Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Why GUI Test Automation is Popular and Tempting? Part I - Business context

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It is rare to someone on testing in IT world not be aware of "QTP, WinRunner, Rational Robot etc ". For the most in IT world, the ...
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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Eurostar 2009 – A Trip Report

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I am just back from EURO STAR at Stockholm. As a ritual, and like an obedient delegate and speaker, I am narrating the experience. It was ...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Defining the problem : How business works

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Lee Jack, a software testing consultant/IT services Sales Manager is tensed about his proposed meeting with Mark Johnson, a Senior IT manag...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Necessary Tester skills ....

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Curiosity? Keen and close observation? Skepticism? Creativity? Arguing/debating? Imaginative? Analytical and Holistic? Good at Probing/Inves...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Who decides what is a bug and what should be fixed?

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I was submitting a proposal for a paper for STC 2009 conference. After completing all fields – about 20 of them , I accidently hit clear bu...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Your user acceptance testing is fixed – Is that a problem?

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“This troublesome user acceptance testing got to be easier. It is really a pain” said of my colleague quoting an IT manager responsible for ...
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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Tom DeMarco’s confession

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Confession is probably a harsh to describe what Tom DeMarco, the creator of celebrated punch line of software managers – "You can'...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

To tweet or to blog ...?

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Due to me crazy traveling and work, I have not been able to write as frequently as I would have liked, for the blog. At least half a dozen p...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

10 ways to make automation difficult or ineffective

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Here goes another 10 items list for automation. If you are in IT or IT services space and manage/deliver automation solutions -- make sure y...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Is this a bug?

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I was flying from Cape Town to Bangalore through emirates flight. It is convenient to online check-in. I do it as I can choose an aisle seat...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

10 ways to reduce cost of software testing

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In current economic situations, IT folks worry about one thing – “reduce cost”. I have been frequently asked “how to reduce testing cost”. A...
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

When "Process" stops working for you ....

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Other day I overheard a Test manager speaking to his team “ As a CMMi Level 5 company, I don’t think we are following processes. We often ta...
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Friday, March 06, 2009

C-DLICE’ing in software Testing

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Let me take credit for making this pneumonic up: C-DLICE. I was listening to Michael Bolton's video interview on youtube. He said testi...
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Monday, January 05, 2009

Context Driven Testing gets a boost – to grow stronger…

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It is a fantastic "new year" gift (and also week end feast to many like me who is spending better part of Christmas/new year in fr...
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Sunday, January 04, 2009

MS outlook as Alarm Clock: Is this a bug?

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[Background in the beginning … those who are interested in reading about bug I am talking about, skip first few paragraphs and go straight ...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Metrics or a liquid in a container?

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I was responding to a thread on "productivity in software - when the term is relevant" on test republic and posted following par...
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Quantum Theory and Software Testing - Any connection?

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Atomic physics, Atomic structure and history of how all those brilliant scientists discovered (still discovering) atomic structure, electr...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Can Software ever get IT right?

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Matt Heusser wrote this beautiful piece of writing about software development practices – quoting another famous Blogger Joel Spolsky. ...
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Perils of Quantification – what harm metrics can do for you?

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This is a hurriedly written post (just to make sure that I do not lose the thought – "fieldstone" in Jerry Weinberg's terminol...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

A conversation on Automation ROI Part 1 …

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When automation is required, either by contract or due to technical constraints, ROI computation may not be helpful. Intangible factors may ...
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