Month: March 2007

Requirements analysis thought process walkthrough…

Michael has moved to a new city, and is obviously free of social distractions. That, or there’s something physically stopping him from playing World of Warcraft. Anyway, he’s blogging again and his latest entry (http://www.ruschena.org/michael/?p=107) on writing technical requirements is well worth a read.

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On corporately mandated tools and vendorscripts…

I have been riding the ups and downs as I transfer my previous test automation framework learnings to one of the big vendor automation tools. I’d resisted criticism, but today I have to say, loudly, it sucks. Rather than waste my energy, I simply direct you to read this (http://adamv.com/dev/articles/hatevbs/) (make sure you follow the […]

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Automate your way to ineffective testing with my twelve step program…

How to implement a company-wide test automation framework effort and fail (usually). 1. Choose your test automation tools without ever thinking about what problem you are trying to solve, or what tests are important to automate. 2. Choose the tool that will look best on your resume. Refuse to acknowledge the test results from any […]

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Five more things…

Jonathan tagged me while we were chatting, so here are my five things you may not know about me (although I know a few readers do): 1. While Jonathan has let slip that I’m a musician, he didn’t mention that I am a failed pop-star wannabe. Our band was the first signing to an Australian […]

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