Rob Lambert: The Social Tester

Creative Director at the Software Testing Club, Rob Lambert always has something to say about testing. Lambert regularly blogs at TheSocialTester wher

Book Review: How We Test at Microsoft

I’ve been intending to write a book review of How We Test Software At Microsoft, by Alan Page, Ken Johnston, and Bj Rollison, but for whatever reaso

Same or Different? Retrospectives and Post-Mortems

Let’s look at a few distinctions between the two process improvement practices that make all the difference in their usefulness for making projects

Do Testers Have to Write Code?

Do testers have to write code? For years, whenever someone asked me if I thought testers had to know how to write code, I’ve responded: “Of course

Blogger of the Month: Karen N. Johnson

Karen N. Johnson began as a technical writer in 1985 and later switched to software testing in 1992. She maintains a blog at TestingReflections, a col

Are Testers’ Ethnographic Researchers?

People who follow me on twitter or via my blog might be aware that I have a wide range of interests in areas outside my normal testing job. I like to

Four Fundamental Requirements of Successful Testing in the Cloud – Part I

Internet-based per-use service models are turning things upside down in the software development industry, prompting rapid expansion in the developmen

Four Fundamental Requirements of Successful Testing in the Cloud – Part III

Internet-based per-use service models are turning things upside down in the software development industry, prompting rapid expansion in the developmen

Test Design Focused on Expediting Functional Test Automation

Test organizations continue to undergo rapid transformation as demands grow for testing efficiencies. Functional test automation is often seen as a wa