People & Teams
Interviews
Breaking the Testing Norms: An Interview with Fiona Charles
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We had the chance to sit down with Fiona Charles ahead of her session titled "Using Mindmaps to Develop a Test Strategy" that she'll be giving on April 11 at STARCANADA. Fiona shares with us some of the ways that mindmaps are able to break up the monotony and help create an organized strategy. |
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Building Trust and Culture in Teams: An Interview with Scott Ross Scott Ross is presenting a session named "Leveraging Core Values for Healthier, More Productive Teams" at the 2012 Better Software Conference East. Scott shared with us the importance of maintaining a positive culture around development teams in order to keep everyone happy, healthy, and productive. |
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Testing Early and Often: An Interview with Matthew Bissett In this interview, Matthew Bissett, the test manager responsible for the integration and testing of his area's flagship system for Her Majesty's Government, shares his thoughts with us on the importance of early testing in order to rapidly speed up software releases. |
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Emphasizing Quality in Testing: An Interview with Bob Crews
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Bob Crews, president and CEO of Checkpoint Technologies, discusses the latest trends in software testing while stressing the need for expert methodologies in both manual and automated testing procedures. |
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Effective Influence Strategies: An Interview with Linda Rising The ability to influence others is an invaluable tool, especially for those in software. We had the opportunity to speak with Linda ahead of her upcoming presentation titled "Influence Strategies for Software Professionals" which she'll give at the Better Software Conference East. |
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Effective Test Data Design: An Interview with Rajini Padmanaban At STARWEST 2012, Rajini Padmanaban is delivering a session titled “The Art of Designing Test Data” and she recently spoke with TechWell Editor Noel Wurst to share her knowledge on this topic. |
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From One Expert to Another: Alan Page on Critical Thinking Alan Page has done his share of hands-on testing and team management in his years at Microsoft (he's also the co-author of How We Test Software at Microsoft). Alan discusses the importance of honing your critical-thinking skills and offers some tips for out-of-box thinking. |
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Improving QA-Development Communication: An Interview with Amit Chopra In this Sticky ToolLook interview, Microsoft senior program manager Amit Chopra takes a look at some of the common communication breakdowns between QA and development teams and offers suggestions for avoiding or repairing those situations. |