Sep 8, 2011 | Community Webinar, Leadership, RBCS-Webinar, Team Management, Test Estimation, Testing, Webinar
In this webinar, drawn from three decades of industry experience and materials in his best-selling book Managing the Testing Process, 3rd edition, Rex will discuss fundamental techniques for test estimation. Join in the discussion after the initial presentation, and ask Rex about the challenges you face with test estimation.
Aug 23, 2011 | Leadership, STP Community, Team Management, Testing, Testing Career
You may have heard of Selena Delesie, frequent Software Test Professionals conference speaker and perhaps the most famous test consultant to come out of Research In Motion. RIM created the ‘BlackBerry’, the first massively successful integrated mobile...
Jul 20, 2011 | Leadership, Process, QA, RBCS-Webinar, Team Management, Testing
Rex will discuss how psychology and politics can collide to make the test manager’s job…interesting. Join in the discussion after the initial presentation with your own questions and stories about testing psychology, testing politics, and plain ol’ psycho-politics!
May 19, 2011 | Leadership, Process, Team Management, Test Estimation, Test Plans, Testing Career
What made me think of this? When I teach project management and I discuss scope creep; I usually tell a story about one of my first projects. I really wanted to get along with my customer. I was not well versed in all of the project management bodies of knowledge. I...
May 19, 2011 | STP Community, Team Management, Testing Career
Known locally as a sort of ‘dynamic duo’, Pete and Kristin are the Test Lead and Director of Software QA for ISD Corporation, a Zeeland, Michigan based firm that develops and delivers electronic payment software solutions for retailers. Kristin has been...
May 5, 2011 | Leadership, Team Management, Testing, Testing Career
When I was a kid I used to play ball out in the street in front of my house. The neighborhood kids, my brothers, and I would have a game going and then a car would turn on to the street and we would yell “CAR!” This would stop the game and everyone would...
Mar 7, 2011 | Leadership, STP Community, Team Management, Testing
Perhaps the single best known tester from the Indian subcontinent of Asia, Pradeep Soundararajan earned his reputation without the backing of a big company, without the impressive degree from an impressive college, and without writing a bestselling testing book (yet)....
Feb 15, 2011 | Leadership, RBCS-Webinar, Team Management, Testing
In this webinar, Rex will talk about ten key lessons he has learned in his quarter-century of involvement in test outsourcing, both as a vendor and a customer.
Oct 26, 2010 | Automation, Team Management, Testing
I met with my team’s automation experts a few weeks back to get their input on when to automate and when to manually test. The general rule of thumb has always been to use common sense. If you’re only going to run the test one or two times or the test is...
Oct 21, 2010 | Featured, Team Management
I was recently approached about starting a testing organization for a company in the Midwest. The task is a large initiative, and one that not many people get an opportunity to partake in. Most managers are asked to re-organize, maintain, or grow a previously existing...
Sep 23, 2010 | Team Management, Testing
Every software tester has a story about how they have been misunderstood or mistreated by co-workers or colleagues, or managers that don’t understand the work they do or its importance. Those things sometimes happen, but it’s a two-way street. There are...
Jul 30, 2010 | Leadership, Team Management
Across the software testing market, tester’s skill levels differ tremendously. Some testers have experience with regulated environments, while others have worked exclusively on startup projects. Requirements and project management maturity levels vary across projects...
