I have known. Jon is my younger brother. I got him into testing and trained him. He worked for me for a couple of years. But we eventually … [Read more...] about Dinner With a Rapid Software Testing Manager

Value Without Numbers

When competent managers think about the value of work, they are not limited to thinking about metrics. In fact, numbers are a pretty bad way to about software and software projects. I recommend that … [Read more...] about Value Without Numbers

Explaining Testing To THEM

If you are a testing specialist, now more than ever, you must be able to explain testing to other people. … [Read more...] about Explaining Testing To THEM

What Software Reality is Really About

Bach, J. (1999). What software reality is really about. Computer, 32(12), 148–149. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.809258 My final article for my Software Realities column in IEEE Computer magazine … [Read more...] about What Software Reality is Really About

Reframing Requirements Analysis

Bach, J. (1999). Reframing requirements analysis. Computer, 32(2), 120–122. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.745727 In this article I apply systems thinking to the process of requirements … [Read more...] about Reframing Requirements Analysis

A Framework for Good Enough Testing

This article provides a list of questions that ought to be answered if you are evaluating the goodness of your test process. … [Read more...] about A Framework for Good Enough Testing

Highs and Lows of Change Control

Bach, J. (1998). The highs and lows of change control. Computer, 31(8), 113–115. https://doi.org/10.1109/2.707623 Article in IEEE Computer about how change control worked on a project I ran, … [Read more...] about Highs and Lows of Change Control

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