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Kirk Farber
code-master
Alison Kincaid
ad guru
Anne Meilof
paladin of perfect prose
Pam Young
chief of concepts
Laurie White
ship's captain
Wayne Middleton
chief bottlewasher
Greg Turner
web tinker and tailor
Mickey Epperson
maximazuzu
J. Amanda Sulock
queen of the quill
Dave Gelperin
doctor of methods and standards
Bill Tuccio
premier applications guru
Heidi Amundson
laser tag champion
Lee Copeland
itinerant composer and sage
David Beman
count of circula
Sid Snook
tester and protector
Alison Wade
event-garde
Howard Buck
actuator of accounts
Amanda McCrary
marketing maven
Kelley Rhodes
southwestern eggroll junkie
Jodi Lehrmann
founder of pottery-barn anonymous
Meisha Werley, Katieann Scanlon
pdf savants
Julie Arnau
royale exchequer
Robert Coutre
person to blame
article credits
Bret Pettichord
Jay Boyle
Ross Collard
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Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.
–Daniel Bell (b. 1919), sociologist, educator.
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This is our list of the latest news about software testing
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Column: When Being Correct Isn't Enough
by Bret Pettichord
It makes sense that people who are always correct will
have the power to influence others. But testers who base
their authority on correctness might be in for a rough
time. Bret Pettichord explains in this week's column
why it's a good idea to show concern as well as correctness.
Keep reading at ...
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Article: Driving Forces for Success
by Jay Boyle
Uncertainty and risk weigh in the decision to outsource,
or not to outsource. In this article, Jay Boyle provides
useful information and tips for knowing when to outsource
and making the right decision when selecting an outsource
vendor.
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Paper: The Y2K Bust
by Ross Collard
Where were you on 31 December 1999? In your office,
hastily testing changes to old computer systems (with
all vacation requests denied for a period of six weeks
before and after New Year's Eve)? After all, the cover
of BusinessWeek magazine had used the term "Global
Financial Meltdown" to describe the concern. With
hindsight, what have we learned about testing and
quality assurance from the year 2000 problem? For
the last two years nobody has wanted to talk about
it–but it should now be safe to bring up the topic.
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Meet the Sticky Crew at STAR!
The Software Testing, Analysis & Review conference is
coming up, and the editorial and development team from
StickyMinds will be on hand at the EXPO to meet our users
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These Are a Few of Our (Favorite) Takes
Many of you have told us how you enjoy STQe-Letter and
the software-project musings that Robert Coutre writes
in "Our Take." We agree. So, we've put together a
collection of some of our favorites from the past year
and a half--tackling everything from jazz to Star Trek
from a software angle.
Read and enjoy at http://www.stickyminds.com/r.asp?F=DART_3337
–Pam Young, Editorial Director
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Recession vs. Quality
Economists now dispute whether there ever was, officially,
a recession. Recession or not, we all know that thousands
of people have been laid off in the last six months,
including a lot from IT departments. That leads to the
question: Does quality decline along with the economy?
In general, it's hard to argue with the proposition: fewer
testing and QA people equals less coverage equals less
quality. In the StickyMinds News Center we have no shortage
of news stories about bugs and glitches that caused major
problems. I am very interested in your observations during
the last six months. Have you witnessed instances of
glitches, delays, or other problems as a result of people
being laid off, or as a result of proposed new testing
positions cancelled or deferred? Please email me and
describe your observations of this phenomenon. Also,
please email any instances where potential problems
from reduced staff were avoided or overcome.
Send your comments to me at
rcoutre@sqe.com.
Until next
time... Live well and build better software!
Robert Coutré,
Editor
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