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Writer's Block
"Good tests catch bugs; bad
tests let
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To ensure your
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Blurring the Line
These articles appear simultaneously on StickyMinds.com We
encourage you to log on and post your comments and questions for the authors.
Code Craft
GUT
Instinct
By Kevlin Henney
Whether or not a
unit test is
considered good is
not simply
about
what it tests: It is
also very
much about how it
tests. Is the
test
readable and
maintainable? Does
it define the
expected behavior
or
merely assume it? To
be
sustainable, the
style of a unit
test is
just as important as
the style
of any other code.
Perhaps a
little
surprisingly, the
most commonly
favored test
partitioning style
does
not meet these
expectations.
Keep reading and
join the
discussion on test
partitioning
and unit tests at
...
www.stickyminds.com/CodeCraft11-4
Test Connection
Issues about Metrics about Bugs
By Michael Bolton
Managers
often use metrics
to help make
decisions about
the state of
the product
or the quality
of the work
done by the test
group. Yet,
measurements
derived from
bug counts
can be highly
misleading
because
a
"bug" isn't a tangible,
countable
thing; it's a
label for
some aspect
of some
relationship between
some person
and some
product, and
it's
influenced
by when and how
we count ...
and who is doing
the
counting.
Keep reading
and join the
discussion
on metrics and
software
bugs at ...
www.stickyminds.com/TestConnection11-4
Management Chronicles
Crash Course in Proficient
Presenting
By Naomi Karten
Ben has to make a presentation at the next all-hands
meeting. It'll
be his very first presentation and just thinking about it
has sent him
into a panic. Fortunately, he has the support of an
experienced speaker
and coach who offers advice and encouragement to help him
become a
proficient, panic-free presenter.
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effective presenter at ...
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Multimedia Spotlight
StickyMinds.com Now Featuring Blogs
Looking for the right words? Check out what Lisa Crispin, Danny
Faught, and others have to say in their latest posts on the
StickyMinds.com Blogs at
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Editor's Note
That's Easy for You to Say
I recently
presented some
research to
Lee Copeland,
Better
Software
magazine
managing technical
editor and
Software Quality
Engineering
conference
chair. It didn't
go well. I
rambled and
stuttered
and ummed
and pretty
much did
everything I
could not to
convey the
information
clearly and
concisely.
Fortunately,
Lee and I have
a good
working
relationship, so he didn't
hold it
against me, but I
don't think
he'll
be offering
me a keynote
spot at a
conference any
time
soon.
If I had
been asked to
prepare a
document outlining
my research,
I would
have had no
problem
stringing
words together to
form
sentences that flow
and make
perfect sense. But
something
about opening my
mouth and
verbally
conveying a
thought turns me
into a
raving lunatic.
I don't know
many people who
truly enjoy
public speaking,
but the
ability
to verbally
disseminate
information
to others in a
way that is
easy to
understand
and digest is a
pretty
important skill and
one that
every
professional
should possess.
I apparently
need some help
in this area
and,
in fact,
should have taken
some tips
from this issue's
Management
Chronicles,
"Crash
Course in Proficient
Presenting." The author,
Naomi
Karten, is an
accomplished
speaker and
seminar
leader. In her
article, she
describes a
situation to
which many of
us can
relate. A worker is
volunteered
by his
manager to
present some
valuable
lessons learned on
a completed
project.
The worker
is uncomfortable
in this role
and turns to an
experienced
presenter
for advice.
Naomi's article
has several
useful tips
including
how to harness
nervousness
to energize your
presentation, how to project
confidence
to your
audience,
and the best way
to get your
nerves under
control.
Naomi has
been sharing her
knowledge
with Better
Software
magazine and
StickyMinds.com readers for
many years
as a Management
Chronicles
contributor
and
columnist, and now we
have the
benefit of her
insight on a
much more
regular
basis. Naomi
has joined our
growing
roster of bloggers
who are
sharing their
experience
and expertise on
StickyMinds.com. If you
haven't had
a chance to
visit our
blogs, go to
blogs.stickyminds.com and
add us to
your RSS feed.
As always, I
hope you enjoy
this issue
of Better
Software
magazine—and our
blogs!
Drop me a
note to let me
know how
you've put this
issue to
work for you.
Happy
Reading!
Heather
Shanholtzer
HShanholtzer@sqe.com
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