Contributors
STP Collaborative features contributions from leading software testers, developers and managers. Each day we highlight three contributors on this page and encourage our community to visit their profiles to learn more about them and read their articles.
Matthew Hoffman
Robert Carlson
Ross Collard
Contributor Blogs
Models Models Everywhere
I’ve made no secret of my disappointment in the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model. It’s not good work. I’m sorry, it’s just not good work. The thing is, when I talk to people about the CMMI, they often like it because it tells them what to do, or at least gives a list ... Read more…
Leadership ‘profiles’
There was an article in the paper about picking and nurturing the next generation of leadership. In the banking context, the type of program being discussed is commonly known as The Fast Track since it is just that up the corporate ladder. Most testing and/or agile teams don’t have a fast track, ... Read more…
Presenting to the board: how to handle the heat
Canadian Business Magazine ran an article that I found while cleaning my laptop bag called Presenting to the board: how to handle the heat. I couldn’t quickly find it on their site to link to, so here are the tips from Carol Stephenson. Understand the board – Focus on three things: the general ... Read more…
The Selenium-IDE 1.x plugin API (Part 6) – Formatters
Formatters in the Selenium-IDE context are what lets you record or export in a particular language. The default is Selenese (HTML), but Se-IDE also ships pretty decent variety out of the box as well. They are very important to the success of rolling out Selenium in an organization by letting you ... Read more…
Pair testing Gmail Notes
This week I spent an hour testing with a complete stranger. And delivered a wallop of value to something he cared a lot about. Let me back up a bit and offer some context…. I use Gmail for a lot of things: tracking discussions, keeping threaded conversations, creating and working on to-do list... Read more…
Two Short Dialogs on Test Coaching
My brother and I are experimenting with short podcasts. Here are the first two 15-minute segments: Testers say the darndest things. One issue in coaching testers is getting them to speak carefully about evidence and about what they can and can’t do. For instance, we talk about how we react when ... Read more…
Testaphor Improv
I love analogies – as comedy. Eddie Izzard (a brilliant British standup comic) does a bit about Anglican ministers who try so hard to be hip and edgy and bring real life into the church. A close paraphrase: “Today’s reading comes from this magazine I found in a hedge. Cosmopolitan, Volume 224,... Read more…
API Testing – Thinking Differently About the Problem
Last year the University of Washington Extension Program started running a new Software Test Automation using C# program that I designed and developed for experienced testers with little or no programming background. The program is very popular and has more than 60 people waiting for the next off... Read more…
Testing Web 2.0 Apps
I did at talk at STPCon this year on Testing Web 2.0 Applications, and the monthly column Chris and I wrote for the January issue is on the same theme. Now when I say “Web 2.0″, I actually mean something. Put simply, a web 2.0 app is an application designed for end-user (”people” or “human being... Read more…
The Selenium-IDE 1.x plugin API (Part 5) – Publishing Updates
One of the nicer aspects of Firefox plugins is their ability to check for updates and prompt the user when it finds one. By default, it looks to https://addons.mozilla.org which is fine, if not desireable for a lot of projects. But what if you are a commercial entity who wants to control when thi... Read more…
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