LogiGear Magazine – February 2012 – The Training Issue If you’re having trouble viewing the PDF in your browser, right-click on the link above and select “Save Link As”. The PDF will then be downloaded as a file viewable in Adobe Acrobat.
I have been training testers for about 15 years in universities, corporations, online, and individually – in both a training, managing and coaching capacity. So far, I have executed these various training efforts in 16 countries, under good and rough conditions – from simultaneous translation, to video broadcast to multiple sites, to group games with …
Training has to be fun. Simple as that. To inspire changed behaviors and adoption of new practices, training has to be interesting, motivating, stimulating and challenging. Training also has to be engaging enough to maintain interest, as trainers today are forced to compete with handheld mobile devices, interruptions from texting, email distractions, and people who think they …
A few months ago, Dr. Rebecca Fiedler and I published BBST—Test Design. This third course completes the Black Box Software Testing (BBST) set. The other two courses are BB ST Foundations and BBST Bug Advocacy. This article offers some information about the series, the design of the series (and the underlying instructional theory) and why you might be …
In this article, I share some of my experiences and observations on training teams, mainly in corporate settings. The operative word here is “team”, not “individual”. When training teams or groups in an organization, many of the considerations and benefits are different than those for the individual. We’ll examine those differences and I will share successful solutions. …
Have you ever tried to push heterogeneous groups of people to move in the same direction? It is quite a challenge, isn’t it? And now, imagine this situation in a distributed environment, with people whom you’ve never met, and who must be persuaded by means of phone calls or email. Welcome to our world. We have …
Viet Nam is entering its economic ‘Golden Age.’ Will the final picture resemble Japan or Thailand?
Editorial Calendar Announced We look forward to an exciting and full 2012 as its predecessor was a tough year for many in the software business. At LogiGear Magazine, we view 2012 as a brighter year filled with innovation and advancement. We will continue to bring you current articles and videos on the latest trends in …
At VISTACON 2011, Harry sat down with LogiGear Sr. VP, Michael Hackett, to discuss various training methodologies. Harry Robinson Harry Robinson is a Principal Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) for Microsoft’s Bing team, with over twenty years of software development and testing experience at AT&T Bell Labs, HP, Microsoft, and Google, as well as …
